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Mike Usinger

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Senior editor at the Georgia Straight. Fledgling teacher. Yes, that is my vintage neon Pabst Blue Ribbon sign, and, no, you can't have it.
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Pocket Flask: Copperpenny's Ember Smoked Gin will have you wanting to make new friends

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By Mike Usinger Verified
| The Georgia Straight Verified
As a valuable public service, we crack open spirits from BC to Bahrain and beyond, and then give you a highly opinionated, pocket-flask-sized review. Copperpenny Distilling Co. Ember Smoked Gin “Crafted on the western shores of Canada, this transcendent gin draws its spirit from the Pacific Rim—where misty forests meet fire and sea.
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Chris Walter gives a thorough, and thoroughly harrowing, punk history lesson with Born Too Loose

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By Mike Usinger Verified
| The Georgia Straight Verified
By Chris Walter. GFY, 273 pp, softcover First a point of order, which is kind of ironic given that the book in question here is a loving ode to chaos, debauch, and disorder. Pick up Never Mind Chris Walter Here’s Born Too Loose, and you’ll note that the foreword was written by the Georgia Straight’s long-time Village Idiot. For those who need things spelled out for them, that’s me. Normally, that might preclude one from reviewing a book that they in some ways had a very small part of.
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Liquor Nerd: Cardi B aside, Cognac doesn't always get the love it deserves

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By Mike Usinger Verified
| The Georgia Straight Verified
Wine Beer & Spirits by Mike Usinger on June 14th, 2026 at 10:00 AM Admittedly, it’s been a minute, but your 36th-favourite liquor nerd has been busy for a while. Distractions have included binge-watching everything from White Lotus to Mr Inbetween, playing ice hockey twice weekly despite two disc herniations and a rapidly declining skill set, and chipping away at a Stonehenge-size stack of Tofino Brewing Company’s Spruce Tree Ale that’s still taking up half the kitchen.
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