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Whisky Time Machine: Synthetically Aged Spirits

  • by Charlene Rooke
  • Posted on August 13, 2021September 24, 2021

“Whisky” in just two weeks? Mainland Distilling in Surrey, B.C., is accelerating their spirits game…

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Cruise & Booze: Vancouver Craft, by Water

  • by Charlene Rooke
  • Posted on July 6, 2021September 24, 2021

Visitors to Vancouver can criss-cross downtown’s False Creek neighbourhoods—and experience local craft distilleries along the…

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Non-alcoholic Spirits: Canada’s Pioneers

  • by Charlene Rooke
  • Posted on June 7, 2021June 7, 2021

In this feature for Canadian liquor-industry trade magazine Poured I look at one of the…

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Gin-novation

  • by Charlene Rooke
  • Posted on May 5, 2021May 6, 2021

A summer’s worth of Ontario craft and international gins in the Early Summer LCBO Food…

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Let Spring Be-Gin!

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

In BC Liquor Stores’ Taste magazine, I wrote about a fresh crop of spring gins…

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Unleaded: The Best Alcohol-Free Drinks of 2021

  • by Charlene Rooke
  • Posted on January 11, 2021

Forget what you thought you knew about “mocktails” and let these placebo drinks, “nocktails” and…

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Package Deals: Cocktail Kits for Gifting

  • by Charlene Rooke
  • Posted on November 18, 2020May 6, 2021

From Sidecars and White Russians to Caesars and spritzes, here are cocktail-kit inspirations—complete with made-in-Canada…

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In Good Spirits: Best for Solo Sipping

  • by Charlene Rooke
  • Posted on November 14, 2020November 18, 2020

In the Autumn 2020 Food & Drink I make two dozen recos on what to…

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Secret Sauce: Private Whisky Clubs

  • by Charlene Rooke
  • Posted on November 11, 2020November 18, 2020

You don’t need a password or special knock to join these three new-generation whisky clubs;…

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Blue Gin Blues: A Trademark Dispute

  • by Charlene Rooke
  • Posted on October 14, 2020October 14, 2020

In Poured magazine, I explain how amendments to the Canadian Trademarks Act sparked a debate…

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Canadian Capital: the Whiskies of Windsor

  • by Charlene Rooke
  • Posted on September 21, 2020November 18, 2020

From Prohibition and modern speakeasies to the best of what’s in the barrel and bottle,…

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Perfect Presents: Summer Gifting

  • by Charlene Rooke
  • Posted on June 30, 2020June 30, 2020

Headed to a summer wedding, cottage weekend, barbecue or celebration (properly distanced, of course!)? Here…

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