Our Apprentice Cooper
Keeping the Cooperage tradition close to home for a uniquely local touch, our apprentice Cooper,
Quinn Sleeman, employs timeless techniques to maintain the vessels that mature our spirits beautifully.
Having worked with all barrel types, from wine to whisky, Quinn oversees on-site barrel inspections and repairs. Trained in Scotland and the U.S., he brings exceptional knowledge of wood theory and traditional, ages-old coopering techniques to our distillery.
Our barrels are carefully-selected to ensure consistency in our spirits.
We hand-select the best Canadian white oak wood to ensure that our spirits are imbued with a genuine reflection of Canadian terroir. When you experience John Sleeman & Sons whisky, you’ll sense the tradition and great care taken throughout our processes.
Kelvin Cooperage
We have a very special relationship with Kelvin Cooperage of Louisville, Kentucky. Skillfully creating the very finest barrels, Kelvin is one of the few barrel manufacturers who still employ the ages-old technique of charring the barrels over wood fires.
