About
This is The Jolly Inebriate.
We take a non-pretentious, slightly profane approach when it comes to reporting on booze, entertaining at home and the service industry. Whether it’s the latest trend in cocktails or a seasonal beer, we’re right there; up against the bar. Life’s short, drink better!
My name’s Japhet Bower. I don’t work much in the field I went to school for (Art criticism and curation at OCAD) but my degree left with me a love of writing, an appreciation for the finer things in life and an irrational fear of white boxes.
After a stint at blogTO, where I covered sex, music and culture, I decided to cover the cocktail scene emerging in Toronto. Whether it’s a stupid liquor law, an amazing new bar down the street or a cocktail drunkenly concocted at a party the night I’ll probably have something to say about it!
As well as little ol’ me, Ryan McVittie, a veteran of the bar scene in Toronto, will occasionally pop by to provide an in-depth look at classic cocktails and share some of his recipes.
(That’s me, the red-eyed cowboy in the middle.)
Japhet Bower