BC Distilled gears up for Canada’s largest artisan and micro-distillery festival, April 14

Fifth annual event features 40 BC distilleries, tasty treats and cuddly puppies

The fifth annual BC Distilled Festival, the largest spirits event in Canada reserved exclusively for local distilleries, takes place at the Croatian Cultural Centre on Saturday, April 14.

Enthusiasts know BC Distilled as the chance to mix with friends old and new while mingling with the makers of the province’s best liquors, tasting a wide variety of the spirits they’re pouring. The opportunity to cuddle puppies from the Pacific Assistance Dog Society (PADS), the festival’s charity partner, is also unmissable.

Not everyone realizes, however, that there’s more to the whole affair than Saturday’s celebration.

“Like the BC distillery scene in general, our festival is booming,” says BC Distilled founder, Alex Hamer. “I’m happy to report that our Distillers’ Dinner at Forage on April 6 and our BC whisky master class at Legacy Liquor on April 10, both sold out in record time! But the good news is that there are still tickets available for Saturday’s main tasting event, which is going to be a spectacularly good time.”

Participating distilleries and exhibitors include:

After Dark Distillery Ltd.	Old Order Distilling Co.
Ampersand Distilling Company	Pacific Rim Distilling
Bohemian Spirits Ltd	Resurrection Spirits Inc.
Central City Brewers & Distillers	Salt Spring Shine Craft Distillery
Crow’s Nest Distillery	Shelter Point Distillery
De Vine Wines & Spirits	Sheringham Distillery
Deep Cove Distillers	Sons of Vancouver Distillery
Dragon Mist Distillery	StillHead Distillery
Fermentorium Distilling Co.	Tailored Spirits
Gillespie’s Fine Spirits	Taynton Bay Spirits
Goodridge&Williams Distilling	The 101 Brewhouse + Distillery
Legend Distilling	The Dubh Glas Distillery
Long Table Distillery	The Liberty Distillery
Lucid Spirits	The Woods Spirit Company
Maple Leaf Spirits Inc.	True North Distilleries
Merridale Cidery & Distillery	Tumbleweed Spirits
Monashee Spirits Craft Distillery	Victoria Caledonian Distillery
Moon Distillery Ltd.	Victoria Distillers
Odd Society Spirits	Wayward Distillation House
Okanagan Spirits Craft Distillery	Yaletown Distilling Company

Barrelhouse Brine	Rootside Provisions
Modern Mixers & Elixirs	Walter Caesar

In addition to unlimited sampling of distilleries’ wares, guests of the evening tasting can enjoy canapés prepared from chefs of Forage, Juniper Kitchen & Bar, Whiskey Six BBQ and H2 Rotisserie & Bar. Samples from Benton Brothers Fine Cheese and A Bread Affair will also be available during the afternoon Trade & Media Tasting. For those wishing to purchase additional bites before the doors open, Tacofino and Mom’s Grilled Cheese food trucks will be on site outside the main doors until 6:30pm.

Another crowd favourite is the Legacy Liquor Pop-up shop, which offers the largest selection of BC spirits anywhere for purchase, with close to 200 products.

Trade Tasting Tickets Available: Qualified employees who work in the bar & restaurant, private liquor store, and distribution industries can apply to attend the afternoon Trade Tasting.

BC Distilled
Saturday, April 14
Trade & Media Tasting: 2 – 4:30pm
Public Tasting: 6 – 9pm
Croatian Cultural Centre, 3520 Commercial Drive, Vancouver

Visit bcdistilled.ca/tickets to purchase tickets for $69.99 per person.

BC Distilled is grateful for the support of its sponsors, South Peace Grain, Legacy Liquor Store and The Alchemist.