by Jackson LaFleur | Mar 25, 2017 | Features
Our man at the bar, John Burns, explores the mystical properties of Magical Drinking The rest of the world has moved on, but I’m still hung up on Game 7 of the 2016 World Series. Top of the eighth, the Chicago Cubs were ahead 6–3, then gave away three runs for the...
by Jackson LaFleur | Mar 24, 2017 | Features
The history of the cocktail is indelibly entwined with modern politics It may not be immediately obvious, but politics and cocktails have an affinity to rival gin and vermouth. J-S Dupuis, bar manager at Boulevard Kitchen & Oyster Bar agrees. “The history of...
by Jackson LaFleur | Mar 23, 2017 | Features
At The Cascade Room, Jean-Marc Dykes puts his signature twist on the cocktail menu For some, inspiration comes by way of music, meditation or motivational speeches. Jean-Marc Dykes’ unexpected light-bulb moment came in 2015, in the bowels of a tall ship while mixing...
by Jackson LaFleur | Mar 22, 2017 | Features
The South American grape brandy offers bartenders so much more than a simple sour Katie Ingram is a sucker for history. The head bartender of Gastown’s L’Abbatoir is talking pisco, the South American spirit that shows up in sours the world over, and in no time at all,...
