A round-up of our favorite beverage blogs wouldn’t be complete without a compilation of some of the regions best when it comes to spirits and cocktails. As hand-crafted and gourmet spirits make their mark throughout the region, Pacific Northwesterners have proved...
Sustainability, local and family are the fundamental values that make up Bend, Ore.'s Oregon Spirit Distillers. Head distiller Brad Irwin has been in the spirit industry since 1992 and is a Certified Specialist of Spirits, giving him the knowledge of mixology to...
Son of an 1840's Oregon pioneer and first generation Oregonian Robert Imbrie had 12 children and a mother to think about. After establishing a necessary granary and farm to finance his extensive line of kinfolk, he took three years to build an elaborate,...
As a lady-made publication, we always love to support the lady-made liquors out there. broVo Spirits set the bar, producing locally-fueled botanical liqueurs and spirits, headed up by former sales and marketing pros Mhairi Voelsgen and Erin Brophy. Sippable on the...
The Pacific Northwest is pouring a wide variety of Halloween and harvest inspired spirits to quench your holiday thirst. From 3 Howls’ seasonally inspired vodkas and gin to Oregon Spirit Distillers Darkside rum and Wild Card Absinthe, local distilleries are serving...
Distillery, event space, bottle shop, part-time spirits educational institution—Seattle's Batch 206 has taken the responsibility of bringing booze to the people ever since the Washington Craft Distillery legislation was enacted in July of 2008. Their vodka and gin...
Tastings, workshops and competitions–oh my! Victoria, BC is ramping up to celebrate the revival of a lost craft during three days of intoxicating events at the much anticipated Art of the Cocktail. Bartenders and mixologists alike will be muddling, mixing, stirring...
Oola Distillery owner and distiller, Kirby Kallas-Lewis, has honed his products to showcase the land in which they come from. Promoting a "grain-to-glass" mentality, Oola's spirits have acquired acclaim that praises both their correctness to character and...
Portland natives Mike and Brian McMenamin opened their first hospitality location in 1974 with the first post-Prohibition brewpub in the state of Oregon quickly to follow, along with brewing the first legal fruit-brewed ale. Today, their namesake chain, McMenamins,...
Blue Spirits Distilling is a liquid tribute to the blue liquid loch and glaciers that paved the way for what is now Lake Chelan. Trivia: the largest collection of glaciers in the lower 48 is in the Washington North Cascades, Lake Chelan is the second widest and is...
