Last Straw Distillery, a Profile Tucked away in a small corner of a industrial unit of a strip mall in Toronto (well technically in Vaughan) sits a small distiller. It looks like this: That little guy is able to produce a huge variety of unique products from moonshine to one of my favourite gins in the city. The proud owner is… Read More
Dry Cider by Ernest Cider, a Review We absolutely love hiking the trails around Brickworks. They are beautiful and have the added bonus that once you are done your hike you can reward yourself with a drink! That’s how we first tried Ernest Cider. Ernest uses local apples (duh!) and a touch of local honey. Generally I find adding sweetener to a… Read More
Toronto Booze Hound is 2 Years Old! Oh man, has it really been two years? In that time we’ve done hundreds of reviews, attended tons of events and generally wrote about a hell of a lot of locally hand crafted alcohol. This year our top review is that of Batch 1905 by Brickworks. Our top non-review was our experience post on… Read More
We are Doing Movember! This handsome devil is shaving his beard off and growing out a beautiful mustache! Why? To support cancer research and men’s health. That’s right, it’s MOVEMBER time! Our friend Alex is a survivor of a men’s cancer and we want to raise money so that good people like him no longer have to worry that… Read More
Nama Nama by IZUMI (Ontario Spring Water Sake Company), a Review Sake is not the kind of alcohol I thought I would find being produced here in Toronto and yet here I am, writing a review for it. You see, IZUMI, otherwise known as the Ontario Spring Water Sake Company, is a sake maker based out of the Distillery district. I am reviewing Nama Nama, a… Read More