The Infusion Index

Make enough cocktails, and pretty soon you start infusing your own booze. When we wanted an especially hot caesar a few weeks ago, we made this chili agave liqueur, and it turned up the heat a notch or two. But why stop there? Boozed and Infused has a whole list of experimental … Read More

B.C. Craft Breweries

British Columbia’s beer industry is continually growing — such is true, of course, in terms of the entire Canadian craft brew industry. Most breweries are open for tours and tasting, and numerous local liquor stores have dedicated sections for these unique beers (in mainland Vancouver, we suggest Brewery Creek Liquor … Read More

Enter the Vodka Lab

Every gentleman inevitably confronts the same question during their drinking career: Is premium vodka worth the premium price? In the noble pursuit of pseudo-science, your trusty experimenter sweet-talked seven friends – vodka enthusiasts, but hardly connoisseurs – into a blind taste test. With safety goggles in place, we put our … Read More

How to Buy, Open, Pour and Drink Champagne

Christmas is near, and the month-long booze-a-thon has begun. Next time you bust out a bottle of bubbly, make sure you know the rules of the game. How to serve champagne like a pro (and not look like a snob). Only Champagne Is Champagne Champagne is produced exclusively in France’s … Read More

The Wonderful World of Bourbon

If you really want to impress your poker pals, ditch the Scotch and get acquainted with a real man’s whiskey: bourbon. The sour mash spirit, which usually comprises two-thirds corn, must be made in the U.S. to be called bourbon; about 95 percent of it comes from Kentucky. Too often, … Read More

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