• How do you drink Vermouth & Apéritifs?!

    Basically, there are three ways to enjoy the apéritif/aromatized wine styles: Simply over ice, perhaps with a citrus peel garnish or a couple olives. Spritz! On ice, 50/50 with sparkling soda water and/or sparkling wine. Cocktails, the styles we make are staple ingredients in hundreds of classic cocktails. We've got loads of recipes here on the website and our other favorite resource for cocktail recipes is Difford's Guide. Enjoy!

  • What about Bitters?

    Bitters are concentrated botanical flavouring, you can think of them as flavour modifiers for cocktails. Wherever you want a little kick of botanical flavour you can add them to cocktails or even in sparkling soda water. A dash of Orange Bitters in a Martini for example, really makes the drink shine. Or a few dashes of aromatic bitters in sparkling water is a refreshing and tasty delight.

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Cocktail Recipes

Darkside vs. Lightside, you decide.

Darkside vs. Lightside, you decide.

Quinn Palmer

Gin, Kina and New Orleans Bitters. Two variations of the same cocktail, pitting our two Kinas against each other in a battle for the stars. The original recipe, Darkside, was...

Darkside vs. Lightside, you decide.

Quinn Palmer

Gin, Kina and New Orleans Bitters. Two variations of the same cocktail, pitting our two Kinas against each other in a battle for the stars. The original recipe, Darkside, was...

I Live in Vic West

I Live in Vic West

Shawn Soole / Clive's Classic Lounge

Kina-Salal, Blackberry Gin, simple syrup, lemon juice, bitters. The massively popular cocktail I Live in Vic West from Clive's Classic Lounge in Victoria! In 2021 this was their second most...

I Live in Vic West

Shawn Soole / Clive's Classic Lounge

Kina-Salal, Blackberry Gin, simple syrup, lemon juice, bitters. The massively popular cocktail I Live in Vic West from Clive's Classic Lounge in Victoria! In 2021 this was their second most...

Mr. P's Manhattan

Mr. P's Manhattan

Shawn Soole

Rye, Rosso Vermouth, Kina-Salal and Bitters. If you didn’t already know, Stillhead Distillery in Duncan, BC, makes utterly spectacular whisky. Seriously, it’s like silly how good it is. But Piercy’s...

Mr. P's Manhattan

Shawn Soole

Rye, Rosso Vermouth, Kina-Salal and Bitters. If you didn’t already know, Stillhead Distillery in Duncan, BC, makes utterly spectacular whisky. Seriously, it’s like silly how good it is. But Piercy’s...

Ap-peach-iate BC

Ap-peach-iate BC

Harry Tham - Clive's Classic Lounge

Whisky, Rosso Vermouth, Kina-Salal, Orange Liqueur, Frangelico, Peach Bitters. "Ap-peach-iate BC" is the meaning and celebration of the BC craft beverage industry. I foster Stillhead's distilling creativity. They love good...

Ap-peach-iate BC

Harry Tham - Clive's Classic Lounge

Whisky, Rosso Vermouth, Kina-Salal, Orange Liqueur, Frangelico, Peach Bitters. "Ap-peach-iate BC" is the meaning and celebration of the BC craft beverage industry. I foster Stillhead's distilling creativity. They love good...

Six & Out Cocktail Recipe - Toronto and Hanky Panky's wayward lovechild

Six & Out Cocktail Recipe - Toronto and Hanky P...

Dave Bulters - Close Enough Cocktails

Black Rum, Kina-Salal, Dry Vermouth, Fernet Branca. This is one of the cocktails Dave made for the current (winter 2020/21) issue of BC Liquor's Taste magazine. Being a "Close Enough"...

Six & Out Cocktail Recipe - Toronto and Hanky P...

Dave Bulters - Close Enough Cocktails

Black Rum, Kina-Salal, Dry Vermouth, Fernet Branca. This is one of the cocktails Dave made for the current (winter 2020/21) issue of BC Liquor's Taste magazine. Being a "Close Enough"...

