by Tara Rafiq | Apr 5, 2024 | The Alchemist
Post-Mardi Gras and before Tales of the Cocktail is the best time to visit NOLA: The cocktail scene is hot, and the weather not-yet swampy. Bar Stars Jewel of the South A 20-year vet of the New Orleans bar scene, co-owner Chris Hannah presides most nights over this...
by Tara Rafiq | Apr 3, 2024 | The Alchemist
It’ll open later this year. A new cocktail bar is coming to downtown Vancouver. All the way down. Prophecy will be making its home in Rosewood Hotel Georgia, specifically the “hotel’s historic basement,” according to the new bar’s website....
by Tara Rafiq | Mar 6, 2024 | The Alchemist
Raise an International Women’s Day toast to the Drink Masters bar star who inspired a generation of women in the drinks industry Some of us encountered Reiner two decades ago, as the smiling face behind the curved bar at Flatiron Lounge, the first of her pioneering...
by Tara Rafiq | Feb 26, 2024 | The Alchemist
An exciting project from a Michelin-starred team is about to debut The crew behind some of Vancouver’s most acclaimed – and sexy – restaurant concepts is at it again, this time revealing plans to launch an intimate cocktail and snack bar just steps...
by Tara Rafiq | Feb 14, 2024 | The Alchemist
The win marks an exciting shift in small-scale distilling across the country After seven years of domination by B.C. and Ontario, an Alberta distillery has taken home the top prize at the 2024 Canadian Artisan Spirit Competition. In a series of blind tastings, a...
by Tara Rafiq | Jan 19, 2024 | The Alchemist
Ontario’s Paradigm Spirits Co. wins Whisky of the Year at the 2024 Canadian Whisky Awards For nearly a century, residents of London, Ontario, smelled toasty corn aromas coming from what was formerly a grain facility and then a Kellogg’s Cornflakes factory. These days,...
