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Cider | Michel Jodoin
[dmalbum path=”/wp-content/uploads/dm-albums/Michel Jodoin 2010/”/] Michel Jodoin was one of CSL’s later stops on our tour around Monteregie and the Eastern townships of Quebec. We were taken for a tour of the facility as well as a cider tasting (one of many that dat. Note: don’t try this at home). We were amazed at the difference…
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Cocktails | Herbal Notes: Abattoir, Vancouver
Herbal Notes 30 ml Zubrowka vodka 15 ml Del Maguey Mezcal 15 ml Fresh lime juice 15 ml Yellow Chartreuse 60 ml Lager 1/2 Birds eye chili Method: Rim a collins glass with salt (a smoked salt preferably). Remove the seeds from the chili and muddle in the bottom of the glass.…
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Tasting | Laphroaig Whisky
Photography K&S Media; courtesy Laphroaig While reciting classic Scottish toasts brand Ambassador Simon brooking gives CSL the lowdown on the characteristically smoky single malt scotch whisky. “My whisky is all about peat,” insists Simon brooking of the single malt Scotch from Islay with a characteristic smoky flavor, “for a lot of folks…
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Tasting | Mount Gay 1703
International Brand Ambassador and mixologist at Mount Gay Distilleries, Chesterfield Browne visits Calgary and speaks with CSL about the rum that invented rum. Except for the Caribbean, rum has been given a bad name worldwide, mainly due to the lack of quality products on the market. This, coupled with the cloyingly sweet fruity drinks served…
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Tasting | Top 4 Bourbon
Photography (Christina Mah) By Derrick Woo CHARCUT MIXOLOGIST CHRISINA MAH Her Grandfather was a bartender, so it is not surprising that Christina Mah Bar-Chef at Charcut Roasthouse would follow suit. “He was making crazy concoctions and my grandma had to drink them all.” In fact it was one of Mah’s own Bourbon cocktail creations that…
