food + drink
Cocktail Card recipe courtesy of OOLA Distillery
The Cherry Blossom 1½ ounces OOLA gin 1 ounce fresh lemon juice ½ ounce grenadine ¼ ounce Maraschino liqueur 1 egg white
Everybody’s Brewing is a place that accepts, well, everybody.
Beervana
Dry shake all ingredients for 20 seconds until everything is blended well. Add ice and continue to shake until the outside of the shaker is cold, then strain into a coupe glass and garnish with cherry blossoms.
18 1889 WASHINGTON’S MAGAZINE
Everybody’s Doing It written and photographed by Jackie Dodd “GET IN HERE!” a red neon sign screams from the otherwise monochromatic modern exterior of the Everybody’s Brewing taproom in the little town of White Salmon on the southern border of Washington. It’s a call to action, it’s a mission statement, and it’s also the heart of who the brewery is. “We named it Everybody’s because we want everybody to come here and feel welcome,” owner and head brewer Doug Ellenberger explained. He doesn’t care if you don’t drink beer, if you’re sober, if you’re only there for the notorious nachos. If you’re a human, he wants you to pull up a stool and sit for a while. From the expansive patio you can see a peek of the Columbia River, which separates White Salmon from the Oregon town of Hood River. Although Everybody’s is officially a Washington brewery, it’s earned an honorary spot in the Oregon beer community thanks to being so wellloved in local circles and rapidly increasing its distribution across the Pacific Northwest. If you’re already in Hood River—especially if you’re there to tour the local beer scene—a quick jump across the river (just more APRIL | MAY 2019
than 2 miles away) is well worth it for a pint. The award-winning Cryo IPA is a must, the Country Boy is a local favorite, and the Cold Press Coffee Porter is fantastic. Doug speaks fiercely about what makes him most proud about the brewery—the health insurance he was able to offer his crew this past year, the kayak-industry-famous status of his taproom’s beer slingers. He’ll tell you how amazing his wife and co-owner is, as well as how much he feels his regulars are like family. He will not, however, mention the awards his beer has won, or that his brewery is one of the twenty biggest in the state. He won’t tell you his beer is consistent, fantastic, and worth the drive over the bridge from Hood River. He may mention that the lab equipment he invests in to keep the beer as consistent as possible is among the most impressive for a brewery of this size—but probably not. He’s far more interested in the people who make up the fabric of the business than he is about bragging over his product. These are things you’ll just have to find out on your own, over a pint of beer and some fantastic nachos.
