Bellingham by Way of Beer
Despite its reputation as a laid-back, Birkenstocks-wearing hippie town, Bellingham, Washington, is a forward-thinking, tech-savvy, growing community. It’s big enough for some hustle and bustle, but...
View Article2019 Best of the Northwest Beer
Announcing the esteemed — and delicious — medalists of the 2019 Best of the Northwest Beer! The complete results will be published in the Fall/Winter print edition of Sip Northwest and feature the...
View Article8 Oktoberfests that We Dig
Oktoberfest: the glorious funfair and beer festival — also known as a volkfest — steeped in the German history of drinking and good times. The season of Oktoberfest in the PNW is in full swing with...
View ArticleDrinking Beer in Skagit Valley
Best known for the Tulip Festival in Mount Vernon and beautiful views of the San Juan Islands and the Cascades, Washington’s Skagit Valley has also made a name for itself in the brewing industry. No...
View Article5 Toasty Washington Drink Stops with Fire Pits
September in Seattle: the weather starts to turn the old familiar gray, the sunny days lessen and the leaves brighten. It’s almost that time for bars and brewpubs across the state to haul in the...
View ArticleAmber is the Color: 6 Red Ales for Fall
AMost beers tend to have a complementary season. Of course, you can enjoy a tropical, hazy IPA any time of the year, but the fruity, citrus body seems to pair best with sunny days. If zippy ales are...
View ArticleCelebrating a Seattle Staple: Pike Brewing Co. Turns 30
Nestled underneath Seattle’s historic Pike Place Market, in the LaSalle Hotel on Western Avenue, Charles and Rose Ann Finkel opened the city’s third microbrewery on Oct. 17, 1989. Thirty years and...
View ArticleProducers that Feed: Drink + Eats that Give to Community
Good food and good drink go hand in hand. Sometimes you can add good people and their equivalent deeds into that mix as well. Accordingly, there are a number of drink producers in the region that are...
View ArticleLocal Grains: 5 Breweries that Keep it Close
The Pacific Northwest is home to some of the richest food-producing valleys in the country and chief among them are Washington’s Skagit and Walla Walla valleys. Head to any farmers market in the area...
View ArticleSeasonal Beer Cooking with The Beeroness
Beer has traditionally been an ingredient used for very specific culinary purposes. You’ve got beer batter, beer cheese or pretzels and, of course, don’t forget beer sausage. But beer can and should...
View Article4 Questions with Sean Burke of Von Ebert Brewing
Imagine doing what you love in a serene setting amid old growth fir trees overlooking an immaculate emerald-green golf course. That describes Sean Burke’s daily routine as one of the head brewers at...
View ArticleJoin us for our Annual “Best of the Northwest” Tap Takeover!
We tested, tasted and reviewed: now the double gold winners from the Best of the Northwest beer and cider will be poured for YOU to be the judge! Join us at TeKu Tavern in Seattle on Thursday,...
View ArticleJump on the Yakima Beer Trail with The Little Hopper
The Yakima Valley grows over 75 percent of the nation’s hops, so it only makes sense that the area is becoming a bit of a craft beer mecca. The valley is home to more than 10 craft breweries, all...
View ArticleSour Beer 101: What’s Making Your Mouth Pucker
There are people who absolutely cannot handle sipping on a sour beer, and then there’s the rest of us. There’s the sour beer lovers of this world, who just can’t get enough of those tart, complex...
View Article4 Questions with James Long of Barbarian Brewing
Delivering babies in the Alaskan bush to becoming a brewmaster in Boise, Idaho, seems like a curious turn of events, but that’s the journey James Long took to get where he is today. When he decided he...
View ArticleAll Things Cranberry: Thanksgiving Drinks
Other than the turkey, Thanksgiving is all about the little, red, tart fruit we love to put in everything around the holidays: the cranberry. These small berries are bursting with flavor and color,...
View Article‘Tis the Season for Winter Beer
In these cold winter months, nothing beats a frosty snifter glass of dark brown beer. The toasted malts and heavy, warming body of a winter ale was designed to warm you up and stave off the freezing...
View ArticleCross-Continental Beer Collaboration to Celebrate Chinese New Year
It’s no secret that the diversity of craft beer is so dismal when the culture of beer itself has become so associated with masculinity and something that has become a sort of hobby for the middle...
View Article4 Questions with Author Joshua Bernstein
Journalist, author and craft beer devotee Joshua Bernstein has been writing about beer, food and the lot for almost two decades. With all that experience he recently released his newest book, “Drink...
View Article6 Drinks to Please Everyone at Your Super Bowl Party
Super Bowl Sunday is nearly upon us. For some, it may mean a day of football, for others it’s a day for watching commercials filled with celebrities and comedy. But what we can all agree on is that...
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