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Ever tasted water or beer made from 10,000-year-old icebergs? Come to Newfoundland and Labrador and you can do just that. Quidi Vidi Brewing Company harvests icebergs and brews crisp, clean lager. For something stronger, there’s Canadian Iceberg Vodka, Rum, and Gin, each bottled in Newfoundland and made from the charcoal-filtered and triple-distilled water of iceberg growlers and bergy bits.

Quidi Vidi Brewing Company Limited (QV) was established in 1996. QV is a Newfoundland-based independent brewing company focused on producing world-class quality beers for the mainstream, specialty, and now the premium segment of the beer market.

Business of Quidi Vidi

In the past fifteen years QV has been brewing world-class beer for the local and selected Canadian and International markets. QV presently brews eight brands of beer, and the latest brand is a truly unique beer made with a distinctive ingredient – iceberg water harvested from icebergs that drift off the coast of Newfoundland. Quidi Vidi original Iceberg Beer™.

Over the last fifteen years the company has built its market share with strong brand recognition and building upon world class award-winning products that appeal to a variety of consumer tastes. Stable product sales, consistent margins and reliable annual cash flows categorize the business of QV. In the last couple years QV has been concentrating on draft beer sales and has increased its percentage of the Newfoundland draft beer sales to approximately 25% of its total capacity.

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