SPIRIT FRIDAY: Aria Portland Dry Gin Aria Portland Dry Gin is honest and upfront on the label - using a number of classic gin botanicals including juniper, coriander, cubeb berry and cassia bark - they also strive to bridge the gap between the London Dry and...
BEER THURSDAY: Emerald City Beer Dottie Seattle Lager Emerald City Beer Company picked up where history left off in the old Rainier Brewing building in Seattle with a new set of beers and fresh homebrewing faces. Sure, the packaging on the cans are slightly...
WINE WEDNESDAY: The Four Graces 2011 Pinot Blanc, Willamette Valley Named for owners Steve and Paula Black's four daughters (son Nicholas has been knighted "Keeper of The Four Graces"), The Four Graces winery calls 110 acres in Dundee, Ore. home. The family is...
CIDER TUESDAY: Reverend Nat's Hard Cider Hallelujah Hopricot Reverend Nat West might have received ordainment from the holy church of the World Wide Web, but that doesn't make the name of his cider brand, Reverend Nat's Hard Cider, any less fetching. Hey, if...
DETOX MONDAYS: Steven Smith Teamaker No. 39 Fez Green Tea Portland teamaker Steven Smith is the silent designer behind the blends of big names in the business like Stash and Tazo, but he is also the maker behind his namesake tea brand, Steven Smith Teamaker....
SPIRIT FRIDAY: Fremont Mischief Distillery Rex Velvet "Sinister Spirit" Beet Vodka That's a mouthful and so is this limited edition specialty vodka by Fremont Mischief. The spirit is dazzlingly infused with beet juice for a menacing veneer in the glass to match its...
BEER THURSDAY: Hopworks Urban Brewery Organic Hopworks IPA The only beer to take the brewery's namesake, Hopworks Urban Brewery lends its label to the Hopworks IPA. Organic across the board, HUB is Portland’s first Eco-Brewpub and is 100% renewably powered and...
WINE WEDNESDAY: Mark Ryan Winery 2012 "The Vincent" Rosé Woodinville, Wash. wineries and tasting rooms have been growing like weeds the past few years. Some newer, gnarly greenery has been plucked out while some of the established, thriving producers have continued...
CIDER TUESDAY: Westcott Bay Cider Traditional Dry Cider Westcott Bay Cider, which sits next to its sister business, San Juan Island Distillery, is tucked into the hill of the Northwest side of Westcott Bay. The cidery is sports one of the older orchards in the...
DETOX MONDAY: Columbia Gorge Organic Wild Blackberry Smoothie Toting 180 acres of family-ran and -farmed land, Columbia Gorge Organic grows more than 60 varieties of fruit that is squeezed and pressed into juices on their Hood River, Ore. farm. The original recipe...
