BC Spirits "Spirits a Day" #360 - Provincial Spirits Gin

DISTILLERY NOTES

One of a kind blend of botanicals with a good kick of juniper and a smooth blend of lime and lemon for a punch of citrus. A classic dry gin that is made for splashing in the deep end of cocktails.

BC SPIRITS NOTES

Have done Provincial Spirits very tasty RTD's but never there straight spirit products. Their gin is very reminiscent of Roku from Japan, a big lemon bomb with underlying complexity of botanicals and earthy juniper. Fun one for your G&Ts for sure.

Alcohol - 40% / 80 proof

Color - Clear

Nose - Huge citrus on the nose with only slight juniper underlying

Taste - On the palate, it expands but is still very citrus forward with poignant juniper and then complex aromatic botanicals to tie it together

Finish - Big citrus peel and slight juniper berry

Best Enjoyed - White Lady or with grapefruit tonic

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BC Spirits "Spirits a Day" #359 - Indigenous World Spirits Gin

DISTILLERY NOTES

Distilled by Colin Wertz, juniper is macerated in the base spirit for 48 hours before being infused with a combination of locally foraged botanicals, including rose hips, lavender, milk thistle, sorrel, borage and black lace elderberry. Many of these ingredients were traditionally used as medicines by the local indigenous peoples.

BC SPIRITS NOTES

Brand new for me is this awesome Indigenous World Spirits Gin from Kelowna. I love the space they have created in Kelowna for the winery and distillery and this gin is super interesting. Uses sorrel, borage and elderberry to create a very fantastic aroma and flavor, sweet botanicals and the elderberry is so aromatic and gorgeous, really love that.

Alcohol - 40% / 80 proof

Color - Clear

Nose - The elderberry just does it for me straight off the hop, spring time in the Okanagan Valley

Taste - The juniper is understated, more classic earthy tones, the stars of the show are the locally foraged ingredients, floral rosehips, that fruity elderberry and the green borage

Finish - Okanagan Valley in spring time in a glass, aromatic and floral

Best Enjoyed - Play around with a G&T with Fever Tree Elderflower

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BC Spirits "Spirits a Day" #358 - Arbutus Distillery Double Barrel Aged Single Malt

DISTILLERY NOTES

Batch #1 (DB#1) of our Double Barrel Single Malt Whisky, aged for over 3 years in American oak bourbon barrels and finished on virgin new oak char #4 for enhanced oak and toffee notes. 

BC SPIRITS NOTES

Can't believe I haven't done this one with Arbutus Distillery before. There beautiful single malt finished in a virgin oak #4 char which gives you huge vanilla, caramel and toffee. Big grain forward fruity grassiness is balanced off with this richness perfectly. Long and complex for days.

Alcohol - 40% / 80 proof

Color - Light burnt copper

Nose - Sweet and slightly fruity grain notes, caramel, toffee and rich vanilla

Taste - Strong grain structure, complex and rich, then the dry caramel, toffee and vanilla flow through

Finish - Sweet grain, those rich vanilla and toffee notes with a hints of oakiness long and subtle

Best Enjoyed - Neat

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BC Spirits "Spirits a Day" #357 - Jones Distilling Bathtub Gin #3 Strawberry

DISTILLERY NOTES

Made with real strawberries and botanicals, our Award Winning gin uses a steeping method to get the full colour, flavour and aroma from the fruit.

BC SPIRITS NOTES

Fantastic little find from Jones Distilling , there Bathtub Gin Series #3 infused with strawberries. Strawberries are actually super hard to infuse into a spirit and make it still taste like strawberries but they did a great job. Their gin is bright and botanical and the strawberry is perfectly nuanced in the mix. Soft and subtle but still there.

Alcohol - 37.5% / 75 proof

Color - light pinky yellow

Nose - Soft fresh strawberries, then Jones Distilling gin, bright juniper and subtle earthy tones

Taste - The strawberry is soft and fruity on the front of the palate and then the classic gin rolls over the palate with bright juniper and botanicals. Balanced

Finish - The poignant gin is balanced with the soft fruity strawberry

Best Enjoyed - Clover Club riff

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Cocktail of the Week #13 - Chamomile Calling

Cocktail of the Week is back! And I thought I would kick it off with a doozy. I recently did some cocktails for Shelter Point and used their 150 spirit to create a delicious chamomile liqueur. This is the cocktail that came out of my little experiment, the Chamomile Calling.

