A sunny, summer evening on the waterfront, cocktails, nibbles and a few hundred revellers roaming Ambleside Pier, is the recipe for another great Night On The Pier. Part of West Vancouver’s Harmony Arts Festival, Night On The Pier brought together seven of Vancouver’s top bartenders and mixologists to complete with each other for the superior…
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BC Distilled 2017 – Main Tasting April 8th
This week, the fourth annual BC Distilled Festival celebrates British Columbia’s craft and micro-distilleries. The BC Distilled Main Tasting at the Croatian Cultural Centre on Saturday 6pm – 9pm, brings out 30 plus distilleries, restaurants and other suppliers. Admission to the Main Tasting, $69+ fees, available online, is all you need to enjoy the Main Tasting….
Friday Find: Victoria Distillers Tours
Saturday June 11th, 2016 is #WorldGinDay, so it was coincidental to hear about the new Victoria Distillers location in Sidney, BC and their distillery tours and tastings. Victoria Gin has been a favourite since it was introduced in 2008, new owners expanded the distiller to the Sidney, BC waterfront and have introduced daily tours and tastings….
BC Distilled Festival 2016
Tomorrow, the third annual BC Distilled Festival gets underway celebrating British Columbia’s craft and micro-distilleries. The festival starts Friday night with a sold-out first of its kind Cask Strength Whiskey Tasting Preview, at the Westin Bayshore, nine distilleries will be sampling straight from the barrel, under 3 year old (save for one) that are not yet…
Christmas Shopping for the Libation Lover
Vancouver’s cocktail and bar scene has had a great boost in the last few years with the opening of a wide variety of local distilleries. Along with the distilleries has come a renewed cocktail culture, and side enterprises like locally blended bitters and creative bartenders creating their own spin on classic cocktails. If you have…
The Liberty Distillery launches Endeavour Gin
Spring has sprung and a new crop has bloomed at The Liberty Distillery with the launch of Endeavour Gin. Endeavour Gin is a versatile London Dry Style Gin. Like all of the spirits from The Liberty Distillery, it begins with 100% organic BC grain. A triple distilled wheat spirit and a botanical gin basket, an elaborate…
Vodka Mixology with Long Table Distillery & Grain Tasting Bar
Recently, a group of us were privileged to get an inside look behind the scenes at what goes into creating some of the cocktails at GRAIN Tasting Bar, one of my favourite newer spots in the city. Brian (@br_webb) won the chance for 5 of us to take part in the experience so Billy (@billyforce),…