LCBO Food & Drink Early Summer 2024

WHY USE “TINY” ICE? SEE P. 122

Summer Sippers: Signature Serves Unique global gin flavour profiles shine through when gins like these are sipped solo over plenty of ice, elevated by summery touches. Pour up to 1 1/2 oz of room-temperature gin over crushed or “tiny” ice in a lowball glass and garnish with seasonal fruit-and-herb combos: try raspberry mint, peach-rosemary or apple-sage. SUMMER IN ITALY SIPPER Italian-inspired gin + lemon-basil garnish Isola di Favignana Wild Sicilian Gin ( LCBO 36462, 700 mL, $64.95 ) uses only Italian botanicals like lemon, camomile, rosemary and mint, some of them harvested on a pristine Sicilian island. Drumshanbo Gunpowder Sardinian Citrus Irish Gin ( LCBO 22453, $54.95 ) features the juicy citrus fruit pompia, found only on Sardinia, to balance its “gunpowder” tea dryness. THAI TRIPPING Southeast Asian–spiced gin + lime-cilantro garnish Tarsier Southeast Asian Dry Gin ( LCBO 36444, 700 mL, $67.50 ) has calamansi, galangal, Thai basil and kampot pepper notes that amplify the fresh herbs of the region’s cuisine. BY THE SEASHORE Maritime-accented gin + grapefruit-thyme Vancouver Island–made Sheringham Seaside Gin ( LCBO 26263, $49.95 ) ends with gentle oceanside kelp notes.

FOOD STYLING BY DAVID GRENIER; PROP STYLING BY ANDREA McCRINDLE

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