Payette Lake expands out to 5,330 acres of glacial waters at 5,000 feet elevation in western Idaho wilderness, with McCall, Idaho’s Shore Lodge holding down lakeside since 1948. Just two hours in the car from Boise, the Shore Lodge is a waterfront refuge amidst the...
While we may be well into 2015 (I know, right?), many of the years’ new breweries are only just starting to get off the ground. But with hundreds (literally) of new breweries currently in the works, it can be a bit daunting when planning your brewery hopping...
True confession: I love movies. The best thing to do in my opinion is to enter a movie theater, with a good glass of something in your hand and loose yourself in another world for two and a half hours. To experience sights and sounds that only exist on the very...
This story originally ran in our Best of the Northwest 2014 issue. For more in-depth stories like this, subscribe to our quarterly print magazine here. Backdropped by Idaho’s Sawtooth Range of the Rocky Mountains, more specifically the Heyburn and Horstman Peaks,...
Koenig Distillery and Winery’s Seven Devils Straight Bourbon Whiskey draws its name from the same place it draws its water: the Seven Devils mountain range in west central Idaho. Lauded as Idaho’s first whiskey (though soon to be one of at least a handful), Seven...
Since the late 1890s, vodka has been made throughout countries in the “vodka belt,” a string of nations spanning from Russia, throughout countries on the Baltic sea and Scandinavia. While many vodkas were and continue to be distilled from grains such as barley,...
In 1996, an Idahoan river guide structured Sockeye Brewing around the symbolism of the state's iconic Sockeye Salmon, an ecologic staple of Sawtooth Mountain's Salmon River. Similarly, the brewery grew to become a staple of regional craft beer, and today produces a...
For the third installment of Haunted Northwest, we head east to Idaho for ghost stories plus Creole and Cajun-style flare. The joint: BJ's Bayou || 655 N 2880 E, Roberts, ID The history: Twenty minutes north of Idaho Falls sits the rural town of Roberts, home to a...
From our most recent issue featuring the Best of the Northwest, Elkins Resort on Priest Lake was in our lineup for the Best of Idaho Travel. For the full list of winners and travel features, click here to subscribe and order your copy today. Established in 1932 on...
Situated high above acres of winding southwestern Idaho farmland in the Snake River Valley AVA, Ste. Chapelle Winery has taken the state's wine industry by storm since its origin in 1976. Today, Ste. Chapelle is Idaho's leader in both production and sales volume,...
