Ah, romance! The beginning of so many good things in life—though you might not expect that it would lead to a distillery and finding a perfect, customized gin. But that’s the story of Scratch ...

EDMONDS — Kim Karrick’s fascination with gin started as a love story. Bryan Karrick, in an effort to catch her interest, handed her a gin and tonic on a hot day. It worked. Kim liked the drink and she ...

Kim Karrick opened Scratch Distillery in 2015 in a redeveloped former antique mall near the ferry terminal in Edmonds, a community about 15 minutes north of downtown Seattle. She’d decided to start a ...

While we’ve had a few sunny days lately, it certainly doesn’t feel as spring-ish as I like to believe late-March usually is. Thankfully there are lots of flowers blooming, and our local distilleries, ...