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• 1 oz Johnnie Walker Black
• 0.5 oz fino sherry
• 1.5 oz birch water
• 0.75 oz Alderwood smoked tea (Tealeaves Forestea)
• 0.25 oz oak moss and cedar (wild-foraged)
• Garnish: Rosemary sprig
During the Victoria Whisky Festival on January 20, the Canadian chapter of Scotland’s Scotch Malt Whisky Society (SMWS) unveiled a new bottling, 152.1, also known by the name Vibrant and Vigorous. The “.1” identifies the first-ever bottling from a new-to-SMWS distillery, and the Society identifies whiskies only by number and their often-fanciful house names, because each whisky is a single cask bottled at house strength, and may be a unicorn that doesn’t align with the distillery’s house style.
2 oz unpeated scotch whisky
1 oz brewed coffee
0.5 oz maple syrup
2 dashes aromatic bitters
A pinch of freshly grated cinnamon
Garnish: torched cinnamon stick
1 oz Glenfarclas 17-year
1 oz Marsala
0.5 oz Bénédictine liqueur
2 dashes orange bitters
Garnish: orange peel, shortbread
1 oz blended scotch whisky
1 oz sweet vermouth
0.5 oz Bénédictine liqueur
Garnish: lemon peel
Over the past decade British Columbia has become the focal point for craft distilleries within Canada. Prior to 2013, there were only a handful of distilleries in operation in the province. However, once the Provincial Government established new regulations around “commercial” and “craft” distilleries, exempting “craft” distillers from the more than 160 percent markup the province applies to all other B.C. spirit makers, there has been an enormous boom. Today, there are close to 100 distilleries in operation.
• 1 oz CAMPARI
• 1 oz Scotch Whiskey
• 0.75 oz Tawny Port
• 0.5 oz Peated Islay Scotch
• 2 heavy dashes Rose Water
• 1 Drop of Cardamom Bitters
• 1 Drop of Aromatic Leaf Bitters (or Cigar Bitters)*
• 1 oz Jameson Irish Whiskey
• 1 oz Mint Syrup
• 1/8 oz Menthe Pastille
• 4 oz English Breakfast Tea (chilled)
• 1 oz Lemon Juice
• 1.5 oz Johnnie Walker Black Label
• 1 oz Umé Shu plum wine
• 0.5 oz maple green tea cordial (see note)
• 1 dash cardamom bitters
• 3oz club soda
• Garnish: sprig of rosemary, optional candied pine cone.
A Saanich distillery has settled a long-running branding dispute with the Scotch Whisky Association.
Graeme Macaloney, who has operated Macaloney Brewer and Distillers since 2016, is slightly changing his distillery’s name and re-labelling some of his brands, moving away from popular names and places in his native Scotland. The Scotch Whisky Association claimed the brands were misleading, making Canadians believe the whisky was made in Scotland.