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  • Over three dozen of the province’s artisan distilleries will be pouring it on this April at the sixth-annual @bcdistilled. Additionally, an on-site pop-up @legacyliquorstore shop means you can bring the spirit(s) home with you. 🥃 See link in bio for more!
  • Share some whisky and words with #thealchemistmag contributor and Certified Specialist of Spirits Charlene Rooke next month as part of the @vancouverwritersfest! 🥃The main festival tasting is sold out, but that same evening (March 8) you can slip into a seat at @ediblecanada and experience Rooke’s B.C. Whisky Masterclass, pouring the likes of @okanaganspirits BRBN, @lohinmckinnon’s Peated Single Malt, @devinevineyards Ancient Grains, @legendnaramata’s Wyatt, @goodridgeandwilliams’s Northern Grains and two big recent award-winners: @sheringhamdistillery’s Red Fife (Best in Class whisky at the 2019 Canadian Artisan Spirit Awards) and @shelterpoint's Montfort District Lot 141 (Award of Excellence for Innovation at the 2019 Canadian Whisky Awards). 🏆 Tickets are $65. 📷 @devinevineyards
  • On Thursday, March 14, join thousands of people across the Lower Mainland who are doing good by dining out. On that day, participating restaurants from #Whistler to #WhiteRock and across the Lower Mainland will donate 25% of their food sales in support of the 25th annual Dining Out For Life fundraiser @vandofl, which raises money for A Loving Spoonful and its programs for individuals and families affected by #HIV/#AIDS and co-existing illnesses. ⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀ It’s estimated that six people become newly infected with HIV each and every single day across the country. 🇨🇦 By patronizing a partner restaurant for breakfast, lunch or dinner on March 14, you’ll be part of B.C.’s largest restaurant fundraiser. 🍴 For every $3.55 raised, a healthy meal will be provided to someone in need, right here in our community! An up-to-date list of participating restaurants is available at diningoutforlife.ca. 👀 New restaurants added daily, so keep visiting the website for updated listings. 📷 @bodegaonmain
  • Last month, for the first time in history, one of the oldest and most expensive whiskies ever released was in Canada. 🇨🇦 The Macallan 72 Years Old, an exceptionally rare single malt Scotch retailing for $74,000 CAD, was in town on Jan. 31 at the BC Liquor Stores Tasting Room on Cambie, and we had the pleasure of getting acquainted with it! Visually at least. 😏 ⠀ ⠀ The 72YO was behind glass, but—hosted by certified Scotch Whisky Ambassador Cameron Millar @cambassador—we went on a guided tasting journey of @the_macallan Master Series, 🥃 including The Macallan Rare Cask, The Macallan Reflexion, The Macallan No. 6 and The Macallan M. ⠀ ⠀ You can look for fine The Macallan products in BC Liquor Stores, available now. 👀
  • One of the “molecool-est” parties in the Vancouver cocktail calendar took place last night. ⚗️ @scienceworldca’s fourth annual #ScienceOfCocktails allowed attendees to experience the physics, chemistry and biology behind cocktails at over 35 beverage stations, each one offering uniquely crafted libations from award-winning bartenders. 🍹Guests also enjoyed mouth-watering food pairings prepared by locally renowned restaurants and caterers, as well as science activities, hands-on demos and Science World programming. Meanwhile, the jam-packed event continued its fundraising streak of success, raising $280,000 and bringing the all-time total raised for the Class Field Trip Bursary Program to $946,000. Want to guarantee your spot next year? Pre-sale tickets are available for the 2020 event until the end of February at scienceworld.ca. 📷 credits: Abigail Saxton / Isabella Sarmiento / The Alchemist Magazine
  • BREAKING NEWS For the second year in a row, a B.C. small-batch spirit is the Canadian Artisan Spirit of the Year. 🇨🇦 Congratulations to @monasheespirits! 👏🏻 👏🏻 See link in bio for full details! ⤴️
  • “Guests seated at the bar often ask us why we spritz some of our cocktails. 💦 When it comes to drinks shaken with egg whites, a fine gin mist calms the bubbles and gives the egg white foam a glossy finish. You'll see a spritz across the top of the West Coast Sour, Black Beauty, IPA Sour, and Garden of Cascadia cocktails.” . 📝+ 📷 @junipervancouver
  • Describe with two words. 👀 SAZERAC: • 1 tsp (approximately) absinthe or pastis
• 1 cube sugar or 1 tsp simple syrup
• 3 or 4 dashes Peychaud’s bitters
• 2 oz Cognac, rye whisky, or a mix of both
• Lemon peel for garnish See link in bio for method! 👆🏻📷 @dtoulgoet
  • Because shipping to #HornbyIsland is so expensive, Island Spirits distiller Pete Kimmerly transported his shiny new still himself. Today #ontheblog, we look at the challenges and benefits of making spirits in B.C.’s rural regions. Can you name some more? 🤔See link in bio for the full story! 📷 @hiredbelly

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