June 7, 2016
Seattle’s new-ish Heartwood Provisions is an amazing spot, with a singular bar program, part of which is pairing each food item with a specially-designed cocktail, and a swell person running the whole beverage show, Amanda Reed. I recently wrote about the space, her, and one of my favorite drinks on the menu, the What’s New Pussycat, in an article for Seattle magazine. Don’t miss it, yo!
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Tags: Amanda Reed, Bar Hop, Cocktail News, Heartwood Provisions, Seattle Bars, Seattle Magazine, sour, What's New Pussycat?
Posted in: Bars, Cocktail News, Recipes, Seattle Magazine
May 17, 2016
Seattle’s swell Italian spot Artusi is always worth a stop (especially if you’re missing Italy like I am), and recently I stopped in to chat with amiable bar manager Connor O’Brien and to taste up the Carreras Cocktail, which has a lovely taste and globe-trotting pedigree. And then I got to write about it for Seattle magazine. I’m lucky indeed – but you can read it and feel lucky, too.
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May 10, 2016
I recently had a fun time learning about and drinking up Chinese spirit (and most consumed spirit in the world) Baijiu, at swell Seattle bar Lionhead – and got to write about it for Seattle magazine! I had it solo from a number of brands, and in a refreshingly layered drink called the Jade Pagoda, all courtesy of friendly bar manager Veronika Groth. Expand your baijiu knowledge by checking out the article.
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Tags: Baijiu, Bar Hop, Bars, Jade Pagoda Cocktail, Lionhead, Seattle Bars, Seattle Magazine, Veronika Groth
Posted in: Bar Hop, Bars, Cocktail News, Seattle Magazine
March 22, 2016
In case it slipped by you like a ship in the night (for shame, for shame), my most recent Seattle magazine Bar Method article is about local bar Westward, bar manager Andy McClellan, and a cocktail of his, The Tale of Two Sherries – which uses two different kinds of sherry! It’s truly a fine mix, and one you should probably read about, right? So, check it out.
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February 23, 2016
I do a monthly column (along with various other things) for Seattle magazine (sure, you can be jealous), and until recently it was called Bar Hop, and had me chatting about a single new bar in the wondrous city I live within. But now it’s changed up a little, still a single bar, but with the focus lighting a little more on a single cocktail within said bar – and it’s not just new bars anymore, either, and is called (for now, at least) the Bar Method. And for the first one, I visited one of my favorite Emerald City bars of all, Liberty, which is about to celebrate its 10th anniversary! Amiable bartender Laura Bishop was my shaker, and made me a delicious wine cocktail called the Red October. But heck, don’t let me ramble, go read the article now.
Tags: bartenders, Laura Bishop, Liberty, Red October, Seattle Bars, Seattle Magazine, wine cocktail
Posted in: Bar Hop, Bars, Recipes, Seattle Magazine, Wine Cocktails
December 1, 2015
I was lucky enough recently to work on a big bar-and-cocktail-and-distillery issue of the mighty Seattle magazine, and in said issue (which if you missed, you’ll have to deal with the regret for the rest of your life. Sorry), we had some swell interviews with some of the top local shakers . . . wait, strike that. Top shakers anywhere! However, due to magazine restrictions, and such, the interviews had to be edited down somewhat, as interviews are. But they’re now available for reading in fuller fashion online! You are very lucky. So, don’t miss my recent interviews with these cocktail geniuses, including:
Amanda Reed
Bridget Maloney
Nik Virrey
Joshua Batway
Jesse Poole
Kathleen Manley
Bryn Lumsden
Jay Kuehner
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Tags: Amanda Reed, Bars, bartenders, Bridget Maloney, Bryn Lumsden, Cocktail Talk, Interviews with Top Seattle Bartenders, Jay Kuehner, Jesse Poole, Joshua Batway, Kathleen Manley, Nik Virrey, Seattle Bars, Seattle Magazine
Posted in: Bars, Cocktail Talk, Seattle Magazine
November 17, 2015
Hey hey party people from the WA (and any one visiting right now). The November issue of the smashing Seattle magazine is the Bar, Cocktail, Spirit, and Tipsy Awesomeness issue! And I wrote a big chunk of this booze-y beaut, so you don’t want to miss it, do you? DO YOU? Get it now – it’s available at all better stores that carry magazines, and all better magazines stands – and drink up!
