It is official: Canada’s oldest whisky is also its best. On February 25, 2021, nine independent whisky experts named 43-year-old Canadian Club Chronicles as Canadian Whisky of the Year at the eleventh annual Canadian Whisky Awards. Canadian Club 43 also took top honours as Connoisseur Whisky of the Year.
Read MoreP49 Old Boy Single Malt Whisky was mashed at the Parallel 49 brewery using a recipe based on its Old Boy Classic Brown Ale. The mash was then transported to Odd Society distillery to be fermented, distilled and matured.
Read MoreIn the last year or two, when Quebec’s first Acerums landed on store shelves, they entertained our palate with something novel and exciting. This year though, as the sequels to these first bottlings begin to arrive, we discover that Acerum has a much bigger story to tell.
Read MoreHiram Walker’s attentive doctor still makes house calls on his ageing whisky. And from those visits comes an exceptional new Lot No. 40 called Dark Oak. He has finished the standard Lot No. 40 in new American Oak Char #4 barrels.
Read MoreThe Hidden Temple Gin bottle could be mistaken for a Raiders of the Lost Ark treasure map, with colourful flora, fauna and retro artefacts shrouding the bottle in mystery.
Read MoreLooking across the river from Windsor’s Hiram Walker Distillery, Detroit looks like a city where Batman might feel at home. Ornate skyscrapers line up against a landscape of 1920’s Art Deco buildings with gothic upper-story sculptural setbacks. It’s not Gotham, so, during American Prohibition, there were no actual Batman spottings here.
Read MoreSoon, and for the first time ever, this will include Newfoundland Whisky. This past October, the Newfoundland Distillery Company began laying down barrels of triple-distilled whisky spirit made from Cormack-grown unmalted barley.
Read MoreForty-eight bottles of Last Straw’s Straight Ontario Rye, Cask 2 will be available at cask strength beginning November 10 for $65. Then, early in 2021, the rest will be released at 43%. It’s great whisky.
Read MoreThis September, even amid a pandemic, the Forty Creek special release calendar we’ve enjoyed for 14 straight years will continue undaunted. In fact, this year, they have resolved to release two whiskies.
Read MoreBeam Suntory Canada and BarChef are combining their superpowers to make cocktails. On Saturday, May 30, 2020, at 5 PM EST, world-class mixologist Frankie Solarik and Maker’s Mark national brand ambassador Ray Daniel is hosting a virtual nationwide cocktail hour with partial proceeds going to the Bartenders Benevolent Fund.
Read MoreEveryone should have two things in their back pocket – a classic dirty martini recipe and a copy of our book, The Definitive Guide to Canadian Distilleries.
Read More“Another year of world conflict has served to emphasize still further the essential role that our industry generally is playing in the fight to preserve democratic freedom.” These were the words of Hiram Walker Gooderham & Worts Limited President Harry Hatch in 1942.
Read MoreDr Don Livermore’s finesse as a blender is on full display in Pike Creek’s 2019 Corby Craft Rare Range Series entry. This time, the doctor gave his 21-year-old whisky bed rest in Spanish oloroso sherry casks.
Read MoreIn February 2013, Vancouver fired up its microdistilling scene in a former car repair garage. The Long Table Distillery was the city's first microdistillery. Its flagship London Dry Gin premiered then peeled out of that garage and into the glass if gin lovers.
Read MoreThe Willibald Farm Distillery and Reid’s Distillery have combined their gin superpowers into making Ontario’s first collaborative gin. The supergroup found their inspiration in what a winter’s feast means to them. They then took those elements and converted it into this gin.
Read More“How can we relate our spirits to music and give back to the community?” distiller Chris Ferg wondered. Turn to musical song titles and partner with local organizations, he thought. Durham’s Wheat King’s vodka, made with Ontario organic winter wheat, alludes to the 1992 Tragically Hip hit song.
Read MoreBarchef’s Toasted Old Fashioned is stirring it up with a special bonus. For a limited time at the LCBO, bottles are attached with a built-in garnish for your cocktail - an atomizer containing oil expressed from orange zest.
Read MoreCongratulations to Heaven Hill Brands, the largest independent, family-owned & operated distilled spirits supplier in the U.S., for its purchase of Black Velvet Canadian Whisky from Constellation Brands.
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