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Maker’s Mark Competition 2011

This competition will celebrate the perfect bourbon cocktail, with classic roots, and a contemporary spin. The wild card? Something unexpected. This can range anywhere from an altared egg white for a sour, a smoked tincture for the Manhattan or an interesting ingredient fixed inside the ice cube in an Old Fashioned. Read the criteria, “classic [...]

The Hanky Panky

~ This is the first in a series of Cocktail Columns by Vancouver’s Shaun Layton. ~ The Hanky Panky, by Ada Coleman From 1903 through to 1926, Ada Coleman, or as her regulars called her, “Coley”, worked the bar at the Savoy Hotel’s, American Bar, in London. She was a very talented bartender who proceeded [...]

Tales of the Cocktail on Tour: Vancouver: the seminars!

This February 12-15, Tales of the Cocktail® on Tour returns to Vancouver to celebrate the city’s emerging cocktail culture and give a small taste of what’s in store at this summer’s 10th Anniversary Tales of the Cocktail® in New Orleans. Access to this second annual event is available exclusively through an all-inclusive festival pass, on [...]