“When you’re making a Manhattan variation the supplementary ingredients are really what change its personality.” This is the belief of Cicchetti’s longtime bar manager Chris Bollenbacher. The quaint, Venetian-inspired restaurant…
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Small, but mighty, is the best way to describe Whidbey Island Distillery. And the products coming out of this small, craft distilling operation in Langley, Washington, are truly unique. “When…
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Spirits are great sipped straight, on the rocks or mixed into your favorite cocktail. They’re some of the most versatile liquids available to drinkers, and cocktails aren’t just what spirits…
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What is the first thing that comes to your mind when you think of Halloween? Maybe it’s costumes or possibly ghosts and ghouls, but one theme holds true for time…
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When Kim Karrick wrote her proposal for Scratch Distillery to the bank, it was simple: “One vodka and two gins, GINiology class, rent the space out for events,” she says….
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Southeast Portland’s Scotch Lodge is all about the whisky. Its name should give you your first clue. If you miss that, there are other signals. Saunter down the dimly lit…
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There’s something about being a bartender that’s so appealing, they make movies about it. But there can also be a dark side that industry vets are starting to talk about…
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Announcing the esteemed — and delicious — medalists of the 2019 Best of the Northwest Cider! The complete results will be published in the Fall/Winter print edition of Sip Northwest…
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If there’s one thing to know about Washington brewers, winemakers, cidermakers and distillers, they all have a love for local in common. But for Nathan Kaiser, owner of 2bar Spirits,…
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Canada’s first “pod” hotel opened in Whistler, British Columbia, last summer. Also known as a “capsule hotel,” pod hotels were developed in Japan, featuring a large number of small, private…
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