Another year? How did that happen?
 
It's been nearly 1 year since The Great Whisky Raid of 2018, not much has happened lately but we are trying to work with the government to find a solution to the unlawful seizure of 242 bottles of some of the rarest whisky on earth and to see a policy change whereby bars and restaurants are able to source product from private retailers.

"Bars or Restaurants that specialize in exotic products that they can't get through the public wholesaler should be able to access that kind of product legally"   David Eby, Attorney General,  January 2018. But still no change.

We stand by our concerns surrounding the raid:

1: The manner in which the raid and seizure was handled: we feel that the government agents breached the Canadian Charter and were required to produce a seizure warrant as they seized the whisky "as evidence in an on going investigation"

2: Why the government refuses to allow licensees to purchase products from private retailers.

Last year industry lawyer Mark Hicken was called upon to review BC's archaic liquor laws and through him, the review panel and submissions from industry stakeholders, of which we made 2 submissions. The final report containing 24 recommendations was handed to Attorney General David Eby on April 30th 2018 and has since been sitting on his desk collecting dust. 

Of all the recommendations in the report the one we have been advocating for is Licensee to Licensee sales (The Sourcing of Product,  recommendation #11 on page 18 of the report). With the implementation of this recommendation we would be able to continue adding rare and wonderful whiskies to our collection including the fabulous whiskies from The Scotch Malt Whisky Society. 

#11 The Sourcing of Product:
"Hospitality licensees should not be restricted to buying their liquor products from government retail stores. Such licensees should be able to buy from any licensed source in BC including private retailers. In this way, hospitality licensees will have alternative sources for products where the wholesale system minimums are not met. An appropriate reporting mechanism should be established for such sales in order to ensure that the data relating to sales in this channel is not lost."

To help out there is a petition on line: Free The Whisky
 
here are a few links if you'd like to read further:

Scotch Whisky Magazine           Forbes          Scout Magazine
 
The Georgia Straight            Vancouver is Awesome           Global News
 
CBC           The Globe and Mail          CTV


We still have the largest whisky selection in the country and have nearly a 1000 whiskies on our shelves.

The monthly Hand Crafted Spirits Radio Show with Joe Leary and Darryl Lamb is still being hosted at The Kitchen.  Tune in to TSN Radio 1410 at noon on the first Saturday of each month. you can click here to listen to past broadcasts
 
Our Partner Scotch Malt Whisky Society retailer is Legacy Liquor Store  in the Olympic Village and host to our monthly Society Outturns on the first Tuesday and Thursday of the month. Allura and I present on the Tuesday.

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Whisky Dinner Wednesday January 16th @7pm

It's Whisky Pairing time again with this time with independant bottler; Douglas Laing.

We are happy to announce our 1st Whisky Dinner of the year. Keith Beattie of Douglas Laing will be traveling from Scotland to host our Whisky Pairing  Dinner on Wednesday January 16th at 7pm.

Keith has been in the drinks industry for 2 decades and just recently joined Douglas Laing last year. His role? Head of Commercial, I guess we'll find out exactly what that means at the dinner.

Douglas Laing & Co was established in 1948. As an established independent bottler, Douglas Laing has access to great whisky stocks and has a wonderful lineup of whiskies in their; Remarkable Regional Malts and the Exceptional Single Cask series. Lets show Keith a big Canadian Whisky Kitchen welcome and join us next week for an entertaining evening with great whisky from the warehouses of Douglas Laing.

Our talented kitchen team are, yet again, creating 5 stunning dishes to pair with 5 great whiskies.

This is sure to be another great night of food, whisky and distillery tales.

Why not grab one of our limited tickets and join us on Wednesday January 16th for some great whisky and food. 
 
Tickets are limited and I can assure you, as always, they sell out fast.
 
Be sure to plan for a safe ride home!

The cost for this event is only $85


  
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