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  • When North Shore native Maddy Amisano began working with @nudevodkasoda, the new B.C. startup focusing on canned, carbonated soda alternatives to beer and coolers, they had sales of a hundred grand. Two years later the young company is now at just under 10 million. 📈See link in bio for their story. 📷 Mike Wakefield/ @northshorenews
  • And that’s a wrap! 🥃 We had an incredible time at the 6th annual @bcdistilled tasting festival. The latest round of spirits on offer are bold, refined, and make us proud to be a small part of this pioneering group of people. 💯 Check out our stories to revisit some of the amazing distilleries from the event on Saturday at the Croatian Cultural Centre! ☝🏻What was your favourite tasting at the festival? See link in bio for the Audience Favourite Awards! 🏆
  • “In bartending, there’s a simple rule called the Golden Ratio: two parts spirit, one part sweet, one part sour. If you apply this rule to your drink making, you can quickly learn dozens of cocktails. ⠀ ⠀ “Depending on your palate, you can increase or decrease the sour and sweet elements or adjust the amount of spirits to create the right balance. 🍋 In fact, herein lies one of the secrets of fine cocktail making: Bartenders often create one-of-a-kind cocktails by transforming classics simply by using different spirits, sours and sweets.” It is within the “sweet” part of the ratio where bartender @this__justin_ believes the most creative freedom exists. ✨ “Any good cocktail program goes beyond just simple syrup. It’s what you put inside this “sweet” that can drastically change your cocktail to something unforgettable.” ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ And that brings us to a century-old syrup called falernum. See link in bio for more... ⤴️
  • There’s still time to sample the best of B.C. at the PUBLIC @bcdistilled tasting event tonight! We had a chance to catch up with some of the distillers last night at the sold-out @foragevancouver dinner. Check out the welcome drinks ➡️, cozied up with free copies of the latest edition of The Alchemist magazine 😉 ⠀ ⠀ It’s the sixth year for the fest, organized by founder @hamerca, who also oversees the Canadian Spirit Competition. 🏆 This year will feature 40 distilleries—up from 17 in the inaugural year—with well over 100 products being poured. ⠀ ⠀ The festival, which is held at the Croatian Cultural Centre on Commercial Drive, features a trade tasting from 2 to 4:30 today (April 6), followed by the main tasting at 6 p.m. 🎫 Ticket price includes all samples. 🍸See link in bio for our pro tips for getting the most out of the festival.
  • Congratulations to @devinevineyards for winning Double Gold and Best In Category with its Genever Dutch Style Gin at the San Francisco World Spirits Competition! 🏅 This year the prestigious competition included a record number of spirits, as there were nearly 3,000 entries. ⠀ de Vine is a family-owned distillery known for its handmade spirits, which include whiskies, gins, and brandies. The Genever is Canada's first Dutch-style gin, and is handcrafted from local malted barley infused with more than 20 rare botanicals from mugwort to wormwood. 🌿 It offers a clean aroma combining herbal, floral, medicinal and citrus notes, and has flavours reminiscent of un-aged Scotch. ⠀ ⠀ The de Vine tasting room is open Thursday to Sunday from noon to 5pm. #partner
  • Amaro. Akvavit. Absinthe. Amaretto. And that’s just the As of B.C. artisan distilling. Just imagine what the rest of the alphabet can produce. Actually, you don’t have to, because you can try them all for yourself at @bcdistilled this weekend. See link in bio for all the info! ☝🏻 📷 @alexamazzarello
  • @chambar_restaurant is celebrating the beginning of spring with a four course pairing dinner with @seaciderhouse this April! 🌊 Tickets are still available via chambar.com! ➡️ @seaciderhouse is a farm-based cidery located on the Saanich Peninusula just minutes from Victoria. Their ten-acre farm is home to over 1,300 apple trees, made up of over 50 varieties of heritage apples. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ .⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ .⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Tuesday April 9th | 7PM | $135 (tax and gratuity included). #partner
  • The @worldclasscanada Western Regional Finals 2019 are done, with the Top 5️⃣ progressing to the national final in June. Congratulations: ⠀ • Max Curzon-Price (BC) • James Grant (AB) • Katie Ingram (BC) • Ian Miller (SK) • Jeff Savage (BC) Well done everybody! 👏🏻 🇨🇦 🍸👏🏻
  • This edition we’ve launched a new bartending column with Vancouver’s very own @blacktending. 📝 First up: “Feel like reading about how I feel about social media influencers that claim to be bartenders? ⠀ Make sure you pick up the latest issue of @thealchemistmag and turn to page 29 to hear why bartenders need to focus on being social more than social media. ⠀ Also in the issue is a rum rundown featuring myself and some of Vancouver's top bar talent arguing over different types of distilled sugar water.”

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B.C.'s only magazine dedicated to local distilleries and cocktail culture.