A New Brunswick premier craft distillery has come up with up a twist to a holiday tradition in the Maritimes.

Moonshine Creek, a distillery based in Waterville, New Brunswick has released its Chicken Bones Liqueur.

This limited time liqueur was created in partnership with Ganong Bros.

Chicken Bones, a distinguished and unique family favourite and holiday tradition since 1885, is a hand-crafted spicy cinnamon-infused hard candy with a chocolate centre.

President and Head Distiller Jeremiah Clark says they got the idea last year.

“Last winter, when we were doing make your own moonshine workshops, we were showing how to try to infuse spirits by using things that might be available around your house after the holidays. One of the things was chicken bones. There is a way we could turn them into a syrup, and blend them with spirits, to make a liqueur. It was such a success, participants told us that we should really try to make it,” Clark says.

Clark says they purchased almost 700 kilograms of chicken bones seconds, and that made around 2500 bottles of chicken bones liqueur.

“We’re trying our best to live up to the quality of the Ganong Brand. Hopefully if they’re impressed with what we did, they’ll give us a licensing agreement. Right now it is just a pilot to see how we’ll do, but it would be a big break for us.

“When Moonshine Creek approached us with the idea, we were excited at the opportunity to partner with a New Brunswick family business and to uniquely re-purpose some of our product to create a premium liqueur for our adult Chicken Bones fans over the holiday season,” says Ganong CEO Bryana Ganong.

Moonshine Creek Distillery has only been in business for around 16 months.

Clark says Chicken Bones Liqueur will be in most NB Liquor stores by the end of the week.

Moonshine Creek will be offering Chicken Bones Liqueur tastings around the province at ANBL locations.

Dates include: November 22nd- Saint John East Point 12 pm-4 pm, Woodstock 4 pm-7 pm, November 23rd – St. Stephen 11 am-4 pm November 29th- Kennebacasis Valley 4 pm-8 pm, November 30th-Vaughan Harvey Blvd (Moncton) 4 pm-8 pm, December 1st-Corbett Centre (Fredericton) 12 pm-4 pm, December 6th- Newcastle (Miramichi) 3 pm-7 pm, December 7th- Edmundston 2 pm-6 pm December 14th- Moncton North 4 pm-8 pm.