It's rumoured that the whiskey fireball was forged sometime in the mid-1980s during the coldest winter Canada had ever seen, when a mad scientist mixologist accidentally creates a permanent solution to frostbite.

The fireball was forged sometime in the mid-1980s during the coldest winter Canada had ever seen, when a mad scientist mixologist accidentally creates a permanent solution to frostbite

The concoction slowly and quietly made its way around North America for a few years, a sort of secret handshake between veteran bartenders.

They've been making it's way around North America for a few years, a secret handshake of sorts

Fireball took a major turn when several bottles were smuggled in. Word got out and now we're trying to do it fast enough to keep the fire burning.

Fireball took a major turn when several bottles were smuggled in