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What to drink now: August’s imbibing agenda.

Silver City’s Ziggy Zoggy Summer Lager 

Rare is the summer session of camping, kayaking, or sitting on one’s duff on a patio that can’t be improved by an unfiltered, just-hoppy-enough lager. How sensible that one of the region’s best now comes in cans. silvercitybrewery.com 

Renegade Wine Co. Rosé 2013

This négociant-style side project from Sleight of Hand Cellars is sublimely dry, the color of rose petals, and bafflingly inexpensive at just $11 a bottle. sofhcellars.com 

Essex Bar’s Plantain Swizzle

On Tuesday nights, Delancey’s sibling bar morphs into a den of well-wrought tacos and festive tiki drinks, like this swizzle of Plantation Original Dark rum in a vintage tiki mug. A housemade liqueur of roasted plantains, fresh lime, and house pineapple syrup sweeten the deal—but not too much. essexbarseattle.com

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

 


 


 

Published in the The Everything Guide to the San Juan Islands issue of Seattle Met.











Allecia Vermillion
Allecia Vermillion
Allecia Vermillion has spent a decade at Seattle Met, arriving as food and drink editor, and expanding her role over the years. She served as the magazine’s editor in chief until moving into a newly created executive editor role in 2021. She spearheads Seattle Met’s food and drink coverage and oversees home design content. Allecia’s writing has earned her multiple journalism awards and two James Beard Award nominations over the years. A native of Portland, Oregon, Allecia began her writing life as a newspaper reporter in the Chicago suburbs before making a grateful return to the Pacific Northwest. She has an English degree from Washington University (no, the one in St. Louis) and a masters in journalism from Northwestern University. She lives in Seattle with her husband and two children.