The Vancouver Foodster 5th Sangria Challenge has wrapped up with the judges’ and public vote results revealing the top vote getters, but those of us who partook in the tasting of the creative libations were the real winners! From June 2nd-25th the Challenge featured sangria creations from restaurants and distilleries around Vancouver and Squamish. The…
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Harmony Arts Festival mixes a great Night On The Pier
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…
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….
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…
Christmas Gift Ideas 2013 – Local Liquor
With recent changes in BC Liquor laws (and more to come), there is a plethora of great distilleries and breweries popping up alongside the Lower Mainland already renowned wineries. There’s something for everyone; Long Table Distillery, Victoria Spirits, Odd Society Spirits, Liberty Distillery, Yaletown Distillery / Brewery, Granville Island Brewery, Brassneck Brewery, Parallel 49 Brewing, Vancouver…