I went in search of a few more Halloween worthy booze buys. First up a Shiraz from Fullglass Wines out of Australia where it’s all about the spooky skull label. “A deeply coloured, monster of a wine packed with bold red and black fruit aromas with a touch of licorice and vanilla. The palate is dense…
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Boos for Halloween – Besieged Wine from Ravenswood
Winemaker Joel Peterson worked solo to collect the grapes for this spooky wine. As he picked, the story goes, ravens circled above, but instead of bringing doom, these birds brought good luck and became the totem for the winery. Now in Western Canada for the first time in limited release, Besieged will arrive on shelves just…
Long Table Distillery Opens Cocktail Laboratory
At Long Table Distillery they’velways mixed a civilized gin and tonic, but now it’s time to shake things up with a newly designed tasting room and cocktail laboratory. This new space will officially open October 25, 2014 serving hand crafted cocktails from 1-7pm on both Thursdays and Saturdays with more hours to evolve over time. On…
Cornucopia Top 25 Wines Announced
Each year the wineries participating in Cornucopia’s Crush Gala Grand Tasting enter into the festival’s Top 25 competition and only the best are chosen! Taste the best of the festival at Celebratory Reception taking place on Saturday, November 8 at the Whistler Public Library. Tickets for the event are $35 Cdn. Top White – Quails’ Gate Stewart…
Dead Frog Brewery Big Stump Spruce Gold Ale
Sourcing Sitka spruce tips that were harvested 10 minutes from their brewery, Dead Frog pays homage to Captain Cook’s arrival in Nootka Sound with this newly released ale. A great summer sipper that is far less scary than it’s name (it’s only slightly BIG), this beer pours golden with nice foam head and does have that…
Tree Brewing Rickshaw Raspberry IPA
Very cool that raspberry and IPA are tastes I most always adore and are appearing at the same time in this bottle from Tree Brewing. Aroma shows definite raspberry along with some citrus, bread and caramel notes. The raspberries don’t mask the hops but are definitely present. It’s slightly bitter with citrus and earthiness. Worked well…
30 Days of IPA Donnelly Group
How great is this IPA lovers? The Donnelly Group is offering 30 different IPAs over the next 30 days! Can we do them all? Perhaps we can. Follow @goodlifevan and we’ll give it a try. 30 Days 30 Breweries 10 Venues 30 unique IPAs This year is no joke: 30 unique Breweries have come to…
Tree Brewing Red Wood Wine Barrel Aged Ale
What? Wine and beer? Well sort of. This lovely ale arrived in it’s pretty package and I was excited to get it chilled and sample. The Kelowna Brewery sourced some local wine barrels and then aged there Hop Head IPA within them. It’s amber in colour and has aromas of toasty oak, citrus notes, toffee,…
BC Blueberries At Krause Berry Farms
British Columbia has more than 800 blueberry farms and the blueberries are already coming in for the season. You’ve still got some time to grab a box and try out all sorts of recipes from smoothies to pies as the crop will come in until near the end of September. This year the growing conditions…
Vancouver Foodster presents the 100 Mile Cocktail Challenge
The 100 Mile Cocktail Challenge features 7 restaurants and bars in Vancouver, Richmond and North Vancouver and runs from July 4-27, 2014. Participating restaurants are showcasing Cocktail creations which use at least 60% local ingredients found in 100 mile radius. All of these cocktails entered were created just for this challenge and all will be offered in all of these restaurants/bars…
July Special Events At The BC Liquor Stores
Uncover the Wines of Australia Australia is renowned for a multitude of geographical regions panning diverse climates, and has a wine for every taste and every occasion. Join us and uncover your favourite wine alongside a delicious food pairing. Friday, July 4 | 4:00 – 7:00 p.m. | Alberni & Bute Saturday, July 5 |…
Care To Bid On A $25,000 Cognac?
On Thursday, June 26 at 5:00p.m., BC Liquor Stores will release the Louis XIII Le Jeroboam Grand Champagne Cognac. An extremely limited production from world-renowned cognac maker Remy Martin, there is only one available for purchase in B.C. and its’ at BC Liquor Stores. A special complimentary tasting to celebrate the release of the Le Jeroboam. Louis XIII Brand Ambassador will be…
Steamworks Brassneck Firewalker Collaboration Ale
This collaboration between brewmasters at Steamworks and Brassneck pours black with a lasting tan head that sticks right to the glass with telltale signs of how big a sip I took! Smells of smoked malt, cocoa, dried fruits with some meaty notes. On the palate it’s again smoky, nutty, with a tad of bitterness on…
Townsite Brewing Perfect Storm
Powell River’s Townsite Brewing has brewed up the perfect storm in their oatmeal stout. Pours the darkest of browns with a nice head of foam. On the nose there is molasses, bitter chocolate, toasted nuts and coffee with some baked fig. Starts a bit sweet and follows up with cocoa, coffee and walnut flavours. Immensely…
Phillips Ginger Beer
Well it’s a sunny Friday and I have a little bit of a sore throat so I’ve been told ginger is good for it and hence it’s time to crack the Phillips Brewing Co. Ginger Beer. Lots of ginger in this one so I am on the right track. Pours hazy copper with a head…
Danille Tartarin’s Belle Jardin Fizz – Cointreau Cocktail
Danielle Tartarin just won the Mademoiselle Cointreau – The Quest for the Best Female Bartender in Canada for Vancouver with this impressive concoction. Mademoiselle Cointreau – The Quest for the Best Female Bartender in Canada began its cross-Canada tour in – See more at: http://goodlifevancouver.com/best-female-bartender-in-canada-comp-cointreau/#sthash.GIkUzuIs.dpuf Mademoiselle Cointreau – The Quest for the Best Female Bartender…
Evelyn Chick’s Ladies in L’voire – Cointreau
Evelyn Chick just placed in Madmoiselle Cointreau, the search for the best Canadian female bartender with this Cointreau-based cocktail. Ladies in L’voire 1.5 oz Cointreau .25 oz green chartreuse .5 oz lime juice .5 oz lemon juice 2 dashes angostura 3 dashes housemade rosemary tincture 1 tbsp bergamot sorbet Shake in perlini, charge with CO2…
Best Female Bartender in Canada Comp Cointreau
Mademoiselle Cointreau – The Quest for the Best Female Bartender in Canada began its cross-Canada tour in Vancouver at The Blackbird on June 11th. Cointreau, the famous orange liqueur to presents the very first Canadian cocktail competition exclusively dedicated to women. Danielle Tartarin took first place in the contest with Evelyn Chick pulling up in…
The Quest for the Best Female Bartender in Canada
Cointreau, the famous orange liqueur is proud to present the very first Canadian cocktail competition exclusively dedicated to women at the BLACKBIRD JUNE 11, 2014 7 pm. As of June 10th, the Cointreau team is going to travel from coast to coast looking for the most creative and talented female bartenders. This National competition launches…
Four Winds Brewing Company Saison
This beer is amber in colour with a slight haziness and creamy head. On the nose there is a hint of grass and herbs, floral, apricot and banana aromas. Rather mild body with a sweet entry lots of fruity flavours, some pepper, coriander, wheat and a slightly bitter finish. Well balanced. Brewed with aromatic Noble…
