Sometimes you just have to throw an impromptu summer get together with all your friends and splurge on uber indulgent appetizers, decadent desserts and glasses loaded to the brim with festive spirits, sumptuous wines and seasonal suds. Because I love to celebrate...
The craft beer renaissance of the Ballard neighborhood of Seattle is in a full upsurge. One of Washington state's oldest, still-existing breweries, Redhook Brewery, first cut its teeth in an old transmission shop of this 'hood in 1982. Another Seattle beer pioneer,...
Along the banks of the Willamette River at Tom McCall Waterfront Park, downtown Portland will cap off Oregon Craft Beer Month with five days of flowing taps at the 27th Annual Oregon Brewers Festival. Since July 1988, the Oregon Brewers Festival – one of the...
There’s a good reason this has been one of Swans Hotel and Brewpub's best selling beers for over a decade now. It’s a very well made, serious, standard-setting fruit beer—that doesn’t take itself too seriously. Raspberry notes are very well integrated, leaning on...
People around the United States are getting prepared to gather their friends and families, light their barbies and set off fireworks in celebration of America's national Independence Day. Although the delicacies most commonly created on the grill and served to the...
Although wine and chocolate have been in a long-term relationship (and it is not often recommended unless the wine is sweeter than the treat), chocolate is not a monogamous partner in terms of spirited companionship. Although this revelation may bring thoughts of a...
Whether you find yourself wading past the breakers in search of the perfect wave, or prefer to hang out beach-side with a good book, Pacific City, Ore.,’s Pelican Brewing Company can quench your sunstruck thirst with their seasonally available Surfer’s Summer Ale....
Even as Belgian-style beers grow in popularity, their strong, funky flavors and aromas can be off-putting to even the most enthusiastic beer lover. This is how BridgePort brewer Jeff Edgerton took the edge off that distinctive Belgian tang for the seventh iteration...
Au gratin is a French term used in cooking meaning to prepare something with a topping of browned breadcrumbs or cheese. What a delightful concept! Vegetables and some seafood dishes are often prepared au gratin, but the most commonly recognized dish prepared using...
Vancouver Craft Beer Week 2014 is set to kick off its fifth year in style this Friday, May 30th with a party dedicated to what should be everyone’s favorite pastime – succumbing to the temptresses of ales and lagers. This nine day event of bottled, canned and...
