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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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  • 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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  • 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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  • craft

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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  • spirits

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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  • spirits

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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  • spirits

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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  • 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

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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  • spirits

Spirit of Wine Country

  • by Charlene Rooke
  • Posted on August 31, 2018March 22, 2020

The South Okanagan distillery trail is a fruitful playground for spirits makers to innovate and…

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  • spirits

Farm to Flask

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

Artisan distilling has started a conversation about the terroir of spirits. Can you really taste…

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