MadeWithLove Vancouver Cocktail Competition

Come and join us on Monday, August 25th, for the MadeWithLove Vancouver event! For the occasion, 15 of the city’s top mixologists will showcase their cocktail savoir-faire and compete for their spot in the national finals that will be held in Toronto in May 2015. You will have the chance to taste 15 amazing competing cocktails, delicious…

Calvados Cocktail Competition

EVENT ALERT This is the place to be tomorrow night (Feb 18).  what a team of talent; an all-star lineup of local bartending talent set for battle! GLV  When: Tuesday, February 18th, 7–10 p.m. Where: Uva Wine Bar, 900 Seymour Street, Vancouver, BC Tickets: $30 each, available through Eventbrite Calling all apple-loving Vancouverites! Please join…

Cocktail Retro-Rejuvenation

Last year we asked Vancouver’s best bartenders to ‘Surpass Cuffs and Buttons’ and take M.W. Heron’s timeless concoction, now known as Southern Comfort, to the next level. They answered the challenge admirably with dozens of entries resulting in quite possibly the best Southern Comfort cocktails, sours, punches, and smashes EVER. Of course one bartender managed…

The Refinery’s Cocktail Kitchen Series Season Two

After just a mere 4 weeks off, the Refinery’s Cocktail Kitchen Series is back. Season Two offers up new spirit and menu pairings, a completely new roster of bartenders from all over the lower Mainland, and better monthly and series prizes than ever before. Brief synopsis on the program: $35 gets each guests 3 cocktails…

Cocktail Apprentice Program Coming to Vancouver

Applications are now open for Canadian bartenders to join the Cocktail Apprentice Program at Tales of the Cocktail in Vancouver Since 2008 Tales of the Cocktail®, the world’s premier cocktail festival, has been bringing the rising stars in mixology to New Orleans as part of the Cocktail Apprentice program. It’s one way the New Orleans…

The Cocktail Kitchen Series

As one of the most innovative cocktail programs in Canada, The Refinery is proud to launch a six month interactive and educational competition called “The Cocktail Kitchen Series”. Due to launch on July 8th 2010, “The Cocktail Kitchen Series” aims to promote niche craft cocktail development, through the expertise of Vancouver’s best veteran and up…

Vancouver’s George Ultra Lounge Goes for Gold……And Silver…And Bronze…with 2010 Mixlympics

 Top International Bartenders compete @ the 2010 George Mixlympic Games -Sponsored by Martin Miller’s Gin & Arc’teryx Sunday, February 21 – Doors open at 12:00 pm George Ultra Lounge, 1137 Hamilton Street, Vancouver Everybody has medal fever this month in Vancouver and the international bartenders visiting George Ultra Lounge are no exception!  George bartender Shaun Layton has invited…