Fernet Hunter: Four Generations of Flavour
What to drink.
Raphael Holzer highlights the light and fresh qualities of East Asia and developed Fernet Hunter to appeal to a broad range of palates.
Distillery
Bar Cart: Poli Distillerie Cleopatra Moscato Oro Grappa
The Veneto distillery’s barrel-aged bottle marks grappa’s future.
Grappa has seen an uptick in sales over recent years, a trend many attribute to the increased focus on high-quality barrel-aged and single-varietal bottlings.
A Unicorn Whisky You Can Actually Find
How Fettercairn makes unicorn whiskies for everyone.
Fettercairn, the newest independent brand from Scotland’s Whyte & Mackay, makes “unicorn” whiskies. Its various expressions—packaged in bottles emblazoned with a unicorn from the crest of founder Sir Alexander Ramsay’s clan—each provide an immediately distinguishable flavour profile that showcases the company’s approach.
Canada’s Craft Distillery Celebrates 10 Years
Dillon’s Small Batch Distillers’ Geoff Dillon talks a decade of innovation and collaboration.
Geoff Dillon, founder of Dillon’s Small Batch Distillers in Beamsville, Ontario, is always thinking 10 steps, or years, ahead. When he founded the brand in a former truck depot in 2012, he was already dreaming of making “rye whisky in Canada, not Canadian rye whisky.”
Aquavit Is Canada’s Next “It” Spirit
Why you should be drinking this Nordic spirit from distilleries from coast to coast.
From coast to coast and everywhere in between, aquavit’s popularity has grown over the past few years—and as with the recent gin boom, there is surprising diversity in the Canadian aquavit landscape, depending on where the distillery is located.
Angel’s Envy is Bourbon Made for the Canadian Palate
From Louisville to Le Great White North.
The latest whisky pushing to define its class in Canada? That would be Angel’s Envy, the upstart bourbon brand that, after a limited release in 2020, expanded to the Canadian market earlier this month.
The Newest Member of The Glenlivet’s Core Lineup Comes to Canada
A former Cognac cask whisky for the curious.
Any time The Glenlivet—the storied nearly 200-year-old Scotch whisky distillery—introduces a new whisky to its core lineup, it’s a big deal.
Lucky Bastard Distillers Celebrates 10 Years of Saskatchewan-Made Spirits
Microdistillery.
Lucky Bastard is known for its vodkas, which are made with 100 per cent Saskatchewan wheat and come in unique flavours such as vanilla espresso, blood orange hibiscus, and dill pickle, which is a must-try in Caesars.
Four World Class B.C. Distilleries With the Best Bottle Offerings
Array of bottles.
This year, 27 distilleries from the Comox Valley to the Kootenays converged on Vancouver, providing a vibrant scene matched in verve only by the liquors poured throughout. Here are five of B.C.’s best bottles to seek out, at home and afield.
