Now that spring is here, we’re craving lighter spirits, brighter cocktails and new adventures. This issue of The Alchemist will quench your thirst for all of that and much more.
For starters, we take you on a tour of Vancouver’s cool distillery tasting lounges. Then, in Order Up,
bartenders offer tips on how to get a good drink every time—or at least have fun trying. Our Bon
Vivant, Michael White, mulls class differences at the bar. The Alchemist tasting panel selects their favourite
B.C. gins to go with your tonic. And speaking of gin, we offer a selection of jolly good cocktails to pair
with a royal wedding or any celebratory occasion.
On a more serious note, Tim Pawsey investigates what was behind a Prohibition-style whisky raid earlier this year and learns that this is a story that has just begun to unfold.
