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Author: Charlene Rooke

Charlene Rooke is a Canadian drinks journalist, consultant and educator as well as a travel, food, business and lifestyle writer. She is a WSET Spirits Educator Certified in Spirits (to Level 3) and WSET Certified in Wine, an SWE Certified Specialist of Spirits, an SMWS spirits educator and an artisan distiller trained at Moonshine University in Louisville, KY. She is the lead judge of the Canadian Artisan Spirits Competition and an expert on B.C. spirits who leads distillery tours and guides spirits tastings in B.C. A former editor at many Canadian publications and former creative lead at three content agencies, she is currently the Drinks Editor for Food & Drink, the in-store magazine of the Liquor Control Board of Ontario.
  • spirits

Rum + Tropical Flavours

  • by Charlene Rooke
  • Posted on May 19, 2022June 28, 2022

Rum harnesses the warm-weather spirit of Caribbean and tropical countries where it’s made. In this…

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  • spirits

Distilled in Mexico

  • by Charlene Rooke
  • Posted on April 20, 2022April 20, 2022

Tasting all the NON-tequila agave and other spirits/liqueurs on a recent trip to Mexico for…

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  • cocktails

Cheers to Balanced Drinking

  • by Charlene Rooke
  • Posted on March 28, 2022June 28, 2022

In my drinks column for the RTOERO’s magazine Renaissance, I often mention wellness-promoting products, from…

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Botanical Spirits: A Field of Flavours

  • by Charlene Rooke
  • Posted on March 6, 2022March 31, 2022

Embrace everything from elederflower, artichoke, seaweed, cucumber to herbs and spices in a spring crop…

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Blending the Rules: Mash-up Drinks

  • by Charlene Rooke
  • Posted on March 2, 2022March 31, 2022

Spirit and cocktail hybrids, mash-ups and collaborations are some of the most exciting new areas…

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  • spirits

Mad for Maple

  • by Charlene Rooke
  • Posted on March 2, 2022March 31, 2022

A sure sign of spring in Ontario is the sap running in maple bushes. Mix…

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  • craft

Give Us Five: Award-winning Spirits

  • by Charlene Rooke
  • Posted on February 9, 2022February 23, 2022

For the fifth year in a row, the Canadian Artisan Spirit Competition (CASC) named a…

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Martini 101

  • by Charlene Rooke
  • Posted on February 1, 2022February 2, 2022

What’s the opposite of “straight-up”? What will I get if I order it “perfect” or…

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  • spirits

Coffee Cocktails: Espresso Martini 2.0

  • by Charlene Rooke
  • Posted on January 1, 2022February 15, 2022

Inspired by the Espresso Martini renaissance, I took a closer look at so-called special coffees—straight…

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  • craft

Craft Spirits Gift Guide: 2021 Edition

  • by Charlene Rooke
  • Posted on December 14, 2021December 14, 2021

Now more than ever, people want to shop and support local. In British Columbia, artisan…

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Heavenly Hot Toddies

  • by Charlene Rooke
  • Posted on December 12, 2021December 15, 2021

For BC Liquor Stores Taste magazine, I created a grid-style recipe matrix of spirits, sweeteners,…

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Brandy Renaissance

  • by Charlene Rooke
  • Posted on November 16, 2021

Is it still a comeback if it never went away? A fresh look at a…

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