LCBO premium spirits

Sponsored: Drink in Style with the LCBO’s Premium Spirits

The LCBO’s Premium Spirits collection makes it easy to elevate classic cocktails to the sublime. Thanks to the exquisite, barrel-aged Plantation Barbados 20th Anniversary, for example, rum need not be something you merely mix with Coke; it can be an experience in and of itself, a delight to be savoured. … Read More

Dial For Booze

Say you’re getting ready for a party and don’t have time hit the LCBO or The Beer Store. Or you’re just plain lazy. You can get booze delivered right to your doorstep. Yes, in Toronto the Good! Several local entrepreneurs have special liquor delivery licenses from the Alcohol and Gaming … Read More

Fruit Beer

My first adventure with fruit beer was about 5 years ago while lost in rural northern England. It involved a Peugot, 8% alc. Damson (plum) Beer, a flock of sheep and a romantic hillside (not necessarily in that order). I can’t remember for the life of me who the brewer … Read More

Lesson 2: Single Malts & Blends

There are five types of Scotch whisky, each of whose names bespeak their natures: 1. Single malt whisky is made from malted barley by one distiller. No other grains or cereals are mixed in. ‘Malt’ refers to a grain, which has soaked in water and germinated. You’ll find over 100 … Read More

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