One of the thrills of exploring Canada’s new distilleries is the amazing discoveries you make. A distinctive luxury sets Wayward Krupnik apart, as its soft cinnamon, spice cake and brown sugar aromas give way to sweet floral notes, with mild cinnamon, waxy honey, vanilla, crayons, caramel and hints of nutmeg.
Read MoreShelter Point’s Barrel of Sunshine fairly bursts with honey, maple, mandarin orange and sweet vanilla. Maple sugar candy and a restrained spiciness lead to a warm glow on the finish as the maple notes surge to the fore, along with juicy canned Mandarin oranges and a lovely hot peppery zip. You don’t have to live in paradise to make a great whisky liqueur, but if you want to capture sunshine in a bottle, it certainly does help.
Read MoreEach year it seems Canadian distilleries make more holiday-themed spirits than the year before. These aren’t cheap gimmicks either. Rather, they are carefully crafted limited edition spirits that focus on the flavours of the season. Here are nine that will set your true love’s palate to dancing.
Read MoreLiqueurs are often thought of as distilling’s ugly ducklings. In the late 1970s, the syrupy over-sweet artificial concoctions that were flying off store shelves gave liqueurs a bad rap. Leisure suit-wearing dentists made a fortune from this craze, but the reputation of the category suffered. Thankfully, this description no longer fits Canadian liqueurs!
Read MoreCampbell released a soup brand in 1970 using the name “Chunky,” to imply “appetizing.” An advertising campaign that followed, aired for years during game shows like The Price is Right. The premise, two burly men with limited vocabularies, argue about how to eat soup:
Read MoreForty Creek delivers an essential source of whisky calcium in this outstanding cream liquor. Years ago, Forty Creek fame John Hall made his own private batch of cream whisky. With the cream chilling in the refrigerator, he wondered why no one made their own Irish Cream Whisky.
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