by The Alchemist | Jul 12, 2019 | Bar Bites
For nine months of the year, we can enjoy our fancy drinks, our boozy drinks, our brown-bitter-stirred drinks all we like. But when summer rolls around, we just want something easy. Cool. Refreshing. Even better if it’s made with watermelon. At least that’s what the...
by The Alchemist | Jul 10, 2019 | Bar Bites
The Weather Network has forecast a hot, dry summer for B.C., so get out and make the most of it at these upcoming events. Deighton Cup Don your fancy chapeaux and hoist your glasses! The ponies hit the track once again on July 20 for the 11th annual Deighton Cup at...
by The Alchemist | Jul 5, 2019 | Bar Bites
Looking for a good beach read this summer? These new books will quench your thirst for words and cocktails alike Flask: 41 Portable Cocktails to Drink Anywhere by Sarah Baird (Chronicle Books) Looking for a drink to go? This handsomely illustrated book has got...
by The Alchemist | Jun 16, 2019 | Bar Bites
A sparkling goblet filled with golden elixir revolves lazily in mid-air, twirling a couple of inches above the vapours of dry ice billowing from a wooden platform. It looks like magic, and it is, sort of. Certainly, the Botanist Bar team hopes it’ll weave a spell over...
by The Alchemist | May 10, 2019 | Bar Bites
When Devin McKeigan created her cocktail for the Bacardi Legacy cocktail competition, inspiration shone around her like a bright beam of light. “Within the industry I’ve met so many people…everybody fuels my light, not just in the hospitality industry, but everyone...
by The Alchemist | Apr 12, 2019 | Bar Bites
In January, Drinks International, a trade publication for the alcohol industry, released its annual list of the 50 best cocktails—or at least the best-selling ones—around the world. It’s perhaps no big surprise that the top drink, for the fifth year running, was that...
