Imagine the reverberation of hipster’s hosannas around downtown Portland when the Ace Hotel first opened its doors in 2007. Boutique with a coyly minimalistic and quintessential Portland atmosphere,...
Angela Prosper
Blue Mountain Cider Company Eden Ridge Hard Cider
With four decades of experience in apple farming, an established beverage business through Watermill Winery and after many consultations with experts in English cider production, Blue Mountain Cider...
We Dig: Summer Cocktails On-the-Go
By this point in the summer, we're starting to feel pretty spoiled here in the Northwest: week-long stretches of shorts-and-sandal weather, summer berries ready to harvest, late sunsets. The season...
Kombucha Town Gold Light Kombucha
Small-batch, Bellingham, Wash.,-based Kombucha brewhouse Kombucha Town is actually the first kombucha in the region to be sold as alcohol. Owner and brewer Chris McCoy produces “raw” kombucha, which...
Caffeination Cascadia: Awesome Wedding Coffee Bars
In the midst of wedding season, we love all the creative ideas that surface for wedding bars. Among them, we’ve noticed a growing trend: clever coffee bars are surfacing as well. Whether for a...
Ice, Ice Baby: Frozen Boozy Sips for Summer
I’ll be the first to admit that I’m a cocktail kind of gal. Sure, I love hard cider and I’ve supported my fair share of Northwest wineries over the years, but cocktails are most definitely my...