CHAMOMILE CALLING

1 1/2 oz (45mL) Shelter Point Artisinal Single Malt 3/4 oz (22.5mL) house chamomile liqueur

3/4 oz (22.5mL) Beaufort Wines Vermouth

2 dashes of Rootside Mixers Roasted Dandelion Root Bitters

Glass - Nick & Nora

Method - Stir all ingredients with ice and strain

Garnish - lemon twist

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BC Spirits "Spirits a Day" #356 - Okanagan Spirits Cinco de Mayo BRBN

DISTILLERY NOTES

Okanagan Spirits BRBN finished in anejo tequila and mezcal barrels.

BC SPIRITS NOTES

A super unique whisky created by Okanagan Spirits for BC Distilled as a fundraiser. Fantastic barrel finished BRBN in anejo tequila and mezcal giving it a unique mix of sweet fruitiness, rich corn whisky and hints of flinty river rocks knocked together. A teetering balanced of sweet, strong and smoke. Very different in the best way possible.
Alcohol - 40% / 80 proof

Color - Deep translucent chocolate with huge copper edges

Nose - Fruity sweet corn notes, apples and pears with hints of chocolate and caramel

Taste - The BRBN is an amazing base for the vanilla, sweet fruit notes of the anejo tequila and then finishing with the long and flinty rock smokiness of the mezcal

Finish - Sweet mezcal smoke and the gorgeous vanilla of the BRBN

Best Enjoyed - Neat

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BC Spirits "Spirits a Day" #355 - Shelter Point Smoke and Oak

DISTILLERY NOTES

Shelter Point’s first edition in a new series of Smoke & Oak driven small batch experimental whiskies has landed. For this expression, we smoked our own finishing barrels using a smouldering combination of applewood and locally-harvested Vancouver Island peat. Using 100% unmalted barley from on-site at Shelter Point Farm as a base, this is a whisky that breaks all the rules. This triple distilled whisky was aged in American oak ex-bourbon barrels for 5 years before a final rest in our hand-smoked finishing barrels for 6 months.

BC SPIRITS NOTES

Really unique experiment from the team at Shelter Point. A triple distilled unmalted barley whisky aged for 5 years in ex Bourbon American oak casks and then finished for 6 months in an applewood and Vancouver Island peat smoked barrel. What you get is a completely unique smoke profile completely apart from their classic Smoke Point. This smoke is sweet and meaty, like a beautiful Southern BBQ, the smoke is perfectly balanced between the applewood and the funkier peat notes, I don't always love smokey whiskies but this one is fantastic.

Alcohol - 46% / 92 proof

Color - Deep chocolate brown with hints of copper

Nose - Sweet and meaty smoke on the nose, the applewood and peat are perfectly balanced

Taste - Classic Shelter Point, bright and youthful then the smoke sets in. Complex and interesting, a mix of sweet applewood smoke with meaty peat smoke; completely unique

Finish - Gorgeous BBQ smoke with bright whisky notes to balance

Best Enjoyed - Neat

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BC Spirits "Spirits a Day" #354 - Bruinwood Distillery Earl Grey Gin

DISTILLERY NOTES

The distinctive flavours of juniper, bergamot and a hint of creaminess present a delightful take on a spirited cup of tea.

BC SPIRITS NOTES

I have done a ton of things with Bruinwood Estate Distillery in the last few weeks, I picked this little number up from Vintage Spirits and I am glad I did. The fragrant and aromatic bergamot with hints of earl grey and gin on the nose. The palate though explodes with earl grey tea, bergamot and just the slightest hints of Bruinwood gin below, not over extracted, perfect notes of tea, citrus and gin

Alcohol - 40% / 80 proof

Color - Reddish brown

Nose - Dried bergamot, aromatic earl grey, hints of vanilla with the juniper forward gin sneaking in behind

Taste - So floral and fragrant, bergamot and earl grey just explode on the palate with rich and aromatic flavors. The gin is subdued but lingers in the background

Finish - Like a perfectly brewed cup of earl grey tea

Best Enjoyed - Earl Grey MarTEAni

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BC Spirits "Spirits a Day" #353 - Shelter Point The Forbidden #2

DISTILLERY NOTES

Shelter Point’s second Single Malt Wheat Whisky release has finally arrived. This whisky is the third different grain whisky that we have bottled. Named after our local landmark “Forbidden Plateau”, this small mountain and our whisky are similar as both shrouded in mystery. By using Wheat as the base this whisky is truly unique and unlike anything we have ever produced. This whisky was double distilled and aged in exclusively in American oak ex bourbon barrels for 6 and a half years.