Welcome to Vancouver - A Berry Delicious Cocktail Recipe

Welcome to Vancouver - A Berry Delicious Cockta...

Gabriel Morin

White Grain Spirit, Kina-Salal, Krupnik and Honey Syrup. From Gabriel Morin of Pallet Coffee - "I arrived in Vancouver 2 years ago, in August 2018, and before I had even...

Welcome to Vancouver - A Berry Delicious Cockta...

Gabriel Morin

White Grain Spirit, Kina-Salal, Krupnik and Honey Syrup. From Gabriel Morin of Pallet Coffee - "I arrived in Vancouver 2 years ago, in August 2018, and before I had even...

Marty McFly Cocktail Recipe - If there is one drink you make from us, make it this one.

Marty McFly Cocktail Recipe - If there is one d...

Mike Norbury

Local bartender extraordinaire, Mike Norbury whipped up this lovely creation and it might just be our favorite cocktail of 2020! I highly recommend you try this one at home!

Marty McFly Cocktail Recipe - If there is one d...

Mike Norbury

Local bartender extraordinaire, Mike Norbury whipped up this lovely creation and it might just be our favorite cocktail of 2020! I highly recommend you try this one at home!

Reverse New York Sour Recipe

Reverse New York Sour Recipe

Nadia MacLean

A layered sour cocktail that is sure to please! "Thought to have been first made in the 1880s by a bartender in Chicago, this drink was originally named the Continental...

Reverse New York Sour Recipe

Nadia MacLean

A layered sour cocktail that is sure to please! "Thought to have been first made in the 1880s by a bartender in Chicago, this drink was originally named the Continental...

Mulled Kina-Salal Recipe!

Mulled Kina-Salal Recipe!

Ryan Broekhuizen Jr. - Little Jumbo

Our Kina-Salal is the perfect thing to make a classic winter mulled wine from! This recipe hails from Ryan Broekhuizen Jr. at Little Jumbo in Victoria, BC. 

Mulled Kina-Salal Recipe!

Ryan Broekhuizen Jr. - Little Jumbo

Our Kina-Salal is the perfect thing to make a classic winter mulled wine from! This recipe hails from Ryan Broekhuizen Jr. at Little Jumbo in Victoria, BC. 

Dubonnet Cocktail Recipe

Dubonnet Cocktail Recipe

Quinn Palmer

The Esquimalt take on the classic Dubonet cocktail famously, and regularly,  enjoyed by the Queen Mother herself. Bitter, juicy berries with gin and lemon aromatics. Perfect before a good meal. 

Dubonnet Cocktail Recipe

Quinn Palmer

The Esquimalt take on the classic Dubonet cocktail famously, and regularly,  enjoyed by the Queen Mother herself. Bitter, juicy berries with gin and lemon aromatics. Perfect before a good meal. 

The famous Kina-Colada recipe from Wind Cries Mary!

The famous Kina-Colada recipe from Wind Cries M...

Soren Schepkowski

Demerara Spiced Rum, Kina-Salal, Pineapple, Lemon and Cream. Trust me, this one is worth the effort in prep. It's everything you want a tiki drink to be, sittin' on the beach...

The famous Kina-Colada recipe from Wind Cries M...

Soren Schepkowski

Demerara Spiced Rum, Kina-Salal, Pineapple, Lemon and Cream. Trust me, this one is worth the effort in prep. It's everything you want a tiki drink to be, sittin' on the beach...

Crazy Crossing Cocktail Recipe - Rosso and Kina-Rouge together at last!

Crazy Crossing Cocktail Recipe - Rosso and Kina...

Anna-mary Schmidt

Gin, Kina, Rosso, Curacao and Maraschino -  All made in BC, all delicious! 

Crazy Crossing Cocktail Recipe - Rosso and Kina...

Anna-mary Schmidt

Gin, Kina, Rosso, Curacao and Maraschino -  All made in BC, all delicious!