From 'Lolita' to 'The Shining,' a tour of famous — and infamous — drinks
Settle into a comfy chair, grab a book (or the remote) and set out a coaster. It's time for a literary introduction to a few...
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Stories written by Tantri Wija and Andy Perdue for Pacific NW magazine about drinking – from craft beers, new distilleries and great wines to fancy coffee and sodas. If you can drink it, we’ll write about it.
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The Tom Collins is a seriously classic cocktail, but its origin is a joke
The Tom Collins is simplicity itself: gin, lemon juice, sugar and carbonated water. But the name, at least as far as the drink is concerned,...
For Hungary’s Tokaji wine, a withered grape is the sweetest grape
Tokaji, the national wine of Hungary, is born in a harsh climate that makes the grapes suffer for their art. In this case, withering is...
Pop quiz: What's in a Coca-Cola, if it's not 'coca' or the kola nut?
Almost everyone has tasted Coca-Cola, but most of us have never considered how it keeps its name without containing either of the ingredients it references.
Clamato adds a briny boost to Bloody Mary drinks from Canada to Mexico
Clam juice is a polarizing ingredient, but Mexico's Clamato Michelada and Canada's Bloody Caesar both use a boost of briny Clamato to pep up a...
There’s a sweet subtext to the Cuba Libre beyond its sugary ingredients
The Cuba Libre celebrates the moment America’s favorite sugar product and the Caribbean’s favorite sugar product came together to make the world safe for democracy.
What goes into Old West favorites sarsaparilla, sassafras and root beer
Sarsaparilla was widely consumed all across 19th-century America, but what was called sarsaparilla in the Americas often contained no actual Smilax root at all.
A roundup of drinking games through time, from Kottabos to Flip Cup
Many of history’s notable drinking games were practiced among the intellectual elite. Surely we have moved beyond such things, but just in case… here's a...
St. Germain liqueur tastes Old World but is a modern take on elderflower
St. Germain liqueur, with its floral, honey-scented flavor profile, tastes like a ghost of the Old World — but the Count of St. Germain had...
Our Cheers writer reveals her new favorite Starbucks coffee drink (it's oily!)
Whether Starbucks' olive oil coffee is a cynical corporate ploy or a product of genuine heartfelt revelation, our Cheers writer found one version she especially...