by Alexandra Gill | Jul 20, 2023 | Features
Could B.C.’s new spirits inspire a truly West Coast cocktail culture? Kaitlyn Stewart slides a mason jar filled with a disturbingly yellow liquid across her bar at Royal Dinette in downtown Vancouver. I hope it’s not what it looks like. “Milk liqueur,” she says,...
by Alexandra Gill | Dec 20, 2016 | Features
The bartender’s salt and pepper, bitters are big in B.C. After working for five years as a bartender on cruise ships, Tiffany Davis is well acquainted with the benefits of cocktail bitters. “I went through so many bottles of Peychaud’s,” she laughs. “It was the best...
by Alexandra Gill | Aug 19, 2016 | Features
At Odd Society Spirits, innovation is all about collaboration The Tasting Lounge at Odd Society Spirits in East Vancouver is a veritable beehive, buzzing with collaboration. Behind the bar, Kylie Bartlett shakes a frothy Tree Sum cocktail and strains it into a coupe...
by Alexandra Gill | Jul 8, 2016 | Features
Is Baijiu the new tequila? As unlikely as it sounds, the infamous Chinese firewater baijiu—a pungent brew capable of bringing tears to eyes and setting throats ablaze—could be the hot new ingredient for bartenders. Clear, potent (50 per cent-plus alcohol by volume)...
by Alexandra Gill | Dec 7, 2015 | Features
Talented bartenders have put Vancouver’s cocktail scene on the world map. In the mood for a Sazerac? How about a Negroni punch bowl mixed with local gin and vermouth, or a playful spin on Arctic Ungava with a dash of citric acid and spritz of Laphroaig perfume?...
