Cold weather can be shitty, like, really shitty, especially when that temperature dips below -20C. If there is one thing Winnipeggers are good at, though, it's making a cold winter hella fun. The now famous frozen river pop-up restaurant, RAW: Almond is a great culinary example, but they just wrapped up their seasonal service, so what's a guy to do now that it's still mid-winter in the heart of Canada? Here's one solution.

The Festival du Voyageur that's taking place Februrary 13-22 sees the Voyageur Park on the French side of Winnipeg, Saint-Boniface, turned into a winter wonderland that's thankfully sans-reindeer and Christmas tunes. Think of it more as a place where the Frozen characters could really get their eat, drink and party on, with larger-than-life ice sculptures, stages set for live music from a long lineup of Canadian musicians (including Elliott Brood and Buck 65), great French-Canadian food like tourtieres or pea soup, bannock, battered and sugared no-good-for-you BeaverTails and a lot more. It's one of the largest winter festivals in North America and the second largest in our country.

But, what's a great Canadian festival without a signature drink? A chilly, but fun outdoor event, calls for a quality, boozed-up beverage to keep everyone in a good mood. Thus, enter the Caribou.