booze
When an icon makes a change, everyone takes notice. Johnnie Walker, the top-selling whisky worldwide, is altering its line-up. Gone are Green Label and Gold Label 18 Year. Johnnie Walker’s master blender, Jim Beveridge (yes, his name is really pronounced how you think it is), is introducing two new whiskies … Read More
In university, one of my devastatingly honest female friends, Elisa, told me I’d have better luck with women if I kept a more diverse liquor shelf. “You only drink scary things like whisky and dark rum. Women want something sweet and non-threatening.” Good advice. I started keeping a bottle of … Read More
Put back that blanco. If your tequila experience has been defined by trays of shot glasses littering dodgy all-inclusive resorts, it’s no surprise the drink has gotten a bad rap. With Tequila Tromba, Toronto native Eric Brass is erasing grad trip memories one smooth cocktail at a time. But don’t … Read More
Cocktailing was always something we were worried about being caught doing—in fact, we avoided it entirely. Having a few stiff drinks at home to take the edge off a long workday is one thing, going for Cosmotinis with the boys is quite another. Luckily, grey areas exist. Even luckier, Montreal’s … Read More
We at DailyXY are no strangers to Scotch. We’ve tossed back more than our fair share of whisky – the generic catch-all that includes bourbons, ryes, Canadians, blended Scotch, single malts – whatever the poison, we’ve sampled it. But we still have much to learn. So when the folks at Chivas … Read More
