Brett Konen
Brett Konen is a barista, coffee specialist, journalist and overcaffeinated coffee enthusiast living in Seattle. A graduate of Whitman College with degrees in Sociology and Politics, she studies beverage culture and makes time for cooking, cribbage, travel and other adventures.

Caffeination Cascadia: Coffee Kegs

The latest coffee trend to tap into? Coldbrew on tap. A select few Northwest coffee purveyors now offer kegs of high-quality coldbrew, available to hook up anywhere there’s a tap handle to spare. As summer approaches and coldbrew cravings return en masse, it’s not...

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Grazers: Six Seven

The Edgewater on Seattle's waterfront is a legend. The Pacific Northwest knows it, music and history buffs around the world know it, but nobody knows it better than the Edgewater itself. When you’ve got a hotel like that, you can do one of two things. Slap-dash a...

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In Review: HopScotch

The 11th Annual HopScotch Festival brings together diverse drinkers in the NW. Over the weekend, greater Seattle plus visitors from around the region reveled in the two days of festivities that marked the 11th annual HopScotch Beer & Scotch Festival in the...

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