Vancouver Is a Hidden Treasure For Whisky Lovers

With its stunning combination of coastline and mountains, hiking trails, and world-class ski slopes, all just a three-hour drive from Seattle, Vancouver’s reputation as an outdoor adventurer’s paradise is well-merited. But there is another side to Canada’s third-most populated city, less well-known but every bit as exciting to the right sort of aficionado.

Vancouver is a drinks destination offering everything a curious imbiber would desire.

It’s the birthplace of craft brewing in Canada, was a cider mecca long before cider was cool, is located adjacent to the second-largest wine region in the country, and perhaps most importantly, has become a hub of craft distilling and creative mixology. Vancouver has it all, and it all lies within a relatively tight, easily traversed urban core.

(I wrote about great whisky and drinks destinations in Vancouver for Whisky Advocate magazine. Read the complete story here.)