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Gin Paloma

June 16, 2022 No Comments

This easy, patio-ready cocktail comes from the tasting lounge at North Vancouver’s Copperpenny Distilling. The fresh citrus and rosemary accentuate the notes of Egyptian coriander and Moroccan grains of paradise in their Social Project Gin 005.

• 2 oz Copperpenny Social Project Gin 005

• 2 oz freshly squeezed grapefruit juice (strained)

• 0.5 oz freshly squeezed lime juice

• 0.5 oz rosemary-infused simple syrup (see note)

• Garnish: Himalayan pink salt rim, dehydrated grapefruit and/or sprig of rosemary

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Negroni Secco

June 15, 2022 No Comments

Recipe courtesy of Carlino Restaurant & Lounge

• 1 oz Esquimalt Wine Company dry vermouth

• 0.75 oz Tanqueray gin

• 0.25 oz Dubh Glass Noteworthy Navy Strength gin

• 0.5 oz Suze

• 2 dashes Sichuan peppercorn tincture (see recipe)

• Garnish: lemon zest

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Vancouver’s own Douglas Coupland is typically the creator, not the muse, known for 13 novels including the era-defining Generation X as well as numerous artworks, many of them displayed prominently around town.

But for now at least, he’s also the inspiration for a limited series of cocktails designed by the Fairmont Pacific Rim’s award-winning beverage director, Grant Sceney.

Have Glass Will Travel

Where to drink right now in Mexico City

June 14, 2022 No Comments

Nine must-visit bars in one of the world’s greatest cocktail cities

Handshake is a tiny bar packed with cocktail innovation. Photo courtesy of Handshake

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Recognition for Vancouver bars

June 13, 2022 No Comments

The Keefer ranks No. 25 at the inaugural North America’s 50 Best Bars Awards; Botanist places No. 2 on Canada’s 50 Best Bars

The winners at the 50 Best Bars ceremony in New York City. Supplied photo

We all know what a dynamic cocktail scene Vancouver has, and what a talented group of bartenders we have slinging drinks here.

Now the rest of the world is getting an idea, too. Well, sort of.

Two sets of “best bar” rankings have just been released, with nods to some of our favourite watering holes. But as always, some of our very best cocktail destinations couldn’t make the list because they just don’t qualify as bars. (Because of our licensing rules, they are often technically considered restaurants.) No matter. We know who you are.

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Two new bars set to shake things up in Vancouver

June 13, 2022 No Comments

Brendan Kergin/Vancouver Is Awesome photo

Nothing makes us want to raise a glass in celebration more than seeing new bars open with our favourite barkeeps at the helm. And, after a flurry of recent openings, we will have even more to toast this summer.

World Class Canada invites the planet

June 10, 2022 No Comments

The competition puts on the glitz to attract the global final

Previous winners of World Class Canada celebrate the country’s newest Bartender of the Year, Toronto’s Massimo Zitti. Photos courtesy of World Class Canada

World Class Canada is back,” says Michael Armistead. Is it ever.

After two years of cancelled, postponed and virtual events, competitors and judges gathered in early May at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Montreal for what was more than a festival that crowned Toronto’s Massimo Zitti World Class Canada Bartender of the Year 2022. It was an invitation to the world to make Canada the destination for next year’s global final.

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The Alchemist Spring/Summer 2022

June 9, 2022 No Comments

In the Spring/Summer 2022 issue of The Alchemist, we look back at our first Vancouver Cocktail Week, and look forward to an exciting summer of product launches, parties and openings.

Despite our anxieties over the pandemic, VCW 2022, held March 6 to 10, was a huge success, not just because we had so many great events (65 of them!), but because everyone was so darn happy to be out and about and socializing, many for the first time in two years. See our look back at the festival in this issue—with a hint of what’s to come in 2023.

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