by The Alchemist | Nov 19, 2021 | Bar Bites
Pour yourself a cocktail and curl up with one of these new releases. B.C., distilled If you’re looking for a guide to the province’s distilleries, the spirits they produce and the cocktails you can make with them, then Shawn Soole is the guy to take you there. The bar...
by The Alchemist | Nov 15, 2021 | Bar Bites
Canada’s craft distillers have had it with what they see as an unfair federal excise tax on spirits production, and they just won’t take it any more. They have created a coalition called Lift Canada’s Spirits and have launched a petition urging the federal government...
by The Alchemist | Nov 10, 2021 | Bar Bites
Since the BC Hospitality Foundation was created in 2006, it has become a go-to lifeline for the industry. And this October, the organization passed a significant milestone: It reached $1 million given to hospitality and tourism workers facing financial crisis due to a...
by The Alchemist | Jul 19, 2021 | Bar Bites
Parliament Hill is all well and good, but this summer, there’s an even better reason to visit Ottawa. (Assuming, of course, that we’re able to travel.) Floating tropical party bars. Yes, you read that right. A company called Ottawa Tiki Tours has created a fleet of...
by The Alchemist | Jul 12, 2021 | Bar Bites
When it’s hot out, nothing tastes better than a bright, citrusy Margarita. But who has the energy to squeeze all those limes? Luckily for the lazy among us, Volcán De Mi Tierra Tequila has come to the rescue with a new made-in-Canada Margarita pre-mix designed to...
by The Alchemist | Jun 21, 2021 | Bar Bites
We couldn’t love this more. Beetbox, the plant-based casual eatery in the West End, has introduced a new “Beet the Heat” slushie bucket that is just what we want for all our backyard gatherings this summer. The four-litre bucket is filled with a cantaloupe-apple...
