Gin lovers — and even haters — know it's the unique blend of spices, herbs and other botanicals that give gin its unique flavor. If you love juniper, you lean towards classic, London dry-style gins like Beefeater. If you loathe juniper, however, you might prefer...
Behold: the fresh hop season has returned! It is now the time to pay tribute to all ales hoppy, when hopheads rejoice with a freshie in hand. Lucky for Northwesterners, the best way to do this is by making it down to a festival that showcases more of the freshest...
I’ve often wondered why virtually every winery I’ve been to asserts that their wines are made to age. I mean, in a cynical way I know why: it’s the kind of claim that sounds good to the person doing the buying, even if in most situations we know they’re more likely...
The heat was inescapable at Thursday's Auction of Washington Wine picnic and barrel auction. I'm not just talking about the 90+ degree temperatures on the lawn, though those were oppressive. I'm talking about the blinking red light in the cockpit of Northwest wine,...
Welcome to Sip Northwest’s Bar Tab, a weekly selection of what to drink in the Northwest now. Come on in, belly up to the counter and order a metaphorical drink on us. We sense a theme here, summer is coming... And so are the seasonally appropriate beers now...
In a blink-of-an-eye ferry ride from Seattle or Tacoma (a mere twenty minutes if you miss rush hour traffic) you can escape to island life. Destination: Vashon Island. About the size of Manhattan (but with a population that hovers near 11,000) the island really has...
Bow, Washington is a small place - the downtown area consists of one street. But for a place so small, the beer is plentiful. During the year 1900, four saloons resided on the street now called Cains Court. The Old Edison was the only bar to survive the Prohibition...
Farmers’ markets have long been popular in the Pacific Northwest as havens of the freshest, just-picked, just-baked foods from the region. With dozens around the area, only once a week, CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) popularity wasn’t far behind. Boxes of...
After a months-long expansion project, Pier Coffee announces it has co-located with Odin Brewing, a Seattle-based craft beer company. The combined beer and coffee brewery makes both cold brew coffee and craft beer on separate, dedicated systems and the two...
Located off of Elliot Avenue in Seattle's Interbay neighborhood between Lower West Queen Anne and Downtown, Citizen Six has something for everyone. Bonding cider with spirits and bar grub with an uncommon fusion of Mexican and Korean influence, the railroad-side...
