By Molly Allen
You may have first heard about mead from reading “Beowulf” or watching “Game of Thrones,” or perhaps you stumbled upon it at a roadside fruit stand. Mead is a beverage…
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4 Questions with CJ McCollum of McCollum Heritage 91
The word “legacy” has serious significance for CJ McCollum. The 29-year-old shooting guard for the Portland Trail Blazers strives for legacy on and off the basketball court — recently launching…
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Cocktail Recipe: Blackberry VIDO Vodka Spritzer
The Monson family has been farming in Washington’s Yakima Valley since the early 1900s. First came orchards, then came cattle but after connecting with Dr. Walter Clore (the man who…
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Sea Shells +Cocktails Down by Seabrook
I have lived in Washington my entire life and never once been to the Pacific Ocean coast in my home state. I don’t have enough fingers on both hands to…
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Three Black Women of Wine Blaze a Trail
Marcia Jones, Donna Stoney and Eunice Chiweshe Goldstein are “first” ladies in their own respective ways. As Black women, these three trailblazers are using their voices to lay the groundwork…
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Sun Liquor Utilizes Behind-the-Bar Know-How to Craft Spirits
There are plenty of distilleries in the Northwest that began handcrafting spirits and then decided to serve their products on-site in the form of a cocktail. It’s common to be…
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Cocktail Recipe: Lady Jaye’s Straw-Barry Manilow
Sweetness is contrasted with an unexpected kick in this fresh take on a strawberry-infused margarita from Lady Jaye in West Seattle. Somewhere on the spectrum between a spicy margarita and…
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Batched & Bottled: 3 Simple Pre-Batched Cocktails
Pre-batching is a technique that industrious bartenders from around the world use to handle a busy night of service. Essentially, it is a way of maintaining consistent quality in a…
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Pack these Canned Wines for Your Labor Day Weekend
Leave your wine key and fragile glasses at home. Lugging around a wine bottle in your hiking backpack or beach tote isn’t necessary with canned wines. Not to mention, you’ll…
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Aging Beer in a Barrel
When it comes to brewing beer, the world is quite literally at the brewer’s fingertips. From cider-beer hybrids like grafs to bold, fruity sours and bourbon barrel-aged stouts, the possibilities…
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