Dave’s picks for the Rocky Mountain Wine & Food Festival
One of the biggest parties of the fall is surely the Rocky Mountain Wine & Food Festival. And if you’ve been following the election as closely as us media types, you have good reason to drink this...
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Whisky Wednesday: Halloween cocktails with Black Grouse
Serving cocktails for Halloween doesn’t have to mean blood, guts or a frozen hand floating in a punch bowl. You can keep things classy and give your cocktails a spooky twist but still strive for a...
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Kahlua sweetens up the holidays with new flavours
Kahlua launched the Peppermint Mocha flavour in time for the holidays. For me, Christmas isn’t Christmas without a little something in my coffee on those cold weekend mornings. Baileys, Amaretto,...
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Christmas cocktails: Fun with rum
Appleton Estate Reserve makes a fine addition to your Christmas cocktails Last Christmas, knowing I was hosting family for dinner both Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, I went looking for a good recipe...
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Some whisky suggestions in honour of Robbie Burns day
Some of you out there may have no interest in attending a Robbie Burns Day party, or eat some haggis. But that doesn’t mean you can’t have friends over for a wee nip or two, or curl up with dram and a...
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Spirits giant Campari buys Canadian whisky distillery
Forty Creek Distillery has been bought by Campari. Supplied photo Big news out of the Canadian whisky industry. Gruppo Campari, the sixth-largest spirits company in the world, has purchased Forty Creek...
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Glenmorangie Companta is friendship in a bottle
The Glenmorangie Companta, the fifth bottling in the Private Edition, is available in Alberta stores now. While it may not be the healthiest thing to befriend your whisky, you’d be hard-pressed to find...
View ArticleTop 10 items to check out at Rocky Mountain Wine & Food Festival Edmonton
We’re mere hours away from the Edmonton edition of the Rocky Mountain Wine & Food Festival, the two day extravaganza that features not just wine and food, but also the best in beer, whisky and...
View ArticleYour extremely last-minute boozy gift guide
So you’re that guy. Or gal. The one who leaves it to the very last possible minute to buy some gifts. Then you get to the day before the big day and think to yourself, ‘Now what am I going to do?’...
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5 to try at Rocky Mountain Wine & Food Festival
The Ledaig 42 will be on offer at the weekend’s Rocky Mountain Wine and Food Festival. Nothing like warming up your weekend with some winter warmers. Whether it’s wine, spirits or beer, there will be...
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