BC SPIRITS NOTES

Second release of the Shelter Point The Forbidden 100% wheat whisky. We don't get a lot of wheat whiskies in BC, while we make a lot of wheat based vodkas and gins, it's a rare thing for a wheat whisky. I tasted this one side by side with the first batch and while I love higher proof whiskies, I prefer batch #2. All those stone fruit, fragrant wheat notes on the nose but on the palate is where it is a game changer. Deep base notes of cacao, vanilla and toffee balance the inherent youthfulness of the wheat whisky

Alcohol - 47% / 94 proof

Color - Light golden copper

Nose - Fresh stone fruit, cut grass, sprig time air with husky wheat

Taste - Batch #2 is much more balanced than batch #1, playing into the deeper cacao and toffee notes of the barrel, with hints of vanilla and fruity stone fruit notes along with that distinct wheat note

Finish - Stone fruit, hints of cacao and toffee and finishing with wheat notes

Best Enjoyed - Neat

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BC Spirits "Spirits a Day" #352 - Esquimalt Wine Co. Amaro Spritz

DISTILLERY NOTES

We made this by fermenting Wildflower Mead completely dry and then adding fresh grapefruit rinds that we got from GoodLife Juice as a by-product of their own grapefruit juicing! We then added dried rosemary and a touch of wormwood and quinine to amp up the bitterness. Best enjoyed chilled, preferably outside in the sun eating barbecue.

BC SPIRITS NOTES

You know the team over at Esquimalt Wine Co. is always up to new things and this one is very fun. An amaro spritz, combining super dry mead with grapefruit, rosemary and bittering herbs to create a refreshing, slightly bitter and very aromatic sparkling cocktail in a bottle. This is everyones summer sipper.

Alcohol - 6.9% / 13.8 proof

Color - Grapefruit pink

Nose - The sparkling mead is noteworthy, fragrant dry honey with hints of rosemary and then strong grapefruit peel

Taste - Much drier than I expected, grapefruit peel and rosemary are aromatic with the bitter notes in the back of the palate. The mead back bone and gorgeous sparkle round it all off

Finish - Dry and fragrant, grapefruit and rosemary for days

Best Enjoyed - Super chilled in the park

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BC Spirits "Spirits a Day" #351 - Fernie Distillers Barrel Aged Cinder

DISTILLERY NOTES

10 months in a bourbon barrel delivers wisdom to our Cinder Liqueur. 

Best served its own and savoured. Pairs delightfully with a splash of orange or pineapple. It will impart memories of fireside stories and grilled fare. Softened smoke with a hint of toasted orange peel on the nose, complexity from bourbon accompanies a full body with notes of wood and leather, an exceptionally long finish of sweet earthy smoke.

BC SPIRITS NOTES

The Cinder Liqueur from Fernie Distillers is already incredibly unique; a Lapsang tea liqueur but they one upped it and threw it in a ex bourbon barrel for 12 months. What comes out is still that poignant, rich, meaty smoke of the Lapsang but with the addition of spiced vanilla oakiness that settles in the background and adds another dimension to the already complex liqueur.

Alcohol - 32.4% / 64.8 proof

Color - Dark cola

Nose - Meaty smoke with hints of orange and then the richness of that bourbon barrel with brown sugar, vanilla and spicy oaky

Taste - The smoke is so balanced in this, meaty and rich is a little more subdued in this one, it’s balanced with the barrel notes, vanilla and brown sugar

Finish - Meaty Lapsang smoke for days, orange rind, brown sugar, spicy vanilla and oakiness

Best Enjoyed - Want to play with this in Bourbon cocktails for sure

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BC Spirits "Spirits a Day" #350 - Shelter Point Wee Rock Whisky Club Single Malt

DISTILLERY NOTES

Custom cask strength, French Pinot Noir cask finished single malt for Wee Rock Whisky Club.

BC SPIRITS NOTES

For the 350th episode, I had to do something special and luckily enough, good friend and fellow whisky nerd, hooked me up with a bottle of Shelter Point Distillery Wee Rock Whisky Club Single Malt finished in French Pinot Noir Barrels. I think I am in love, beautiful grain bass notes on the nose that sets up that spiced vanilla, dried red fruit and hints of funky Pinot Noir flavors on the palate. Maybe one of my favorite expressions from Shelter Point to date.

