“Orange You Glad It’s Halloween” Cocktail with Mandarins from Chile Mandarins from Chile are in season and we could all use a little more Vitamin C for immunity right now. I’ve whipped up a simple cocktail that was heavy on the orange colour and flavour with some gin, Aperol, Chilean mandarins, lime, soda and salt….
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Odd Society Spirits In East Van
Odd Society Awards And Some Cocktails For Home Odd Society Spirits receives multiple awards at the Canadian Whisky Festival and Canadian Artisan Spirit Competition and we’ve got some cocktails so you can try their libations at home and an interview with Master Distiller Gordon Glanz. Click to hear more about Odd Society Spirits on the…
Melitta Cold Brew Coffee Cocktails
Cold Brew Coffee Adds Depth To Cocktails Melitta Cold Brew Coffee is easy to whip up and can make a great drink on it’s own, but we’ve partnered with Melitta to bring you some cocktails that make getting caffeinated even better. There’s lots of great deals on Melitta Coffee at Amazon. Melitta Cold Brew Coffee…
Espresso Cocktails With Grey Goose
National Espresso Day Espresso Cocktails. We partnered with Grey Goose to bring you some Espresso cocktails! Join us in our cocktail lounge series where we bring you bar cocktails and afterwork drinks. And, please don’t call it EXPRESSO, that’s an s drink lovers, not an x. More cocktails here. Instead of just enjoying a regular…
What’s Karen Drinking – Tequila Cosmopolitan
Mixing Up a Tequila Cosmopolitan It’s that time of week again, so kick back and relax and mix up yourself something that Karen’s been drinking! From our pal Karen: “It’s the last day of summer (when she made this one!) and I wanted to take it out with something a bit summery.😎Cheers and farewell dear summer…
What’s Karen Drinking – Blood Orange G&T
Mixing Up a Blood Orange G&T It’s that time of week again, so kick back and relax and mix up yourself something that Karen’s been drinking! From our pal Karen: “It’s the Thanksgiving long weekend here in Canada. I found bags of Blood Oranges @costco_canada and they’re perfect for making a colourful and delicious welcoming cocktail for…
What’s Karen Drinking – The Sidecar
Karen’s Mixing Up The Sidecar This Week The new “What’s Karen Drinking” has been well received by our readers and I eagerly await her next libation! Check out Karen’s instagram account for more ideas for the home bar. This week she’s mixing up The Side Car Cheers! #whatskarendrinking The Sidecar is a classic cocktail thought to have…
Saturday Sips – What’s Karen Drinking
Festive Pomegranate Gin and Tonic If you follow my friend Karen Van Vloten on Instagram, you probably get thirsty! She’s got a great engagement rate as her feed is full of the cocktails she crafts; her’s is the party you want to get invited to. It’s been a holiday tradition for her and I to…
Made With Love Cocktail Competition #Giveaway #EnjoyMWL
CONTEST CLOSED Made With love – September 25th – 2 Tickets Cocktail Competition #Giveaway #EnjoyMWL MADE WITH LOVE™ is visiting Vancouver on September 25th and stopping by the Fairmont Hotel Vancouver for a fun filled night of creativity and a cocktail extravaganza. We are judging this feat and have also partnered to give a couple tickets away so you can enjoy…
National Daiquiri Day – Original Daiquiri Recipe
Original Daiquiri And a History Lesson The Daiquiri is a member of the sour family of cocktails. A sour is composed of a base spirit, a sweet ingredient, and a a sour ingredient. In the case of the Daiquiri, those elements are rum ), lime juice and sugar. 2oz Bacardi Carta Blanca 1oz fresh lime…
Absolut Vodka Canada Day Cocktails
Mix Up Some Absolut – ly Delicious Cocktails For Canada Day To celebrate Canada’s 150th birthday, Absolut collaborated on a limited edition bottle with Canadian textile artist Libs Elliott and I was fortunate enough to be sent one to play with. Through her quilts, she’s revitalizing a craft with a deep legacy by incorporating modern technology…
Hand Crafted Spirits on TSN1410 – RauDZ Pistachio Rose Gimlet
Chatting Cocktails With Danielle Jeckel at RauDZ in Kelowna We were up in Kelowna several times this spring for our wedding planning and festivities (no I won’t shut up about that yet) and I met up with bartender Danielle Jeckel of RauDZ restaurant for an interview about their cocktail program. This Kelowna favourite has superb…
Gin and Tonic Day With Bombay Sapphire East
Gin and Tonic With Bombay Sapphire East What’s in your glass today? April 9th is national gin and tonic day, so why not mix one up, hit the patio and catch some of the sunshine we are currently experiencing, and quickly before it disappears! The army of the British East India Company is credited with the creation…
Hand Crafted Spirits on TSN1410 – The Cascade Room and The Burrard Gimlet
Bartender Justin Taylor at The Cascade Room – Burrard Gimlet If you been following the Hand Crafted Spirits Show, you may have caught a few segments where Joe Leary and I search for tasty cocktails on TSN1410. This week we were off for a quick lunch and cocktail sampling in East Van. Main Street’s Cascade Room is now…
Mission – Hand Crafted Spirits TSN1410 with Joe Leary
Hand Crafted Spirits Radio Show Checks Out Barteneder Marc Smolenski at Mission in Kitsilano We’re doing some radio again thanks to Joe Leary and TSN1410 on a new show called Hand Crafted Spirits. My segment will involve checking in with a local craft-spirit using bartender along with Joe to find out what’s been shaken and poured…
BOMBAY SAPPHIRE EAST and Cocktails with David Wolowidnyk
Top Five Reasons Why Bombay Sapphire Gin is the Spirit of Summer Yesterday I wrote about how my new Escents Outdoor Survival Kit helped keep the mosquitoes away (although I neglected to use the spray the the day before….and one bit me on the neck….right in my apartment while sleeping…so very rude!) and today I…
$45 cocktail! – Granville Room Launches The 957
The Granville Room Kitchen & Cocktail Bar kicks off summer with the launch of the luxe 957 cocktail, created by resident bar star Trevor Kallies. Crafted in three parts, the ultra-chic 957 blends Hennessy XO and Belvedere vodka and is topped with an aromatic vanilla foam. Adding further personality, the cocktail is crowned with a…
