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Leaders of the Pack: Ontario Drinks

  • by Charlene Rooke
  • Posted on September 10, 2021September 24, 2021

People who are stirring, shaking and changing up the drinks and hospitality scene in Ontario…

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  • spirited people

If the Spirit Moves You: International Women’s Day 2021

  • by Charlene Rooke
  • Posted on March 8, 2021March 8, 2021

Check out my round-up of women in lead positions at global distilleries, from B.C. to…

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  • cocktails

Dangerous Drinks: 10 Home Bartending Faults

  • by Charlene Rooke
  • Posted on January 11, 2021January 11, 2021

Ten things not to do at home, if you’re indulging in the hot home bartending…

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  • spirited people

Female Spirit: B.C.’s Women Distillers

  • by Charlene Rooke
  • Posted on March 8, 2020April 7, 2020

As a trained distiller myself, I know what hard work it is to run a…

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  • spirited people

Smoke on the Water: Islay's Newest Distillery

  • by Charlene Rooke
  • Posted on February 10, 2020March 22, 2020

Andrew Laing from independent bottler Hunter Laing is “bringing something else to the party”—including whisky…

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  • spirited people

Into the Wild: Glenmorangie's Allta

  • by Charlene Rooke
  • Posted on September 21, 2019March 22, 2020

Glenmorangie’s Dr. Bill Lumsden talks about the 2019 Special Edition, Allta, made with wild yeast…

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  • spirited people

Kilting It: Canadians Stirring Things Up in Scotland

  • by Charlene Rooke
  • Posted on September 21, 2019March 22, 2020

Five Canadians who are stirring things up in the drinks scene in Scotland, the spiritual…

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  • spirited people

When Life Gives You Apples… Make Vodka

  • by Charlene Rooke
  • Posted on September 20, 2019March 22, 2020

How former CPA Blair Wilson of Forbidden Distilling in Kelowna turned an ill-fated orchard purchase…

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  • spirited people

Welsh and World Whiskies

  • by Charlene Rooke
  • Posted on May 19, 2019March 22, 2020

Whisky Bible author Jim Murray talks about the only modern whisky produced in Wales.

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  • spirited people

Independent Spirit

  • by Charlene Rooke
  • Posted on October 22, 2018March 22, 2020

George Grant, sixth-generation family member at the Glenfarclas Scotch distillery, talks about family, tradition and…

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  • spirited people

The Distillery School

  • by Charlene Rooke
  • Posted on October 9, 2018March 22, 2020

A North Vancouver distillery school offers a course in bootstrapping a small business.

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  • spirited people

Spirited Women

  • by Charlene Rooke
  • Posted on March 8, 2018March 22, 2020

For International Women’s Day, meet six women spirits masters who are changing the way we…

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