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The 9th BC Distilled Festival was held on April 13th, 2024 in Vancouver. The festival kicked off with two whisky tastings led by Davin de Kergommeaux (April 10th and 11th), followed by a Distillers Dinner with paired cocktails and spirits on April 12 and then the main tasting festival on April 13.
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DEVINE Distillery’s Kevin Titcomb serving out the good stuff! • Photo credit Leila Kowk
BC Distilled retuned to an in-person festival in Vancouver this past weekend, after a two-year break. On offer April 9 were 150 spirits to try, with a third of those new to the market since the last show.
Read moreArtisan Distillers Canada (ADC) proudly announces the results of the annual Canadian Artisan Spirit Competition (CASC). CASC is Canada’s only national spirit competition reserved exclusively for artisan distilleries.
Read moreDistillateur artisanaux du Canada (DAC) annonce fièrement les résultats du Concours de spiritueux artisanaux canadiens (CSAC).
CSAC est le seul concours national de spiritueux réservé exclusivement aux distilleries artisanales.
Read moreThis spring Canadian artisan distilleries got innovative: we’ve got previews of a few of the new products coming off the still, in your colleagues’s own words.
Read moreFormerly Toronto-based Yongehurst Distilleries announced it had merged with The Farmhouse Spirits Company in Bradford, ON, in late April, “to come together to create a broad portfolio of the highest quality craft spirits produced right here in Ontario.”
Spirit of Toronto announced that its 2020 festival has been rescheduled to October 15 at Roy Thomson Hall in Toronto: register to be informed when tickets go one sale in September.
Spirit of Toronto festival is also running an Online Masterclasses Series, with tasting samples shipped in advance. Upcoming: “Rum for Whisky Lovers” on June 17, “Whisky & Chocolate” on June 18, “Whisky & Port” on June 19, “Whisky & Sherry” on June 20 and “Whisky & Peat” on June 21.
Bridgeland Distillery in Calgary received a bronze medal at the 2020 San Francisco World Spirits Competition for its unaged Single Malt Spirit, Mash #1, made with 100 per cent local barley from Red Shed Malting in Penhold, Alberta.
Ampersand Distilling in Duncan, BC, won the best Canadian Varietal Vodka as well as the World’s Best Varietal Vodka at the 2020 World Vodka Awards for its wheat-based Per Se Vodka.
Newfoundland Distillery Company’ s Gunpowder and Rose Rum won Best Spiced Rum in Canada at the 2020 World Rum Awards.
The cover story of the May 2020 issue of Calgary’s Avenue magazine touted the region’s local artisan distillers. Bridgeland Distillery, Burwood Distillery, Confluence Distilling, Last Best Brewing and Distilling, Romero Distilling, Skunkworks Distillery, Tippa and Two Rivers Distillery were among those featured.
A “Good Spirits” cover story in the Toronto Star’s weekend supplement was one of many pieces of local coverage featuring distillers providing hand sanitizer to essential workers and their communities.
The trend predictions for 2020 are in: the so-called Lo & No movement, what some call a Gen-Z-driven low-proof and no-proof imbibing trend, is not going anywhere (not to mention the low-sugar, gluten-free and low-calorie movements). Sample what some of your colleagues across Canada are doing to embrace it.
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