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Beaver's Dram Canadian Whisky
It seems to me that while the patented Stockhausen Method of quick aging does not to my palate add age to the spirit the likes of which you’d get out of a conventional maturation, it definitely does alter the whisky in a distinctive and impressive fashion.
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British Columbia's Shelter Point Distillery
If you are of the mind that great single malt whisky comes only from Scotland, it’s time to discover BC’s Shelter Point! Click here to learn about what might be Canada’s most fiercely determined whisky producer and read reviews of three of their whiskies.
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Spotlight on Value Beers at the LCBO
You don’t need to be a big spender these days to realize that life is becoming ever more expensive. With this in mind, I recently embarked upon a tasting expedition to find the best among what I describe as ‘value’ beer brands at the LCBO, with a price cap of $2.75 a can.
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Finding Mexican Craft in the Riviera Maya
In the almost twelve years since I first visited Mexico in search of great beer, the country’s craft beer scene has blossomed into one of the most exciting and dynamic in the world! And thanks to an expat Argentinian restaurateur, it’s possible to get a taste even in such tourism-heavy destinations as the Riviera Maya.
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Henderson Brewing’s Rush Collaborations
Celebrity collaborations with beverage companies are a dime a dozen these days, but more rare are collabs where the celebs have a hand in the process and the results are actually good! Toronto’s Henderson Brewing’s work with the legendary band Rush is one such instance.
Latest Reviews
Spotlight on the Single Malt Whiskies of British Columbia
Although Canadian distilleries are best known for rye whiskies, and ‘rye whiskies’ that can contain precious little of that grain, a new generation of craft distillers are embracing the production of single malt. The results so far are not just impressive, they also bode very well for the future!
WILL TRAVEL
Finding Mexican Craft in the Riviera Maya
In the almost twelve years since I first visited Mexico in search of great beer, the country’s craft beer scene has blossomed into one of the most exciting and dynamic in the world! And thanks to an expat Argentinian restaurateur, it’s possible to get a taste even in such tourism-heavy destinations as the Riviera Maya.
Godspeed Brewery
When Luc Lafontaine chose to open his Godspeed Brewery in Toronto in July of 2017, expectations among the city’s beer cognoscenti were high, although as it turned out, for all the wrong reasons.
FEATURE REPORTS
Spotlight on Rhum Agricole A.O.C.
As near as anyone can figure, rum was born sometime, somewhere in the early to mid-seventeenth century. Barbados lays claim to its invention, and no one to date has found concrete reason to dispute the notion, but it is possible that the first rum was instead produced in Hispaniola or Cuba, or perhaps Brazil.
FEATURE REPORT