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The best and worst new ready-to-drink cocktails at the LCBO
Aside from an ill-advised week-long Woodys Grapefruit binge in my late teens and a few random icing incidents (thats when bartenders challenge each other to... -
Sake it to me
WTF is sake – besides the inoffensive liquid we throw back, chilled or warm, during our yakitori-fuelled revelry? Now that you've been forced to think about... -
Vaughan’s Last Straw Distillery makes the GTA’s only blackstrap rum
In the formative years of my spirits geekdom, I thirstily stalked the aisles of foreign liquor stores for booze I’d read about but never tasted:... -
Britain’s dairy spirits trend hits Toronto with Black Cow vodka
The marriage of milk and hard liquor is no longer limited to retro cocktails. I’m pretty certain the Dude would be stoked. Black Cow, a... -
Female bartenders race for cancer research at Speed Rack Canada
Love booze, boobs and doing good? Then save your weekend brunch money and haul ass to Miss Thing’s this Sunday, April 30 from 3 to 7... -
Toronto’s best bars
Not so very long ago, going for drinks in Toronto meant sipping technicolour sugar-bombs at "martini" bars or litres of over-oaked Chardonnay at corporate meat... -
The stories behind Toronto’s classic bars
This week, we're ditching the trends to put the spotlight on a few of Toronto's long-standing, classic restaurants and bars. Here are some of our... -
Sarah Parniak’s best new Toronto bars of 2016
THE FARSIDE 600 Gerrard East, 647-347-7433 If Dundas East, once desolate after dusk, follows its westerly counterpart in becoming a beacon of nightlife, Farside will be the visionary... -
What we’re drinking tonight: Jameson Cooper’s Croze Irish Whiskey
Jameson Cooper's Croze Irish Whiskey Rating: NNN Why Cooper's Croze is part of the recently released Jameson Whiskey Makers' Series, which honours three indispensable characters... -
Indulge your fave drinkers
Pairing sleek aesthetics with supreme functionality, this double-walled insulated wine chiller is the gift no one knows they want until they can't imagine life without... -
New bar Laylow lets you unwind and unplug
Lay low (1144 College Street West, laylowto.ca, @laylowto) Open daily 5 pm to 2 am, brunch Saturday and Sunday 11 am to 4 pm. Access: one... -
Massive tax staggers independent Ontario distillers
The Ontario Craft Distillers Association is in shock. After ongoing talks with the Premier’s Advisory Council on Government Assets led the association to believe that... -
When it comes to whisky, does age matter?
When it comes to booze, older means better. At least that’s what we’ve been led to believe, especially when it comes to single malt Scotch. ... -
Basic Batch: easy cocktails and the best bottles to have on hand
Boulevardier The Negroni's burlier cousin, the Boulevardier is a perfect party drink if approached with caution. (Like I said: burly.) An aperitif, a night cap... -
Yes, you can trademark a cocktail
The simple, wicked-tasty mix of Gosling's Black Seal rum and ginger beer, sometimes flanked by a wedge of lime, is as easy to make in...
