Grants and Contributions:

Grant or Award spanning more than one fiscal year. (2017-2018 to 2018-2019)

While spirits for cocktails continue to be mass produced by large distilleries, small businesses throughoutx000D
Canadian towns and cities are increasingly recognized for their ability to bring innovative new tastes and ideasx000D
to market. Victoria Distillers is in the process of developing a gin that is coloured from natural substances inx000D
the form of flower petals. In addition to appealing to consumers based on the colour alone, they are seeking ax000D
novel effect in the form of a reversible colour change when the spirit is incorporated in a variety of cocktails.x000D
There are challenges in achieving the initial product due to the seasonal and batch variation of the flowers.x000D
Furthermore, the conditions over which the colour change occurs puts additional demands on the tolerances ofx000D
the process. This proposed collaboration with the Hore group at the University of Victoria will enable thex000D
development of real-time monitoring protocols, including diagnostic and control software, that will bex000D
implemented in the distillery. In addition to enabling a new product to be brought to market, this projectx000D
provides opportunity for training students, and interaction between researchers and local industry.