A smash hit can be a double-edged sword. Look at ‘80s rock bands and their drippy power ballads. The euphoria of financial success from mass commercial appeal slowly turns to torture. Day in, day out, they’ll play that song ad nauseum for the rest of their professional career. Do you honestly think Foreigner still wants to know what love is? Then, by contrast, there are hits written away from a major label, and voila, it connects on an entirely different level.
Read MoreWhen Stevely decided to bottle a 57% expression of his Noteworthy gin, he wasn’t planning on leading the way for Canadian distilleries to make a navy strength gin. Instead, he was thinking about his success in making cask strength whiskies.
Read MoreIn 2017, the Newfoundland Distillery Company in Clarke’s Beach on Conception Bay began making gin to bridge the gap while their whisky matured. After a tenure as a chef in Ottawa cooking for high-profile names, Carter had returned to Newfoundland. His experience in the kitchen honed his approach to the culinary arts – making humble seasonal ingredients pop on the palate. Gin was already in his culinary DNA.
Read MoreEdmonton has the nickname “Gateway to the North, and now bartenders can shake it into cocktails. Back in the day, the North Saskatchewan River that twists through the city proved a significant waterway for Canada’s fur trade. Indeed, two warring companies, the Hudson’s Bay Company and the North West Company, occasionally came to blows while paddling their wares through Edmonton.
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