There’s no denying: At its core, Pendleton is a whiskey town. Pendleton Whisky, the Canadian whisky sharing the iconic bucking horse logo with the 109-year-old Pendleton Round-up, can be found nearly everywhere in town. And, sure, you should enjoy the blended brown...
Roughly a decade ago, a snowy night in Woodinville, Washington, changed everything for Rodney and Kelli Bullington. At the time, Rodney Bullington — then living in Seattle with his wife, Kelli — was a fan of the nascent Woodinville Whiskey Co., which had opened its...
Fizzy wine, as made by Ken Bonnin, Jr., owner and winemaker at Hi-Wheel Fizzy Wine Co., is defined by what it’s not as much as what it is. Bonnin originally called his fermented fruit juice “citrus cider,” but he’s not fermenting apples — so, technically speaking,...
It's not a stretch to say that Canada's craft beer revolution started in Victoria, British Columbia. Mere months after lawmakers made brewpubs legal in 1984, Spinnakers opened on the shores of Victoria’s Inner Harbor, becoming the nation’s first brewpub — and in...
Back in 2014, Mike Hunsaker was brewing for Fat Head’s Brewery in Cleveland, Ohio, when the company announced plans to expand its Midwest-based chain into Portland, Oregon. Fat Head’s tapped Hunsaker to lead the brewing operations at the nascent brewpub, and...
4Michael Kuzyk graduated from the University of Victoria in 2000 with a doctorate in microbiology and biochemistry, immediately jumping into a career path befitting his studies. For years, Kuzyk bounced between biotech companies and academic pursuits, never lasting...
Steve Jones’ love affair with cheese goes back to the mid-90s, when he worked at a wine shop in St. Louis, Missouri. There, he created and curated a cheese counter for pairing with the shop’s wines and, once the shop closed for the night, he’d pair various cheeses...
Most breweries take months, if not years, to find an audience. The breweries fine-tune recipes, experiment with new styles and upgrade equipment in hopes of building a dedicated following and generating a bit of buzz for their flagship beers. Great Notion Brewing,...
For nearly 10 years, Flat Tail Brewing in Corvallis, Oregon, has churned out beers that defy easy description. Flat Tail brewed more than 100 unique beers in its full year alone and has since made a name for itself with award-winning sour ales, curious...
When Joe and Janelle Marcotte sold their five-year-old trucking business in late 2016, the husband-and-wife team didn’t know what came next — just that they were tired of washing, fixing and maintaining trucks all day, every day. So when a pub opened in the...
