There’s something satisfying about slipping through the door to Humboldt Craft Spirits and being greeted by a row of pale wood barrels and, beyond them, a wooden still dotted with brass stars, like a low-key steampunk contraption. David Cook and Tera Spohr-Cook, who’ll wave you over to the tiny bar they’ve set up on the […]
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Sugar Bear’s Holiday Spirit
We did not expect to get hit with Sugar Bear fever but here we are. The victory lap the 84-foot-tall tree took around the county as it made its way from its home in the Six Rivers National Forest to Washington, D.C., where it will serve as the Capitol Christmas tree, won it some fans. […]
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Switching up the Recipe
Barbara and Michael Jewell are still selling Jewell Distillery’s moonshine, vodka, gin and local blackberry liqueur out of their Blue Lake shop, but they’ve added a new item to their stock: hand sanitizer. As California residents shelter in place to slow the spread of COVID-19, “We wanna make sure you’re internally and externally sanitized,” says […]
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Against the Grain
It seems like there’s a new vodka on the market every other day. Each brand says it’s more pure, or more traditional than the previous one. And all say they are the best “odorless/flavorless” alcohol on the market. Simply put, new vodkas are nothing new. Until they are. Blue Lake Vodka is made by distillers […]