Beer/Drinks

Schweitzer Mountain Resort is, unsurprisingly, well-known for its winter offerings.

No-Li Brewhouse’s Squatch Series Imperials swept the podium at the 2025 World Beer Awards in Norwich, England, taking home gold, silver and bronze medals.

During summer in my hometown of New Orleans, it can be sweltering even at 7 a.m. But I don’t sweat it. I’ve whittled down the time it takes for me to get out of bed and prepare my morning cold-brew coffee to a record low. Fill a cup with ice, splash in some concentrate and water, and I’m good to go.

At Spokane’s newest wine bar, owner Jackie Casey aims to make wine approachable for everyone – as long as they’re 21 or older, of course.

Let’s consider 21 the magic number.

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.

Bryn Garrehy, who grew up in the Peaceful Valley Neighborhood, took the long road home to offer his own hyperlocal coffee, Peaceful Valley Coffee. The roaster has been offering coffee officially since February, and has been in the works for the year leading up to that. The coffee boasts freshness – Garrehy is using a fluid bed coffee roaster, roasting on demand. If customers describe the type of coffee they want, he’ll do a custom roast.

Chicken noodle soup, a cozy blanket, your favorite TV show, lots of sleep. When you’re feeling sick or stressed, you likely have a few go-tos that help you feel better.

Even before I quit drinking, I had a lot of questions about the legitimacy of a booze-filled brunch. As someone who enjoyed alcohol a bit more than the average bear, I should have been thrilled there was a socially acceptable excuse for slamming back cocktails at 10 a.m.

Community is a guidepost for Amber Park: the community she felt in her early childhood growing up among “hippies and wolves” in the Okanagan of British Columbia, trading with neighbors, milking cows, preserving food and reading atlases for fun, the community she’s fostering at Wanderlust Delicato with her wine club and cooking classes, the community she felt serving residents their meals at a retirement home as a teen mom, or in the Perry District with her new wine bar, Pacific to Palouse, designed to feel like an extension of the neighborhood’s living room.