Distillery Watch

Local Spirits: End of Summer Party at Italianissimo

Pay $15 for the chance to try Woodinville-made spirits in an array of cocktails.

09/14/2011

Imbibing Agenda

Spaces Remain for Boardwalk Empire Sneak Peek This Friday

Fan of the Prohibition period drama? A speakeasy-style promo event is your chance to see season two, first.

09/13/2011 By Jessica Voelker

Bizarre Moments in Drinking

The Herbfarm’s Purloined Port

A fine diner at the Woodinville restaurant liberated an 84-year-old bottle from its cellar this Saturday.

09/13/2011

Imbibing Agenda

Upcoming Drinking Event: Organic Cocktails at Tini Bigs

It is Washington Organic Week, and there are cocktails involved.

09/12/2011 By Jessica Voelker

Money Quote

The New York Times’s Sam Sifton on Hangovers and Brunch

Well said, Sifton.

09/09/2011 By Jessica Voelker

Liquor Laws

Spirits and Washington State: Here Come the Ads Again

Get ready for familiar arguments for and against liquor privatization.

09/08/2011 By Jessica Voelker

Cocktail Competitions

Rob Roy’s Bryn Lumsden Will Represent Seattle at San Francisco Cocktail Week

What does Seattle taste like? That’s what the Belltown bartender has to figure out.

09/07/2011

Seattle in the News

Seattle’s Crusading Coffeeman: Howard Schultz Calls a Meeting with America

The Starbucks bigwig hosts a virtual town hall meeting today at 4:30.

09/06/2011

Behind the Bar

Five Questions for the Bartender: Michael Bertrand

Meet Mistralkitchen’s lead barman, a jazz drummer turned gin apostle with apparently excellent taste in ties (and shirts).

09/06/2011 By Jessica Voelker

Slideshow

Five Questions for the Bartender: Michael Bertrand

09/06/2011

Seattle Beer News

Hilliard’s Beer Delays Opening Date

The all-cans-all-the-time Ballard brewery won’t open on the 17th as previously planned.

09/05/2011

Sauced Exclusive!

The Return of Vessel: Folks, We Have a Location

"We’re going to do things no one’s ever done before," says bar manager and owner Jim Romdall.

09/01/2011

Seattle Beer

An Opening Date for Ballard Brewery Hilliard’s

The bottle-eschewing brewsky operation reveals itself on September 17th. Get ready to crack a can.

08/31/2011

Openings

West Seattle’s "Premier" Liquor Store Opens Today

Plus: A second fancy shop is planned for spring. But where will it go?

08/31/2011

Bar Openings

First Look at Canon

Jamie Boudreau’s Capitol Hill bar takes shape.

08/31/2011

Distillery Watch

Sun Liquor Gin: Closer and Closer

The bottles are in! The bottles are in!

08/30/2011

Bar Culture

Fernet Branca Specials Start Showing Up in Seattle Bars

The behind-the-bar favorite is making its way to the customer side.

08/30/2011

Imbibing Agenda

Upcoming Drinking Events: $5 Burgers, Cocktails for Japan, Cabernet Day

Boozy happenings, all around the town.

08/29/2011 By Jessica Voelker

Boozy Movies

Looking Forward to The Rum Diary

Johnny Depp as Hunter S. Thompson (Not Exactly, But Essentially) Again. Hallelujah.

08/26/2011

Seattle Beer

Coming This Fall: Serious Pumpkin, an Elysian Brewing-Tom Douglas Collaboration Beer

The TDR folks partner on yet another brew, this one made with three kinds of pumpkin.

08/25/2011 By Jessica Voelker