New Distilleries
Smooth 42 Craft Distillery in Brownlee, SK
Heretic Spirits in Collingwood, ON
Events
Alberta and P.E.I. – Rig Hand Distilling’s Geoff Stewart has been leading distilling workshops, including one on November 3 at his Nisku distillery and a four-day event held in Charlottetown, PEI, this past October 7–10 in partnership with Bio Food Tech PEI. (Stewart is from New Brunswick, and told CBC last year he planned to expand his distillery to the East.)
B.C. – Cornucopia, B.C.’s premier winter festival of food and wine, held in Whistler, is embracing artisan spirits this year. On November 16, CASC lead judge Charlene Rooke will lead a tasting of eight B.C. artisan grain whiskies; on November 17 she’ll be pouring a tasting of eight B.C. small-batch gins, and pairing them with local tonics and tonic syrups.