Alcohol - 57.5% / 115 proof

Color - Deep burnt copper

Nose - funky red fruit notes with rich French oak notes with that classic Shelter Point notes.

Taste - Classic Shelter Point grain structure but the French Pinot Noir funky red fruit balances out the heat of the alcohol content.

Finish - Long, red fruit, vanilla spice, structure French oak notes and a nice prickle in the back of your throat

Best Enjoyed - Neat

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BC Spirits "Spirits a Day" #349 - Fernie Distillers Gin

DISTILLERY NOTES

It takes determination, strength and endurance to stake your claim. William Fernie had it in 1887 when he found coal. Our Prospector Gin celebrates all those out there exploring ...past, present and future. A well-balanced classic gin, infused with juniper, citrus fruit and botanicals.

BC SPIRITS NOTES

While I really enjoyed the Damson Plum Gin from Fernie Distillers and I hadn't tasted their classic expression. This is a great aromatic gin with rich juniper blended with fresh cut pine notes, bright citrus notes and complex botanicals. A great expression for the macro gin drinkers looking at making the switch to local craft.

Alcohol - 42% / 84 proof

Color - Clear

Nose - Really beautiful aromatics, cut pine, classic juniper richness, high notes of citrus and fragrant botanicals

Taste - Floral, aromatic and fragrant juniper, citrus and earthy botanicals.

Finish - Earthy botanicals, rich juniper and those balanced citrus tones

Best Enjoyed - This is a great sub for your macro brands, drink craft!

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BC Spirits "Spirits a Day" #348 - Bruinwood Distillery Spirited Horchata

DISTILLERY NOTES

Horchata is a tasty, refreshing Mexican beverage made from rice, almonds, milk, vanilla and cinnamon and spirited with a splash of our Aquasen vodka. Simply shake and pour over ice and enjoy

BC SPIRITS NOTES

Another super interesting liqueur from Bruinwood Estate Distillery combining their vodka with rice milk, vanilla and cinnamon. I love horchata and had a slushie horchata at Cafe Mexico when it first opened. This is balanced with sweetness, not too thick and rich and I think would be perfect to top up some anejo tequila in a highball.

Alcohol - 20% / 40 proof

Color - Rich cream

Nose - You automatically get the rice milk, cinnamon and a hint of vanilla

Taste - Spiked horchata, rich rice milk, dry cinnamon and sweet vanilla bean

Finish - Creamy cinnamon and vanilla finish

Best Enjoyed - Couple of ounces of good tequila topped with this

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BC Spirits "Spirits a Day" #347 - Fernie Distillers Damson Gin

DISTILLERY NOTES

From the excitement of the first winter snowfall to the relaxing long summer days, seasonal change is a cornerstone of Fernie living. Celebrate the seasons with our limited edition spirits.

BC SPIRITS NOTES

This one really took me back, the Fernie Distillers Damson Plum Gin combines childhood memories of fruity sweet plum with beautiful bright gin. Throughout the palate, it is a balancing act between that aromatic gin and the fruity sweetness of the plum. Rich, fun and fruity.

Alcohol - 26% / 52 proof

Color - Fresh plum skin

Nose - Fresh plum for days, juicy and fruity, then the gin flows through with high notes of cut pine and juniper

Taste - Perfectly balanced with fruity plum notes, fleshy and soft tannic skin with complex and bright gin notes; cut pine, traditional juniper and aromatic citrus and botanicals

Finish - Plums and balanced gin notes forever

Best Enjoyed - I am going Negroni or Clover Club for this one

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BC Spirits "Spirits a Day" #346 - Bruinwood Distillery Kirsch

DISTILLERY NOTES

Just released a very limited amount of our Kirsch - made with 100% BC Cherries. Masses of fruit on the nose, smooth with a lingering cherry finish.

BC SPIRITS NOTES

Everyone knows how much I love eau de vies and this one fits the bill, Bruinwood Estate Distillery limited edition Kirsch is bassy, rich cherry, encapsulating the whole cherry orchard, leaf, bark, pits, cherry everything. Aromatic and fragrant but also with a deep cherry pit bassiness that is an amazing backbone.

