May 12, 2015

Seattle Magazine Bar-Hopping: Ändra, Barrel Thief, Brunswick & Hunt, Oliver’s Twist, Prime 809

Hello bar lovers! It’s that time again, when I round up my recent Seattle magazine Bar Hop columns, and array them in easily clickable format, making it easy for you to find out where you want to go this weekend! I take the first drinks, so you don’t have to.

•    Oliver’s Twist (Magnolia version)

•    The Barrel Thief

•    Brunswick & Hunt

•    Prime 809

•    Ändra

*See all Seattle magazine pieces by me

April 21, 2015

Seattle Magazine Cocktail Catch Up

Tumble Swede cocktailHello, and happy day! Why, you may ask? Cause today is the day when I put up a bunch of links to past Seattle magazine cocktail, spirit, and such posts that you may have missed over the last few months. And if that’s not happy, I don’t know what is.

•    No Fooling: Four Drinks with Awful-Sounding Names That Taste Swell

•   Late March Local Distillery News

•   Talking Irish Whiskey with Teeling Founder Jack Teeling

•   Cocktails and Cheese: Pairing Four Drinks and Four Cheeses

•   Copperworks Distilling’s Jason Parker on Local Spirits and Liqueurs

•   Spotlight on Old Ballard Liquor Co.’s Riktig Aquavit

•   Where to Drink on Valentine’s Day

•   Seattle Cider Co. Expanding, Whiskey Tasting with John Howie

*See all Seattle Magazine action by me

February 10, 2015

Seattle Magazine Cocktail Catch Up

Hello party people! It’s that time again, where you are reminded by me of recent pieces I’ve had in or on the wonderful Seattle magazine. There’s a wide range of imbibing reads I’ve been lucky enough to work on, so dive right in to the bottles below and drink up:

•    12 Hangover Cures From Seattle’s Top Bartenders
•    Washington’s Award-Winning Coffee Liqueurs Wake Up the New Year
•    3 Effervescent New Year’s Eve Drinks
•    2 Recipes for Moonshine Cocktails

*See all my pieces on Seattle magazine

January 20, 2015

Moonshine is Shining in Washington State

Moonshine has made a huge comeback onto legal liquor store shelves lately, and much of it is pretty darn swell, dropping the burns-you-all-the-way-down personality for one of tasty-but-strong. And guess what? Washington State has some of the finest ‘shine around. Learn more in a moonshine article I recently wrote for Seattle magazine.

*Read Washington Moonshines to Drink Now

November 11, 2014

Seattle Magazine Cocktail Catch Up

Hey, lucky people! It’s your turn to browse a few fine pieces I wrote recently for the fine Seattle magazine. If you happened to miss them the first time around, well, now’s your chance for a fun first read. If you read them once already, well, the second time is usually even better. And don’t let me get started about the third.

•     5 Horrifically Tasty Halloween Drinks

•     5 Cocktails to Drink While Playing Video Games

•     Local Spirit Spotlight: Sidetrack Blueberry Liqueur

•     4 Appleicious Drinks for Fall

*See all Seattle magazine pieces by me

October 21, 2014

Seattle Magazine Cocktail Catch Up

Hello, is it articles and blog post by me on Seattle magazine that you’re looking for? I can see it in your eyes, I can see it in your smile, I can see it in your empty glasses . . . wait, what? Sorry, I got all Lionel’d for a sec. Anyway, in case you missed them, some recent (fun – I wouldn’t post the un-fun ones) pieces by me that you may have missed on or in Seattle magazine.

•    Drink Recipes & Party Sounds on Starbucks’ New CD ‘The Cocktail Hour

•    Sexism in the Distillery Industry & Why Cherry Bounce is so Good

•    27 Things You Should Never Say to a Bartender

•    4 Drinks to Celebrate the Beginning of School

•    It’s Tailgating Season–Are You Ready?

*See all Seattle magazine articles by me

October 14, 2014

Seattle Magazine Bar-Hopping: Elysian Bar, Le Zinc, Revolver

elysian bar, downtown oasis, bar hop, best bars, seattleHey bar lovers, genial drinkers, lounge lizards, speakeasy devotees, dive dwellers, and rathskeller revelers. It’s time to trot yourselves again through my recent Seattle Magazine Bar Hop columns, which highlight select bars in the Seattle area. Get off the couch, yo, and visit:

•    Elysian Bar

•    Revolver

•    Le Zinc

* See all Seattle Magazine articles by me

September 16, 2014

Aquavit and More at the Old Ballard Liquor Co.

Washington State is awesome! There are so many fantastic distillers here now, I sometimes feel like the luckiest drinker in the world. And there are a couple even in my neighborhood, including the small-in-size, giant-in-taste Old Ballard Liquor Co., which is focused on making traditional aquavits, lovely forgotten products like Cherry Bounce, and more. Recently, I was doubly-lucky, in that I got to write an article about the Old Ballard Liquor Co. for the smashing Seattle magazine. And then, I got to put up a bit more of my interview with Lexi, the super knowledgeable distiller owner, on the Seattle magazine blog. Read the article and the blog to learn more.

*See all Seattle magazine articles by me

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