Beer/Drinks

No-Li Brewhouse’s Wrecking Ball Imperial Stout earned a gold medal at the 2025 World Beer Cup, after it recently ranked among Forbes Magazine’s Best Stouts in the World.

It’s long baffled me how two of the most essential flavors – sour and salty – came to be associated with bad moods. Tasting food, the only criticism I level more frequently than “this dish needs more acid” is “this dish needs more salt.” Each is essential, providing its own kind of brightening and binding, lifting and highlighting the flavors around it. Yet with people, both “salty” and “sour” have evolved to describe anger or unpleasantness. It must be based on facial reactions – the pinched grimace of a person who has taken a bite of lemon echoing the pinched scowl of someone who wants to speak with the manager.

Giant beer cans floating a river. Giant beer bottles with legs. Giant beer bottles at the dawn of humanity. These are just a few sights from the documentary, “Rainier: A Beer Odyssey,” which showcases the legendary commercials of Seattle’s beloved Rainier Brewery that ran from 1974 to 1987.

No-Li Brewhouse has whipped up a concoction that can quench one’s thirst for tangy craft beer and timely local news in one 12-ounce can.

No-Li Brewhouse is launching the Frontline Freedom fundraiser to support Hillyard’s VFW Post 1474, which provides aid for veterans, active-duty military personnel, first-responders and their families.

If you’re looking to expand your palate and your world, a visit to Cellar & Scholar in Spokane Valley might be just the ticket.

Forbes magazine listed No-Li Brewhouse’s Wrecking Ball Imperial Stout as one of the “World’s Best Stouts” after it won a silver medal at the European Beer Star Competition.

As you enter the doorway of Le Verre, a wall-length, black and white mural with prodigious images of Frank Sinatra, Sophia Loren, Bing Crosby and other legendary showbiz icons beckons you farther inside. Vintage chandeliers and Rat Pack-era music add to a sultry, retro atmosphere which seems to invite patrons to relax and enjoy a trip back to yesteryear.

When Gracelynn Stimson decided she wanted to open 1902 Coffee Co., a coffee stand in Airway Heights, she followed the procedure typical to starting a business. She applied for applicable permits, came up with a business plan, and presented it to her money lender. Where her story veers from the typical is all in the timing: Stimson was a student at Medical Lake High School when she applied for her permit.

As we approach the new year, here are three top-notch sparkling wines primed to make your new year bubbly and full of lots of cheer.