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The Capital of Craft: Victoria’s Brewers Find New Life in Whisky
What began as a beer town has evolved into a hub forexperimental whisky.
The Scotch Whisky Regions are Wrong (But Here’s Why You Should Still Use Them)
Mise en place. Terroir. Both haughty French phrases that conjure up mystical feelings of faraway flavours and untouched landscapes. So perhaps it’s fitting that I find myself writing about regionality from the shade of a Parisian café, doing my best to escape the sticky humidity of the so-called city of love.
A Question of Taste: Canada’s 1/11 Rule
This round, we’re unpacking Canada’s 1/11 rule. Is it a clever tool that gives blenders creative freedom, or a loophole that dilutes national identity? Some say it helps Canadian whisky stand out; others argue it blurs what “Canadian” even means in the glass. We’re here for both sides of the story.
A Question of Taste: Cristalino Tequila
Cristalino Tequila: Is it a gateway to premium sipping or just tequila with all the good bits filtered out? For every fan of its polish, there’s a critic mourning what got stripped away and we’re here for both takes.
Has Sustainability Left the Bar?
The buzz around sustainable cocktails has died down in recent years, but does that mean it’s 86’d or has conscientious cocktails become the norm?
Flavour over Formula
Canada’s flavour-focused whisky laws challenge the way the world thinks about grain, rules, and tradition.
Barrel Aging BeyondAmerican Oak
Exploring alternative woods, aging techniques, and experimental cask programs.
Still a Margarita
The Margarita is, without question, one of life’s most perfect cocktails. If it wouldn’t take much to convince you that there is a taco for every season, then surely, there’s a Margarita for every occasion.
Seeing Flavour
Could whisky label colours be telling your taste buds what to expect too? Turns out, they might be.
One Bottle Three Ways: Amaro Montenegro
With three easy builds, Jessica Colacci shows us just how many personalities one bottle can have and why Montenegro deserves a permanent place in your rotation.
Flavour Files: Floral Edition
Flavour Files spotlights one flavour camp and how it unfolds across spirits, liqueurs, and modifiers offering a lens into its versatility, personality, and creative potential. This edition features spirits that bloom with botanicals, blossoms, and aromatic elegance.
The Flavour Index: Amari Edition
Bitter, herbal, sweet—amaro (plural amari) is one of the most diverse and misunderstood spirits categories behind the bar. Born in Italy and now made worldwide, these botanical liqueurs range from bright and citrusy to bold and bracing. This guide maps out their flavour profiles, ABV, and cocktail potential, using well-known benchmarks like Campari, Aperol, and Fernet Branca to help decode the rest. Whether you’re a cocktail enthusiast or curious newcomer, the Amari Index offers a starting point to explore, compare, and use these complex bottles with more confidence one flavour profile at a time.
Merroir: Where Sea Shapes Spirit
From tide to table, distilleries are bottling sips from the sea and reawakening our connection to water.
Where Smoke Meets Sense of Place
A new chapter is emerging for smoky whiskies beyond peat.