A trend on the rise: beer blending. The phenomenon has been gaining steam, with breweries, savvy bartenders and even some home mixologists concocting fusions between different barrels, bottles or...
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Stone & Szilard Distilling Foxtrot Gin
Two spirits aficionados, Peter Szilard and Gwydion Stone, have joined forces for their Stone & Szilard Distilling project in Seattle. One of their initial efforts is the Foxtrot Gin, a classic...
Grazers: Boulevard Kitchen & Oyster Bar
There are roads, there are streets and then there are boulevards. That’s the progression and quality inherent in Vancouver’s new swish seafood restaurant, Boulevard Kitchen & Oyster Bar. Located...
Solera Brewing Perzikboom Peach Sour
Rumored to have sold at an enticingly low price, the folks at Parkdale, Oregon's Solera Brewery bought the now defunct Elliot Glacier Public House space, brewery equipped and million dollar view of...
Local Proof: When Coffee and Cocktails Collide
It’s that time of year when the skies are as dark when you’re drinking your morning coffee, as they are when you’re imbibing on that evening’s cocktail. Coffee long ago found it’s way into spirits,...
Nk’Mip Cellars 2012 Qwam Qwmt Merlot
For the first time, the wines of southern Okanagan Valley's Nk'Mip Cellars are available in the United States. Pronounced "in-ka-meep," the enunciation and drinking practices of these wines are now...