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Dunrobin Distilleries

Canadian-owned · made in Canada · based in Ontario

Eastern Ontario craft distillery making Canadian whisky, single malts, rum, vodka, gin, bitters and canned cocktails under the Dunrobin, Beaver's Dram, Silver Pickle and Spectre labels, and importing Seven Seals Swiss single malts.

Vankleek Hill, ON CA · dunrobindistilleries.com

86.1

Craft distillery in Vankleek Hill, Ontario, founded by Ottawa-area friends and incorporated federally in 2018. Since a 2022 investment, Swiss owner Dolf Stockhausen of Seven Seals Innovation AG holds 25 to 50 percent of the operating company with control in fact, per Corporations Canada; the founders and Ottawa angel investors hold the rest. Spirits are distilled and bottled in Ontario, with a few imported Seven Seals Swiss single malts and one Irish whiskey in the range.

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Ownership

80.0 verified

CA 60% · EU 40%

Corporations Canada lists Dolf Stockhausen of Stans, Switzerland as the only individual with significant control of Dunrobin Distilleries Limited, holding 25 to 50 percent of the shares indirectly with control in fact since 2022-08-01, and 50 to 75 percent of the related Dunrobin Distilleries Holdings Inc. The vendor's 2022 release describes a 5.5 million dollar investment by Seven Seals Innovation AG; the remaining shares sit with the Canadian founders and ten Ottawa-area angel investors, none at 25 percent or more. The 0.6 to 0.4 split is an estimate inside the registered band; the exact percentage and the share structure between the two entities are not public.

Manufacturing

92.5 reported

CA 85% · EU 15%

The Dunrobin, Silver Pickle, Earl Grey Gin, Spectre and Beaver's Dram lines, plus bitters and canned cocktails, are produced at the 10 Terry Fox Drive plant in Vankleek Hill, Ontario; Seven Seals' own site says the Beaver's Dram base rye is distilled in British Columbia before finishing. The five Seven Seals Classic Line single malts are made at Seven Seals' facilities in Switzerland, and the Musicman Irish whiskey is imported and bottled in Ontario. The split is an estimate by product line count weighted for the higher price of the imported malts; no revenue split is published.

People

100.0 reported

CA 100%

Single site at 10 Terry Fox Drive, Vankleek Hill, Ontario, which is also the registered office of both federal corporations; the vendor reports a team of 35 as of 2023 and the careers page lists only that location. Two of the four directors of the holding company are Swiss, but no employees are reported outside Ontario.

Inputs

69.0 inferred

CA 60% · EU 20% · other 10% · US 10%

Vodka is made from Canadian winter wheat, the whisky from wheat, corn and rye, and gin botanicals started on the founders' organic farm in Dunrobin, Ontario; the Beaver's Dram base spirit is bought from a British Columbia distillery. The patented Stockhausen finishing method, the port, sherry and amarone wood, and the imported Seven Seals and Irish whiskey come from Europe, bourbon barrels from the United States, and rum molasses and glass bottles are of unstated origin. The split is an estimate; no supplier list is published.

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