by The Alchemist | Mar 29, 2019 | Bar Bites
If you love local spirits, mark your calendar for the most important event of the year: the sixth annual BC Distilled festival, which will be held April 6 at Vancouver’s Croatian Cultural Centre. Meet the makers and sample products from B.C.’s 60-plus artisan...
by The Alchemist | Mar 24, 2019 | Bar Bites
The wood wowed them. It seems the judges at the ninth annual Canadian Whisky Awards were impressed by what a little extra barrel-aging can accomplish, naming Bearface Triple Oak Best New Whisky, and awarding it a gold medal for excellence as well. “We created Bearface...
by The Alchemist | Mar 18, 2019 | Bar Bites
For the second year in a row, a small-batch spirit from British Columbia is the Canadian Artisan Spirit of the Year. Last year, it was Sheringham Distillery’s Akvavit. This year Monashee Spirits Ethos Gin from Revelstoke was not only the best-in-class Canadian gin,...
by The Alchemist | Mar 14, 2019 | Bar Bites
There was ice and fire, CO2 and NO2, test tubes and copper tubing and all sorts of mysterious gadgets. Most of all, there was great food and drink in support of an even greater cause. The city’s top bartenders gathered in February at Telus World of Science for the...
by The Alchemist | Mar 8, 2019 | Bar Bites
While Sheringham Distillery’s new Red Fife Whisky is winning prizes in Canada, its original Seaside Gin is picking them up across the pond. The seaweed-infused spirit just took home the prize for Best Contemporary Gin at the World Gin Awards in London, UK. Of the gin...
by The Alchemist | Nov 30, 2018 | Bar Bites
In 2012, a handful of local bartenders slipped on some boxing gloves and started fighting for a cause. Aprons for Gloves, they called it, a non-profit organization with the aim of providing community outreach in the Downtown Eastside through the sweet science of...
