LCBO Food & Drink Holiday 2019

PRESENTS OF MIND

Nickel Brook KentuckyBastard LCBO 543389, 500 mL, $11.95 Nickel brook Cafe Del Bastardo LCBO 543082, 500 mL, $12.95 Kentucky Bastard is a stout aged in bourbon barrels for vanilla and toffee notes. Its Bastardo cousin gets the addition of 6 lbs of whole coffee beans, for spice, carob and chocolate layers of flavour.

For beer and cider lovers Credit the craft revolution, but today brewers dabble in all manner of barrel- ageing while cider houses have dipped into wine and hops, creating these deliciously adventurous and versatile hybrids.

Innis & Gunn Blood Red Sky LCBO 572008, 6 x 330 mL, $14.95 A Scottish red ale gets a Caribbean kick of spice and fruit from ageing in Jamaican rum barrels.

Malus Cider house Hopped Cider LCBO 552653, 473 mL, $3.20 This small-batch Niagara cider house adds floral and citrus hop notes to its tree-fruit-rich cider.

Easy LCBO gifting Grab a reusable holiday- themed two-bottle tote bag to put a bushel of bottles under the tree for beer and cider lovers. Buy in-store, $1.50.

Brickworks Ciderhouse Rosé Cider LCBO 625236, 473 mL, $3.50 Toronto’s first cidery blends raspberry and blueberry juice with its apple base for a rosé- wine-inspired refresher.

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HOLIDAY 2019 FOOD & DRINK