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Matt The Trips : Seattle

Day 14-15 of #MattTheTrips West Coast USA road trip - food and drink in Seattle.

Day 14 - Sitka & Spruce, Starbucks Roastery, The Pine Box, Holy Mountain, 206 Distillery, Parfait Ice Cream, Rodeo Donuts, Reuben’s Brews, Stoup Brewing, Gasworks Park, Pike Place Market, Kraken Congee, E.Smith Mercantile, Rhein Haus, Old Sage

Day 15 - Elm Coffee Roasters, Bar Sajor, London Plane, Seattle Taproom (in the airport!).

118 food and drink stops in 15 days spread over 2000 miles and three states.

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Matt The Trips : Cannon Beach - Astoria - Ruby Beach - Lake Crescent

Day 13 of #MattTheTrips West Coast USA road trip - an ambitious drive from Portland to Seattle via Cannon Beach and Olympic National Park.

We started at 6am, got to Cannon Beach for breakfast at Lazy Susan at 8am, and then spent some time on the beach around Haystack Rock.

Then on to cute town of Astoria for Blue Scorcher cookies and coffees, tasters at Fort George Brewery, and a drive across the ridiculous Astoria-Megler Bridge to a Mad Max soundtrack.

We stopped for a late lunch at Lake Quinault Lodge, did a speedy Maple Glade Rainforest trail, and pushed on to Ruby Beach that was covered in a bizarre grey fog.

We sped through Forks (picking up drive-thru coffee at Shot In The Dark), and made it to Lake Crescent around sunset, one of the most beautiful places on our road trip.

We dragged ourselves eventually, and had time for a quick stop at Slippery Pig Brewery in Poulsbo before catching the Bainsbridge Island Ferry to Seattle with the skyline lit up in front of us. Perfect.

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Matt The Trips : Distillery Row in Portland

Photos from Wild Roots Vodka, Eastside Distilling and New Deal Distillery - three of the eight independent distilleries that make up Distillery Row in Portland.

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Matt The Trips : Portland

Day 12 of #MattTheTrips West Coast USA road trip - our last day in Portland, featuring a great brunch at Tasty’N’Sons, and an exploration of Distillery Row. More pictures of the distilleries here. 

Route: Ristretto Coffee Roasters, Tasty’N’Sons, Hopworks Urban BikeBar, Wild Roots Vodka, Cup & Bar, Eastside Distilling, New Deal Distillery, Commons Brewery, Lardo, Ruby Jewel, Nossa Familia, Powell’s Books, Shift Drinks, McMenamin’s Bagdad Theatre.

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Matt The Trips : Columbia Gorge - Multnomah Falls - Mt.Hood

Day 11 of #MattTheTrips West Coast USA road trip was possibly the best, a loop around Mt.Hood taking in Crown Point, Columbia Gorge, Cascade Locks, Thunder Island, Bridge of the Gods, Multnomah Falls, Horse Tail Falls, Hood River, Trillium Lake, and Timberline Lodge. Oh, and we managed to squeeze in four breweries, a cider tasting, and a quick jaunt in to the State of Washington!

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Matt The Trips : Cascade Brewing

Photos from a mad three hour visit to Cascade Brewing in Portland, plus some bottles that made it to London one way or another.

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Matt The Trips : Portland

Day 10 of #MattTheTrips West Coast USA road trip involved no less than 14 food and drink stops around Portland, including a 3 hours of sour power at Cascade Brewing. Photos of Cascade Brewing here.

Route: Coava, Fried Egg I’m In Love, Tov, Blue Star Donuts, Roman Candle Bakery,Salt & Straw, Imperial Bottle Shop & Taproom, Tidbit Food Garden, Rogue Ales & Spirits, The Green Dragon, Cascade Brewing, Robo Taco, Rum Club, Voodoo Doughnuts.

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Balcony Booze - Three of the finest sour beers that the West Coast of USA has to offer.

Russian River - Consecration - A 10% ale aged in Cabernet Sauvignon barrels for 4-8 months and refermented in the bottle.

The Lost Abbey - Red Poppy Ale - A 5% ale brewed with poppy seeds and cheeries, aged in oak barrels for 6+ months.

