Q&A with Bar Manager Andrew Friedman, LIBERTY BAR
Andrew Friedman runs one of the best bars in Seattle, Liberty, with a thoughtful selection of over 600 craft and global spirits. In addition to opening Liberty in 2006, Andrew is founder and president of the Washington State Bartender’s...
Q&A with Founder & distiller Kirby Kallas-Lewis, OOLA DISTILLERY
OOLA has fast grown to be one of Seattle’s most popular micro-distilleries since they began barreling whiskey in 2010. Located in the heart of Capitol Hill, OOLA produces vodkas (citrus, chili pepper or rosemary), a grain-to-glass gin, Waitsburg bourbon...
Craft Cocktail Bars in Seattle
In the gray cool of the Seattle climate, the city’s cocktail bars are perpetual beacons of warmth, offering well-crafted drinks and convivial company. Seattle cocktail bars have been on the national, even international cocktail conscious. Canon won World’s Best...
If You Got ‘em, Smoke ‘em
Blazing New Trails
The goal of Corsair Artisan is to make unique and innovative spirits. The motto is simple: If it has been done before, we don’t want to do it. Corsair also has a lofty vision: to expand the...
Interview with Karen Hoskin of Montanya Distillers
In the 1880’s mining town of Crested Butte, known as the “official wildflower capital” of Colorado, is one of the country’s most successful rum distilleries: Montanya Distillers, which opened in 2008. President and distiller Karen Hoskin has crafted awarded-winning...
Q&A Paul Hletko
Are you from Chicago/Evanston originally?
I was born in Oak Park, IL, and grew up in Michigan. I moved to Chicago in ‘93, and then moved to Evanston to raise my kids.
What led you to open a distillery in your...
Q&A with Charles Joly
Your bar, The Aviary, is one of the most exciting in the country. What is your process for creating drinks here that might be different than how you have done it in past bar programs (Drawing Room, etc.)?
I would...
Craft Cocktail Bars in Chicago
As with many cities in the US, the last few years have been particularly explosive in terms of craft, small-batch drinks. A few years back, Violet Hour was the one bar almost simultaneously spoken in the same breath as...
