Seattle radio station KISW 99.9 ROCK might be best known for "The Men's Room" program, their midday weekday program comprised of four male DJs, music, pranks, spirited commentary and beverage-based collaborations. The first was The Men's Room Ale, a red ale brewed...
Incredulous debate over a wine list isn’t new to Portland. The designation of “CHE” for a country's abbreviation on the wine menu, however, might be. Bonus points to downtown Portland’s Grüner for including a map of Western Europe on their eclectic and eccentric...
According to Pfriem Family Brewers in Hood River, Ore., it is Flemish table-side protocol to allow your host to offer a toast before sipping your suds. According to Pfriem Family Brewers, this is not the case when it comes to their Belgian Strong Blonde. The...
"What would you do if you knew you could not fail?" Okanagan Valley's Nagging Doubt Wines poses this question on their labels to wine drinkers—nay, Nagging Doubt Wines baits its consumers with this question. Answering the call and challenge of doubt themselves,...
How many beverages other than water can call themselves "zero-calorie?" Well, Everett, Wash.-based Cascade Ice can. The sparkling flavored waters are also bottled without sugar, sodium, carbs, caffeine or gluten and promote "guilt free taste" overall. In a time...
Cool climate varietals thrive in Willamette Valley—plantings of Burgundian grapes (Pinot Noir and Chardonnay) were the immediate impulse for early Oregon vintners, as most Northwesterners now know. Alsatian varietals also made a surge, like Pinot Gris, Pinot Blanc...
Colleen Finnegan gave her husband a fruit press as a birthday gift nearly a decade ago. Her husband, Josh Johnson, grew up with garagiste cider and wine production at home, courtesy of his father, so beverage artisan was in his blood. With the release of the...
Whether your vice was excessive beer consumption or inhalation of deep-fried mozzarella sticks to celebrate the divine win of the Seattle Seahawks in Super Bowl XLVIII, you might need to detox today. Reference our list of options from the month of January or get...
Aberdeen, Wash., might be better known for its lumber industry than craft distilling. Coined as the "Gateway to the Olympic Peninsula," Aberdeen is also a portal to Wishkah River Distillery in Gray's Harbor—"legal" since 2010. Speaking of legal, the state of...
My husband roasts a mean chicken. A lot of the times it has to do with the moisture-locking salt and lemon brine he has mastered (thank you, Thomas Keller), a lot of the times it has to do with what wine we have accompanying it. Last night, it was a little bit of...