Alcohol - 40% / 80 proof

Color - Clear

Nose - Rich myriad of cherry notes on the nose, pits, skins, flesh, cherry orchard in summer notes

Taste - With a gorgeous cherry bark backbone that lets the cherry’s aromatic and fragrant burst onto the palate

Finish - Rich cherry, long and lingering

Best Enjoyed - Straight or in classics

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BC Spirits "Spirits a Day" #345 - Fernie Distillers Cinder Liqueur

DISTILLERY NOTES

Indominable spirit. Faced with the catastrophic fires of 1904 and 1908, Fernie was rebuilt both times by people exemplifying strength and determination. Cinder is a smoky Lapsang souchong tea-infused liqueur sweetened with blue agave and a touch of orange peel.

BC SPIRITS NOTES

Very unique liqueur from Fernie Distillers, a Lapsang Liqueur. Rich and elegant smokiness is balanced on the nose with the addition of orange peel. This really is a great little liqueur and would be very versatile in cocktails when you are looking for that smoky note. Elegant tea smoke, hints of orange peel and balanced sweetness.

Alcohol - 35% / 70 proof

Color - Translucent cola brown

Nose - Focuses tea smoke, rich and round with hints of orange peel

Taste - Aromatic and fragrant Lapsang, smokey, funky and rich with hints of orange peel freshness to balance it

Finish - Long smoky notes with balanced sweetness

Best Enjoyed - Really work with whisky as cocktails

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BC Spirits "Spirits a Day" #344 - Fernie Distillers Fernie Fog

DISTILLERY NOTES

It was 1898 when the mighty locomotive arrived in Fernie bringing people and carrying the stockpiles of coal. Our Fernie Fog Liqueur celebrates its echoing past and integral part of Fernie's future. An Earl Grey tea-infused liqueur with vanilla and demerara sugar.

BC SPIRITS NOTES

This is one liqueur from Fernie Distillers that I have been waiting to taste for 2 years. Their London Fog liqueur, if you are a Victorian, you will know this as the Earl Grey Tea, Vanilla latte style coffee drink but Fernie has taken it and made it into a delicious liqueur with balanced Earl Grey Tea, real vanilla and a kiss of demerara syrup. Rich, balanced and delicious.

Alcohol - 23% / 46 proof

Color - Earl Grey Tea brown

Nose - Fragrant tea on the nose with hints of aromatic vanilla

Taste - Am amazing balanced of perfectly steeped tea, sweet vanilla and deep and rich demerara sugar

Finish - Not overly sweet, balanced Earl Grey Tea and sweet vanilla

Best Enjoyed - With gin, lemon and egg white

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BC Spirits "Spirits a Day" #343 - Bruinwood Distillery Espresso Vodka

DISTILLERY NOTES

An ode to the magical bean! Our espresso vodka is a rich, balanced expression of coffee with complex notes of chocolate, caramel and honey.

Made from British Columbian wheat, malted barley, honey and Costa Rican organic espresso.

BC SPIRITS NOTES

Another great product out of Bruinwood Distillery, rich, heavily roasted coffee notes with hints of chocolate, old leather and burnt vanilla. The coffee roast is on point in this one, will really stand up in your shafts or white Russians.

Alcohol - 40% / 80 proof

Color - Deep Coffee

Nose - Dark roasted coffee, old leather with hints of deep caramel and vanilla

Taste - Rich coffee, heavily roasted, hints of leather, burnt caramel and toasted vanilla

Finish - Coffee for days

Best Enjoyed - Got to try this in your white Russians

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BC Spirits "Spirits a Day" #342 - Fernie Distillers Vodka

DISTILLERY NOTES

Hidden in nature’s regrowth are tales of Fernie’s past. Coal Creek is where Fernie’s rich mining history prospered. Our No. 9 Mine Vodka celebrates the dynamic and underground stories untold. A wheat-based vodka, rich in flavour and distinctly smooth.

BC SPIRITS NOTES

So excited to dive into the Fernie Distillers, I have never tried anything from them. Let's kick it off with their wheat based vodka, I love this style and think BC makes amazing examples. Sweet wheat, fresh cut apples and light rain misting on a warm summers day. Great start and I can't wait to dig in for the others

Alcohol - 40% / 80 proof

Color - Clear

Nose - high wheat notes, fresh cut apple and fresh rain

Taste - Classic wheat, wet rocks, fresh cut apple and pear, rich minerality

Finish - Long and complex

Best Enjoyed - Swap this for your macro

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