LCBO Food & Drink Autumn 2024

PUMPKIN SPICE Colada P. 130

LOCAL SPICE These Ontario makers lean into autumn flavours with pumpkin, spice and everything nice for spirits and beers that taste of the season.

Nickel 9 Island Diaz Spiced Rum LCBO 23827, $44.95 This spicy three-year-old rum (you might have seen it on Dragons’ Den ) is naturally smooth with no added sugar. Try it in a maple-kissed Old Fashioned. Whitewater Brewing Co Dark Roast Pumpkin Spice Espresso Porter LCBO 28496, 473 mL, $3.65 Like a creamy pumpkin-spiced coffee, this clove-spiked brew is as cozy as sweater weather and is an ideal drink for a fire pit and s’mores gathering.

Reid’s Spiced Gin LCBO 29194, $50.50 The ginsmith clan at Reid’s adds foraged local botanicals like Myrica gale, plus warming exotic spices. Add ginger ale and lime for a spiced Gin Mule.

Spicebox Pumpkin Whisky LCBO 353334, $31.75 Like fall in a bottle, this whisky sips like liquid pumpkin pie, with butterscotch and spice accented by the spicy glow of rye whisky.

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