Some spots on earth just spill their culture out. Newfoundland, which is Canada’s easternmost place, does this well. It has ...

As of 1979, the Newfoundland liquor corporation exported the homegrown rum known as Screech to all ten provinces, and had their eyes on international markets. Sure, it's made in Jamaica.

However, after Confederation and the introduction of the liquor corporation, rum became regulated, explained Braye, and Screech today is a regular Jamaican rum bottled in Newfoundland.

She continued, “But in the ‘90s, the screech-in became a promotional tool of the Newfoundland liquor board. So the screech-in came back, and now it’s very much a force of its own.” ...

And we can all drink to it. A looming confrontation over whether Newfoundland's iconic drink, Screech, would continue to be barred from the shelves of Ontario's liquor stores has been settled.

Vokey says the Newfoundland Liquor Corporation approached his father to partner the ceremony with Screech and a tradition was born. Christian’s Pub began regularly performing the ceremonies ...

Well, screech is an eastern Canadian sort of moonshine, often illegally made but also refined and sold in the state-run liquor stores. Around the globe, some form of home-made, generally ...

The soldiers became fond of this Screech. The country’s Liquor Board approved its being labeled “Famous Newfoundland Screech as it remains today.” The Newfs traded salt fish for the 160 ...