Try this negroni at Nicli Antica in Gastown, or make it yourself at home.
• 1 oz Bulldog Gin
• 1 oz Campari
• 1 oz Cocchi Rosa
• 0.5 oz fresh lemon
• 0.5 oz fresh grapefruit
Negroni Rosa
Schwing
This floral bubbly drink created by David Wolowidnyk is ideal as a reception cocktail for any of your spring flings.
• 1 oz gin or vodka
• 1 oz Aperol
• 0.5 oz lemon juice
• Dash orange flower water
• 2 oz sparkling wine
La Bicicletta Gin & Tonic
Bright, fresh and lightly herbal, this G&T will whisk you to an Italian piazza.
• 2 oz La Bicicletta Gin
• 0.5 oz lemon juice
• 0.25 oz simple syrup
• 4 oz tonic water
Royal Gin & Tonic
Butterfly pea flowers add a royal purple hue to this citrusy-floral G&T.
• 2 oz. Royal Gin
• 0.5 oz mandarin juice
• 0.25 oz. simple syrup
• 4 oz tonic water
DIY Gin & Tonic
Make summer’s favourite cocktail your very own with these bespoke ideas
Gin is unlike any other spirit. Simply put, gin is a distilled grain mash that produces a neutral alcohol or vodka. The spirit is then redistilled with botanicals, herbs and spices to achieve the final product. It doesn’t rely on aging in oak barrels like whisky, and it doesn’t rely on one agricultural product to achieve its flavour, like agave for tequila. The infusion process will determine the flavour profile of each gin.
In other words, gin is essentially a botanical-flavoured vodka. And that means, even though not very many of us will ever have access to a still, we can make our own quality gins by working with infusions.
The Last Word: Bees Knees #2
All the buzzzzz
June is National Pollinator Month. Celebrate all the winged things that keep us alive with an updated classic that’s the Apis patella.
Garden’s Keeper G&T
Spanish-style G&Ts like the one on our cover are the coolest drinks of summer 2019. This one was photographed at Botanist at the Fairmont Pacific Rim, and created by head bartender Jeff Savage.
• 1.5 oz Star of Bombay gin
• 0.5 oz St-Germain elderflower liqueur
• 2 dashes Bittered Sling Haskap Bitters
• Fentiman’s tonic water
The Alchemist Summer 2019
Keep cool: The summer issue of The Alchemist is out this week.
The 12th edition of B.C.’s only magazine dedicated to cocktail and spirits culture returns with everything you need to quench your thirst this summer.
Raise a glass to World Gin Day
We can’t imagine a better reason to celebrate (responsibly, of course) than this: June 8 is World Gin Day, and all over the world, people are raising a glass to the juniper-scented spirit.
The first World Gin Day was held a decade ago in Birmingham, England; last year saw events in 30 countries, with 200 million people participating on social channels. This year, dozens of gin-soaked events are being held everywhere from London to Tokyo to Sydney and perhaps to your own back yard.
Negroni Blanco
• 1oz Victoria Oaken Gin
• 1oz Martini Bianco Vermouth
• 1oz Luxardo Bianco Bitters
• Ms. Better’s Quina Bitters
• Lemon Zest