Since 2007, when McMenamins bought the old Elks Temple, Tacoma, Washington, has collectively held its breath waiting to see what would create. The McMenamin brothers, Mike and Brian, take old...
Recipe: McMenamins Steamer Clams
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Bells Up Winery: Willamette Valley’s Un-Domaine
Dave and Sara Specter are living models of the Oregon wine dream. In 2012, Dave traded in his successful tax attorney career in Ohio for one as a Pacific Northwest winemaker. The couple packed up...
Experience Yachats: Sip, Dine, Stay and Play
The Pacific Northwest coast is lined with welcoming towns that play host to a long weekend’s worth of offerings. Yachats, a tiny dot on the central Oregon coast, is such a town and overachieves...
Icicle Brewing increases its distribution footprint while decreasing its carbon footprint
Last week I stopped by the brand new Icicle Brewing Company production facility in Leavenworth. You are invited to do the same on Thursday, June 13th. The Grand Opening and Community Open House...
4 Questions with Jeff Alworth of Beervana
The nation looks to Portland for all things craft brewing and the City of Roses looks to Jeff Alworth for beer expertise. An award-winning author, he writes beer-centric books, founded the Beervana...
Malt 101: A Peek into Beer’s Backbone
For those of us who just like to sit in the sunshine and drink beer, in our minds, it just magically appears in its true form. But for those who understand the time and precision it takes to brew,...