Three years ago St. Julian made the decision to become a producer of fruit brandies. A trip through Germany in search of the ultimate still manufacture led us to the firm of Christian Carl. In addition to furnishing a handcrafted marvel, the Christian Carl family willingly shared their centuries of experience, assuming the role of mentor. After several years of experimenting with dozens of varieties of Michigan-grown fruit and evaluating hundreds of brandies, we have developed a line of spirits worthy of the St. Julian name. Packaged in distinctive 500 ml bottles we recently introduced Cherry, Pear and Raspberry Infusions.
Infusions are akin to ports, liqueurs and cordials, only better.
It takes twenty pounds of fruit to produce one 500 ml bottle of infusion. Eau de Vie, French for water of life, is a clear fruit brandy. Unlike traditional grape brandy, which is aged for several years in oak barrels, thereby imparting color and flavor, Eau di Vie is matured in glass or stainless steel vessel. The result is pure essence of fresh fruit. Designing a package equally as stunning as the contents consumed nearly a year of effort by several talented individuals.