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The Alchemist Fall/Winter 2019
Thirsty for cocktail and spirits news? You’re in luck—the fall/winter issue of The Alchemist is out this week.
As the days get colder and shorter, we turn to dark spirits, deep flavours and slow-sipping cocktails, the kinds of drinks best enjoyed over thoughtful conversation.
Vancouver’s Jeff Savage among top tier at Diageo World Class
Although Singapore takes the title, Canada once again shakes up the world’s biggest cocktail competition
the top bartenders at the Global Finals. Photo courtesy of Diageo World Class
Note: This is the third in an Alchemist series following Diageo World Class 2019 from planning the competition to the National Final in Whistler and through to the Global Final in Scotland.
He came so close. Vancouver’s Jeff Savage made it to the final eight at the Diageo World Class Final. And he won the Singleton State of Mind award. But in the end, the diminutive Bannie Kang from Singapore took home the ultimate prize.
Vancouver’s Jeff Savage among the top eight at Diageo World Class 2019
Congratulations to Vancouver bartender Jeff Savage, who made it to the final eight at the Diageo World Class Final on September 26 in Glasgow, Scotland. He also won the Singleton State of Mind award.
But, in the end, Bannie Kang from Singapore took home the ultimate prize, beating out 54 bartenders from around the world to become World Class Bartender of the Year.
9 Vancouver restaurants band together for week-long Pride cocktail fundraiser
The theme of this year’s Vancouver Pride Parade is “50 Years and Still Fighting” and with many across the city and region set to join in the celebration on West End streets, there are venues across Vancouver that are stepping up to raise awareness and money for Pride-related causes.
The Mackenzie Room has rallied together eight other restaurants for a week-long joint-effort cocktail fundraiser to align with Pride – and being a great ally is the fitting theme.
The new Copper Spirit Distillery is making organic liquor on Bowen Island
It’s within the crisp concrete walls of the newly open Copper Spirit Distillery that owners Candice and Miguel Kabantsov want people to forge new relationships with alcohol and one another.
“We discussed how we could create an industry that was focused on conscious consumption, not over consumption,” said Candice.
B.C. eliminates personal-exemption limit on out-of-province booze
Move is in stark contrast to Ontario becoming more restrictive on interprovincial e-commerce shipments of alcohol into the province
British Columbians can now visit another Canadian province and bring back to B.C. an unlimited amount of alcohol, the B.C. government said in a July 19 news release.
The move also applies to people from other provinces who visit B.C.
Celebrate Canada Day with this iconic Canadian whisky
Celebrate the most important day in the Canadian calendar with the country’s iconic homegrown whisky, J.P. Wiser’s! Before Canada was even Canada, J.P. Wiser’s was distilling and barreling whisky in 1857 in Prescott, Ontario. That makes it Canada’s oldest continuously produced Canadian whisky.
The Alchemist Summer 2019
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.
Botanist wins Bols Around the World
The Fairmont Pacific Rim team cleans up at the global competition
Another day, another global win for Botanist Bar. Bartenders Grant Sceney, Jeff Savage and Max Curzon-Price have just been crowned the “Bols Around the World” bar team of the year.