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Local Love: BC Spirits That Shine

  • by Charlene Rooke
  • Posted on September 2, 2025September 3, 2025

While Canadians are focused on buying domestic/local alcohol, I profiled some BC spirits bottlings available…

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The Anarchists of Rye

  • by Charlene Rooke
  • Posted on July 11, 2025

In the debut issue of Flavour Report I wrote about some old friends, the award-winning…

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The New Rules of Tasting Rooms

  • by Charlene Rooke
  • Posted on March 5, 2024

Don’t be “that person” who drinks too much, talks too much and knows more than…

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Ontario Craft Gin Trail

  • by Charlene Rooke
  • Posted on May 24, 2023July 5, 2023

Touring southwest Ontario to discover the artisan distilleries that have banded together to create a…

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Shelter Point: First Canadian SMWS Bottling

  • by Charlene Rooke
  • Posted on February 6, 2023February 6, 2023

It was a pleasure to profile one of my favourite BC Craft distilleries, Shelter Point,…

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Earth, Wind + Fire

  • by Charlene Rooke
  • Posted on August 19, 2022August 31, 2022

Baiju, the distilled spirit of China, is making inroads in North America—and here in British…

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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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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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Third-wave Terroir

  • by Charlene Rooke
  • Posted on November 14, 2021February 2, 2022

First there were B.C. craft spirits, then there were producers experimenting with local ingredients. Today,…

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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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Big Flavours, Little Packages: Craft Spirits Gift Guide

  • by Charlene Rooke
  • Posted on December 11, 2020November 16, 2021

B.C.’s small-batch distillers got crafty this holiday season, releasing new bottled cocktails, gift packs, special…

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