Listowel distillery releases commemorative bottle for town’s 150th anniversary celebration

May 8, 2025 @ 7:06 amArts & Entertainment, Food, Listowel Banner, Local News

JM Hutchison Distilling Co. in Listowel released a special label whisky for the town’s 150th anniversary this summer. The anniversary steering committee met May 1 for a whisky tasting to celebrate the collaboration.
From left: committee members Pat Berfelz, John Conners, Bert Johnson, Distiller Jason Hutchison, Kate Tervitt, Miles Dadson, Dianne Fitzgerald, John Verwey, Sue Thompson; absent is Vince Judge. Below: Bert Johnson holds his 1975 Listowel Centennial stein ahead of a whisky tasting with Hutchison, who poses with the commemorative 150th label bottle. (Rachel Hammermueller photo)

LISTOWEL – On May 2, the Listowel 150th anniversary steering committee gathered inside the newly opened JM Hutchison Distilling Co. in Listowel’s south end.  On tap for the evening was a special bottle of the distillery’s barrel-aged whisky – released and sold to mark the town’s upcoming 150th celebrations.  The whisky, with sweet notes of…

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