Tickets are on sale now for Toronto Cocktail Festival

18 views The second annual festival runs from October 18 to 25 with a full slate of events, including the unmissable Gala of Cocktails     The wait is over! Tickets are now on sale for the second annual Toronto Cocktail Festival presented…

Lemon Aid

65 views When life gives you lemons… make limoncello     How does vacationing on the Amalfi coast, sipping a lemony cocktail, sound to you? While I can’t bring Italy’s seaside back to Canada, let’s recreate a taste of the Mediterranean at…

Hi-fi watering holes

315 views Inspired by classic Japanese kissas, retro and vinyl-inspired listening bars are shaping a new culture in drinking, snacking and grooving across Canada     “Listen, closely.” That simple sentence, painted on an exterior wall of…

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50/50 Gin Martini

Recipe by Evelyn Chick (@evelynchick). • 1.5 oz Plymouth Gin • 1.5 oz Guerra Dry Vermouth • Garnish: lemon twist ...

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Recipe by Soren Schepkowski (@big.cocktail.guy) • 2 oz The Botanist Islay Dry Gin • 0.75 oz dry vermouth • 2 ...

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The cherry garnish complements the tannic note of this original cocktail by Matthew Benevoli. Ingredients: 1.5 oz ...

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This variation on the classic is from Jessica Toews, bar manager at PiDGiN in Vancouver. • 1 bar spoon absinthe • ...
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Nikka brings Coffey, chemistry, and collaboration to Vancouver Cocktail Week When B.C.-based importers Enoteca ...

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