Toronto whisky drinkers are inching closer and closer to their new, elbows-up reality: a city completely and utterly without bourbon.

At Parkdale's Danu Social House in the city's west end, that reality is nearly there. Five months since the LCBO pulled U.S. alcohol from its shelves, the bar is devoid of cheaper bourbon, with only the final dregs of top shelf brands like Angel's Envy and Woodford Reserve remaining — and they'll cost you more than they used to.

"Because it's in limited supply, I charge more for it, right?" said Scott Swain, Danu bar manager.

"It's a premium product right now."

Despite the higher and higher prices for those not-easily-replaceable top-shelf bottles, he said that "a few times a month" a bourbon die-hard will still ask for a old fashioned or whisky sour mad

See Full Page