BC Distilled Recap: audience favourites & more

April 14, 2022 ADC Staff

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.

2021 Canadian Artisan Spirit Competition Results

February 9, 2021 ADC Staff

Artisan 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.

Distillateurs artisanaux Canada est fiers d'annoncer les résultats du Concours de spiritueux artisanaux canadiens de 2021

February 9, 2021 ADC Staff

Distillateur 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.

Kind of Blue

July 9, 2020 Charlene Rooke

A B.C.-based distillery moves to protect the colour blue, when used in gin, through a Canadian trademark application.

When is a Gin a Gin?

July 9, 2020 Charlene Rooke

Ironworks Distillery Gin Noir

Sperling Silver Earl Grey Tea Gin

Arbutus Distillery Citrus Gin

Stillhead Distillery Wild Blackberry Gin

Black Fox Farm and Distillery Cucumber Gin

Grit City Distillery Forbiddin Fruit Gin

As artisan distillers embrace the global flavoured gin craze, Canada will have to answer that question for itself. As ADC introduces a separate Flavoured Gin category in the Canadian Artisan Spirit Competition, here’s a primer on the tradition and regulations of what defines a category.