From the comforts of a walk-up trailer window and equipped with a covered outdoor seating section and gas heater, KURE Juice Bar supplies its veg-heads with two locations in Portland. KURE fans get all of the purity, clarity and cleansing powers of the bar's raw...
Bourbon Barrel Aged Belgian-Style Imperial India pale ale—betcha can't say that three times fast. The latest release from Astoria, Ore.'s Fort George Brewing's "North" winter ale series, North VII, is a mouthful—audibly and physically. The series kicked off in 2007...
Mike Januik will be the last person to tell you that he is one of Washington's most celebrated and tenured winemakers. For nearly three decades, Januik has been producing wines that top the lists of publications for both of his wineries, Novelty Hill and signature...
From the folks that brought you the "damn fine ciders" of three college buddies who started a cidery in Corvallis, Ore. (2 Towns Ciderhouse), comes the story of Tradition Ciderworks—the handmade, artisan cider collection sourced from Oregon farm apples....
Roast Magazine’s 2013 Roaster of the Year, Olympia Coffee Roasting Co. is as unique to capitol city Olympia, as Olympia is unique to Washington state. Independent and idiosyncratic, OCR cuts out the middle man and has a direct relationship with their producers,...
Five years in, three breweries down and one new cause to benefit—Beer Church, a Seattle-based fundraising organization dedicated to the principle to “make the world a better place, one beer at a time” is at it again with their limited-release beers for the greater...
Sustainability, local and family are the fundamental values that make up Bend, Ore.'s Oregon Spirit Distillers. Head distiller Brad Irwin has been in the spirit industry since 1992 and is a Certified Specialist of Spirits, giving him the knowledge of mixology to...
I was squinting to read a loosely-labeled comprehensive selection of house-made liqueurs when a pair of plaid-clad portly gentlemen begrudgingly straddled two stools at the bartop next to me at Woodinville, Wash.’s new Hollywood Tavern. “Got any light beer?” one of...
One could say that Art Larrance set the foundation for Oregon craft beer. In 1985, Larrance co-founded one of the first mircobreweries in Portland, Portland Brewing, and three years later, created and launched the Oregon Brewers Festival, which annually brings in...
Auburn, Wash.'s Schilling & Company Cider is a descendant in a long local lineage of Washington producers—co-founder Colin Schilling is the great-great-grandson of August Schilling, the founder of Schilling Spice Company (now McCormick) and brought his family...
