5à7 Podcast, S3E2: Cloakroom Bar Owner and ASEQ Co-Founder Andrew Whibley Wants Quebec to Allow Cocktails To Go

Andrew Whibley is the owner of Cloakroom, a popular speakeasy in Montreal, but more recently he’s become an activist. The co-founder of the Association Pour Spiritueux à Emporter Quebec wants Quebeckers to be able to order their negroni and coffee-infused kombucha cocktails for takeout or delivery. And he’s not alone. We talk batch cocktails, what Ontario and other provinces are doing right and how to sign the petition.

The 5à7 Podcast is a series of happy hour conversations with creative people – with a nod to the Quebec happy hour, aka the 5à7. They’re based around food, but guests go beyond chefs and restaurant owners to artists, entrepreneurs and other inspiring people you might have heard of. Take a sneak peak into the homes and lives of these guests, to hear stories that only seem to come out over a drink with a friend…or by Zoom during COVID-19. 

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Here’s everything we mentioned on the podcast (in the approximate order we mentioned it):

Cloakroom Bar Montreal:

https://cloakroombar.co/montreal/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thecloakroombar/?hl=en

Jaw Lawson: https://bartenderatlas.com/bartenders/jay-lawson/

Andrew’s drink: Coffee Kombucha with Seedliphttps://www.seedlipdrinks.com/en-us/

Mapaq: https://www.mapaq.gouv.qc.ca/fr/Pages/Accueil.aspx

 

Amie’s drink:

¾ oz Chartreuse verte,

1 oz sake (I used the Otora Junmai from Bacchus76),

¼ oz lime juice.

Shake with ice. Strain. 

 

Toby Lyle at Burgundy Lion: https://www.burgundylion.com/ 

The Cold Room: https://www.thecoldroommtl.com/ 

PETITION: The Association Pour Spiritueux à Emporter - Quebec

https://www.change.org/p/r-ac-j-p%C3%A9tition-pour-spiritueux-%C3%A0-emporter-qu%C3%A9bec-3c869efc-7bf6-442d-bb74-2678a1e507fb

BC Beverage Technology Access Centre (BTAC): https://www.facebook.com/BCBTAC1/

Parliament Pub & Parlour: https://www.parliamentmtl.com/

Cocktail collaboration: Cook It https://www.chefcookit.com/en

Romeo’s Gin: https://romeosgin.com/

Atwater Cocktail Club (ACC): https://www.atwatercocktailclub.com/

Beam Suntory: https://www.beamsuntory.com/en

Cirka Gin: https://cirka.ca/

RTDs = Ready-to-drink beverages (e.g. coolers): https://www.saq.com/en/products/origine-quebec-products/ready-to-drink-beverages 

ASEQ Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/groups/401594061098295/media

ASEQ Petition: The As