by Joanne Sasvari | Oct 31, 2018 | The Alchemist
Thirsty for cocktail and spirits news? You’re in luck—the fall/winter issue of The Alchemist is out this week. The tenth edition of B.C.’s only magazine dedicated to local distilleries and cocktail culture returns with all the warming flavours you’ll crave for the...
by Tara Rafiq | Dec 30, 2017 | The Alchemist
Some of Vancouver’s top bartenders give their thoughts on what’ll be hot next year Raise your glass to the end of 2017, a year that brought us one disaster after another, from raging wildfires to the near-daily perp walk of sexual predators. Between all that and the...
by Tara Rafiq | Dec 15, 2017 | Home Bar, The Alchemist
When life gives you lemons, add finesse to your festive fizz with oleo saccharum The holiday season cries out for festive bubbles, for brunch-time mimosas and kir royales, for corks flying at midnight, for French 75s and Champagne cocktails just about any time. But of...
by Tara Rafiq | Dec 8, 2017 | The Alchemist
Repeat after me: You can never have too many cocktail tools. Or glasses. Or bottles of interesting spirits. Or cocktail books. Or … Well, you get the picture. Wondering what to get the cocktail aficionado on your holiday list? Start right here. Stock the liquor...
by Tara Rafiq | Dec 2, 2017 | The Alchemist
A roundup of seasonal drinks rolled out by Vancouver bars Fa-la-la-la! It’s beginning to taste a lot like Christmas at The Cascade Room, where the holiday cocktails are merrily flowing. “Cascade has always done mulled wine,” says manager Justin Taylor. “So we thought...
by Tara Rafiq | Nov 24, 2017 | The Alchemist
City’s newest craft distillery is focused on making ‘spirits for bartenders’ A new artisan distillery opening up in B.C. isn’t exactly news these days. There are already 51 of them around, with another 13 in the works and as many as 80 licences floating around out...
