by Joanne Sasvari | Jun 28, 2019 | Features
Canada’s cocktail hits the big five-oh This year Canada’s favourite cocktail turned 50. And like many a middle-aged bon vivant, it has been undergoing something of a makeover. The Caesar was famously invented in 1969 by a Calgary bartender named Walter Chell, who was...
by Joanne Sasvari | Jun 20, 2019 | Features
Keep cool: The summer issue of The Alchemist is out this week. The 12th edition of B.C.’s only magazine dedicated to cocktail and spirits culture returns with everything you need to quench your thirst this summer. Here at The Alchemist, we’ve been getting ready for...
by Joanne Sasvari | Jun 11, 2019 | Features
In Barbados, rum defines a well-balanced thirst quencher It won’t take long, once you’ve landed in Barbados, before someone presses a glass, sparkling with condensation and filled with an amber elixir, into your hand. Welcome to the famous Barbados rum punch and the...
by Joanne Sasvari | Jun 7, 2019 | Features
We can’t imagine a better reason to celebrate (responsibly, of course) than this: June 8 is World Gin Day, and all over the world, people are raising a glass to the juniper-scented spirit. The first World Gin Day was held a decade ago in Birmingham, England; last year...
by Alex Black | May 31, 2019 | Features
Thoughts from behind the wood: Why bartending should be social, not social media Bartenders are not in the business of making drinks. We are in the business of servicing the needs of human beings. Full stop. It’s been said that we trained bartenders in the art of...
by Tim Pawsey | May 24, 2019 | Features
Canada’s artisan distillers are bringing their own spiced heat to the party Don’t look now, but Canada’s distillers have been gently plotting to spice things up for all you unsuspecting folks out there. For instance, did you know that Fireball Cinnamon Whisky—which...
