LCBO Food & Drink Autumn 2025

LOCAL COCKTAILS

Honey Bunch Last year, Ontario produced more than 3.2 million kilograms of honey. From region to region, flavours vary, from tangy to floral to citrusy. Find a local favourite to bring complexity to fall cocktails.

BY CHRISTINE SISMONDO ————— PHOTOGRAPHY BY DARREN KEMPER

BUSY BEES Beekeeping is booming in Ontario, thanks to a swarm of entrepreneurs and hobbyists who’ve taken an interest in pol linators, especially the honeybees that produce this fascinating and diverse sweetener. It’s as brilliant in cocktails as it is in food recipes and as a condiment. From light, liquid clover honey to rich, dark and viscous buckwheat, there’s a wild range of expressions and styles of honey. It’s a true terroir product that reflects its region as well as the character of specific flowers, such as lavender, goldenrod and blueberry blossom.

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FOOD STYLING BY CHRISTOPHER ST. ONGE; PROP STYLING BY ANDREA M c CRINDLE Forty Creek Honey Spiced Whisky LCBO 397109, $32.90 Distilled in the Niagara Region, this honey-sweetened whisky is rich in vanilla and baking spice and, if you cut down the honey syrup to 1/4 oz, it can be used in this rich and creamy cocktail, the Honey Pie. TRY

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