Firestone Walker x Wild Beer Co. - Violet Underground - A 5.5% “Cross-Atlantic Wild Ale” brewed with Wild Beer Co. for Beavertown’s 2015 Rainbow Project.

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Matt The Trips : Medford - Portland

Day 9 of #MattTheTrips West Coast USA road trip was another big day of driving covering 430+ miles, and we started early at 3.30am to reach Crater Lake before sunrise. There are more photos of Crater Lake here.

After breakfast at Crater Lake Lodge, we pushed on to Bend to for beers at Boneyard & Deschutes, coffee at Lone Pine, and sandwiches at Plankers, before heading deep in to the Willamette National Forest to find Proxy Falls.

As the sun was setting we made it to Rogue Ales & Spirits Chatoe Rogue Farms in Independence for a stunning tour of the hop fields and farm buildings. More photos here and here.

From there, a two hour drive took us to our AirBnb in Portland where we finished our day off with some local Sizzle Pie pizza, and some beers that we Hop Dogma & Anderson Valley beers that we picked up earlier on the trip.

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A few snaps from Crater Lake on Day 9 of #MattTheTrips West Coast USA road trip. 

We left our AirBnb in Medford at 3.30am to get to the Watchman Overlook point round the West Rim Drive of Crater Lake before sunrise at 6am. It’s a magical place. Be sure to check out Phantom Ship overlook, and trek down to the water at Cleetwood Cove if you have time

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Matt The Trips : Santa Rosa - Medford

Day 8 of #MattTheTrips West Coast USA road trip was a big day of driving through redwood forests rather than eating and drinking, but we did make it to Single Tree Inn, Flying Goat Coffee, Anderson Valley Brew Co. and The Peg House (not all pictured) on our epic 450 mile drive.

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Matt The Trips : San Francisco - Sonoma - Santa Rosa

Day 7 of #MattTheTrips West Coast USA road trip including Wagner & kazoos on Golden Gate Bridge, brunch at Fremont Diner, wine and games at Larsson Family Winery, and highly sought-after beers at Russian River Brewing.

Other stops on Day 7: Cline Cellars, Jacuzzi Family Vineyards, Lagunitas Brewing

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Matt The Trips : San Francisco - Alameda - Oakland - Emeryville

Day 6 of #MattTheTrips West Coast USA road trip featuring breakfast at Farmerbrown, Blue Bottle Coffee and Humphry Slocombe ice cream at the Ferry Building, booze and views at St.George Spirits and Faction on Brewing on Alameda, toastes at Bar Dogwood in Oakland, and sour beers at Rare Barrel in Emeryville

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Other stops on Day 6: Woods Pub in Oakland, Prizefighter in Emeryville, Dalva in SF, Arinell’s Pizza in SF.

More photos of our visit to St.George Spirits on Tumblr and Facebook

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Matt The Trips : Santa Cruz - San Francisco

Day 4 of #MattTheTrips West Coast USA road trip feat. Venus Spirits, Highway 1 Brewing, Hop Dogma Brewing, Gorilla BBQ, Mikkeller Bar, Cellarmaker Brewing, City Beer Store & Trick Dog.

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Matt The Trips : Morro Bay - Big Sur - Santa Cruz

Day 3 of #MattTheTrips West Coast USA road trip via Blue Sky Café, McWay Falls (too foggy!), Bixby Bridge, Big Sur Bakery, Seacliff State Beach, Sante Adairius Rustic Ales & Beer Thirty in Soquel, and more in Santa Cruz.

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Matt The Trips : LA - Morro Bay

Day 2 of #MattTheTrips West Coast USA road trip, from LA to Morro Bay via Firestone Walker Barrelworks in Buellton, Succulent Café in Solvang, Ruddell’s Smokehouse in Cayucos, and Barrelhouse Brewing Co. in Pasa Robles.

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Other stops: Santa Barbara Shellfish Co., Brown Butter Cookie Co. (Cayucos), Fuel Dock (Morro Bay), and Blue Sky Café (Morro Bay).

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Matt The Trips : LA

Day 1 of a two week #MattTheTrips West Coast USA road trip. Breakfast, burgers and beer in Santa Monica & Venice Beach, LA, at Cora’s Coffee Shoppe, Pier Burger and Venice Ale House.

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