The Hive commercial building in downtown Kamloops, B.C., may soon hold a new distillery: city council voted in favour of approving Kamloops Stills Co., which would include a production area, store, lounge and patio.
Raincity Distillery is now open in Squamish, B.C., producing spirits like Black Tusk Smoked Vodka, Iron Buddha Gin plus flavoured Last Garden and Loving Dusk Raspberry Gins.
The Beast Wildfire Whisky from the Maligne Distillery is named for the blaze that ravaged Fort McMurray, Alberta, in 2016. It's made using peated malt that sat outside Wood Buffalo Brewery and Distilling, a local business that was spared from the fire. Three bottles were auctioned in early December with proceeds going to the Fort McMurray Fire Fighters Charities Association.
The Salmon Arm Observer reported that city council in Sicamous, B.C., approved a proposal for a distillery, to be located on agricultural land in the area.
Gather Local Market is projected to open in May 2023 in Saskatoon's River Landing area, including restaurants, craft breweries and distilleries and other makers and vendors, the Saskatoon StarPhoenix reported.
The Hamilton Spectator wrote about Canadian musician Chris Gormley (drummer for The Trews and formerly for Big Sugar) and the whisky-inspired songs he posts as The Whisky Hunter on Spotify and YouTube.
Canadian whisky's favourite master blender, Don Livermore, is popularizing the newly coined word uisgephile, first used in his Blending 101 book published last year, for whisky lovers to use alongside industry terms like oenophile (wine) and zythophile (beer).
U.S. spirits incubator Distill Ventures offered the Power of Design for Modern Whisky online seminar, focusing on creative storytelling to help attract consumers to modern whisky brands.
The U.S.-based VinePair podcast pondered how new beverage alcohol label requirements (to include items such as serving size, calories and sugar content), forthcoming from the TTB (which regulates liquor labelling in America), could impact the liquor industry.