Author: Malissa Gatton

On a chilly February day, I turn my car down the road into an ordinary middle class neighborhood and soon the origin place of Yakima’s next craft beer brewery comes into view.  Like any self-respecting Seattle band from the 90’s, Wandering Hop Brewery was born in Nathan and Whitney Cooper’s garage. Approaching the one-car-sized space, I notice … Continued

Cue the theme music from The Good, The Bad & The Ugly—wah wah wahhh—tumbleweeds silently blow past. It’s a sultry Friday evening as the desert sky fades from orange to blood red. Two thirsty hop slingers sidle up to a rough-hewn bar inside an old warehouse within the concrete canyons of Yakima’s notorious fruit row. … Continued