Back in May, sommelier and distiller Erik Liedholm, company wine director for Washington-based John Howie Restaurant Group and co-owner of Bothell, Washington’s Wildwood Spirits Co., added to his already extensive list of awards and credentials by becoming the Pacific...
Normally we bring you a single spirit, but for today's Daily Sip we wanted to do something in celebration of the release of the latest James Bond film, Spectre. Below are three Bond-themed cocktails created by bartenders at three Kimpton properties across the...
Something about coffee and beer works so well that there seems to be a never-ending supply of new brew-bean combinations to try. It's been two years since I've touched on the subject, so I felt it was time for a revamp. Between all the creativity that things like...
Seattle’s whiskey-focused Westland Distillery just wrapped up its second annual Peat Week: a so-called “week of reek” celebrating the unmistakable earthy-smoky character that defines the style of whiskey that Westland espouses. Opening with a four-course dinner from...
When it opened, I profiled Seattle’s Corretto and its focus on “corrected coffee,” or the Italian tradition of augmenting espresso with liquor or liqueur. Between the many possible combinations, caffé corretto can be sipped no matter the season, but something about...
Another pick from our Best of the Northwest 2015 spirits competition, Mt. Index Black Cat Coffee Liquor, winner of our dessert liqueur category, is made by Mt. Index Brewery & Distillery in the tiny, peak-surrounded town of Index, Washington. Crafted to honor the...
Big news—our Best of the Northwest 2015 list has been released! We had a fantastic time picking all of our favorite spirits, wines, beers, ciders, travel destinations and more for this annual issue. This week’s Daily Sip is one of my favorite category winners in the...
This weekend marked the eleventh annual iteration of a festival centered around what some might consider a very narrow niche in the brewing world: Elysian’s Great Pumpkin Beer Festival (GPBF), celebrating pumpkin-based brews from around the Northwest, across North...
“Innovation is required of products entering a market,” says Kyle Akin, owner of Eugene, Oregon's Crescendo Organic Spirits. Akin, who co-founded Crescendo in 2013, began with the idea of handcrafting Italian-style traditional liqueurs, but soon started to wonder why...
“We went partially mad in our quest to build this harmonious dry gin according to time-honored standards,” writes Jenny Montgomery on the label of The Whyte Laydie Dry Gin, crafted by family-owned and -operated Montgomery Distillery of Missoula, Montana. The gin is...
