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Where to drink right now in Portland

July 17, 2023 No Comments

One of the Pacific Northwest’s great drinking cities is popping with new bars and wild cocktails, from the mustard-licked to slushified—plus … disco balls!

Old Portland favourites and on-point new bars are rocking some Canadian-friendly values, and prices (drinks from USD$12-16 are typical, but no tax!). Because Oregon bars must serve food, delicious bites from bar snacks to elevated meals complement your cocktails. Always on the cutting edge of alternative, plenty of Portland places feature mocktails as refreshing and inventive as their boozy siblings, too.

Home Bar, Recipes

She’s a Spicy Peach

July 14, 2023 No Comments

• 1.5 oz white rum

• 1 oz Homemade Chili Liqueur

• 2.5 oz peach nectar

• 0.5 oz lemon juice

• 2 dashes orange bitters

• Optional: Plain or peach-flavoured sparkling water

• Garnish: Sliced jalapeño peppers

Home Bar, Recipes

Spicy Margarita

July 13, 2023 No Comments

• 1.5 oz blanco tequila (Hornitos used)

• 1 oz Homemade Chili Liqueur

• 1 oz lime juice

• Garnish: Salt for rim of glass, pepper, lime wheel

Bar Bites

Cocktail-focused, upscale bar lounge to open in Vancouver this month

July 13, 2023 No Comments

“We’re trying to do something a little bit different,” says the owner.

Currently under renovation, The Watson, an upscale bar lounge, is set to open near the end of July 2023, at 3080 Main Street next to the recently-opened burger joint Street Hawker. Maria Diment/Vancouver Is Awesome photo

A new cocktail-focused bar lounge is getting ready to open in Vancouver’s Mount Pleasant neighbourhood.

Nestled in the perfect middle between casual and fine dining, The Watson will bring a refreshing, upscale element to Main Street – something that Michael Gayman, who owns the wine and charcuterie bar Bartholomew in Yaletown, feels has been missing in the area for some time.

Home Bar

Turn up the heat

July 12, 2023 No Comments

Homemade chili syrup and liqueur add sizzle to summer cocktails

Before you get started, assemble your ingredients, including fresh peppers such as habaneros, serranoes and jalapeños. Photos by Matthew Benevoli

Just like summer, Home Bar is bringing the heat! Spicy drinks aren’t new, but have recently experienced a popularity boom, whether the heat comes from hot sauce, fresh jalapeños or spicy spirits.

We’ll be making something more dynamic and versatile than just popping jalapeños into a bottle of tequila. Chili liqueur allows for balanced, nuanced flavours, can be added or substituted into drinks, and can be as fiery as desired. Or, if you prefer, you can make a chili syrup for all your zero-proof drinks.

Bar Bites

You can sip infused spirits and cocktails on tap in an old auto repair shop

July 12, 2023 No Comments

Take a peek inside the brand new cocktail and snack bar in Vancouver

Infused spirits made in-house are at the core of the menu at Please! Beverage Co’s brand-new tasting room and production facility in Mount Pleasant. Photos by Lindsay William-Ross/V.I.A.

When you think bottled or canned cocktails—those commercially-produced beverages known in industry shorthand as “RTD” for “ready to drink”—you might conjure up the same imagery as Vancouver’s Please! Beverage Co.’s founder, Noel Steen: shotgunning a can on a boat.

Bar Bites

Three cool reads for hot days

July 10, 2023 No Comments

The Ice Book: Cool Cubes, Clear Spheres, and Other Chill Cocktail Crafts by Camper English

As you’re sweltering under yet another heat dome, let this renowned expert in all things cocktail cool you down with his treatise on the unsung hero of every drink. This handy guide offers everything you need to know about directional freezing, carving ice into diamonds, embedding it with garnishes and dozens of other frosty projects.

Tasting Panel

What’s the best tequila for making Margaritas?

July 7, 2023 No Comments

Citrusy and fresh, the Margarita is the quintessential tequila drink. Getty Images photo

Sunny days demand thirst-quenching cocktails like Margaritas, Palomas and Ranch Water, which all just happen to be a showcase for tequila. And that might just make tequila our favourite summer spirit.

Bar Bites

A pretty drink to put you in the pink

July 4, 2023 No Comments

Pink & Pretty is just one of several new cocktails created by Trevor Kallies of Freehouse Collective. Photo courtesy of Freehouse Collective.

This is the season of celebrations—weddings, graduations, Mother’s Day, coronations—and that makes it a season that cries out for something pretty and sparkly in a glass. Luckily, Trevor Kallies, the bar and beverage director of Freehouse Collective, has just what we’re craving.

Recipes

Pink & Pretty

July 3, 2023 No Comments

The cocktail you need for all the season’s celebrations, from Trevor Kallies at Freehouse Collective.

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Where to drink right now in Portland

One of the Pacific Northwest’s great drinking cities is popping with new bars and wild cocktails, from the mustard-licked to slushified—plus … disco balls!

She’s a Spicy Peach

Spicy Margarita

Cocktail-focused, upscale bar lounge to open in Vancouver this month

“We’re trying to do something a little bit different,” says the owner.

Turn up the heat

Homemade chili syrup and liqueur add sizzle to summer cocktails

You can sip infused spirits and cocktails on tap in an old auto repair shop

Take a peek inside the brand new cocktail and snack bar in Vancouver

Three cool reads for hot days

What’s the best tequila for making Margaritas?

A pretty drink to put you in the pink

Pink & Pretty

The cocktail you need for all the season’s celebrations, from Trevor Kallies at Freehouse Collective.

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