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Next tides for La Push
4/19/24 4:55 PM 1.24 ft
4/20/24 5:30 PM 1.38 ft
4/21/24 6:01 PM 1.59 ft
4/25/24 8:14 AM -0.69 ft
4/26/24 8:50 AM -0.78 ft
4/27/24 9:31 AM -0.71 ft
4/28/24 10:17 AM -0.52 ft

Next tides for Dungeness
4/20/24 8:57 AM 2.73 ft
4/21/24 9:15 AM 1.93 ft
4/22/24 9:36 AM 1.12 ft
4/23/24 10:00 AM 0.34 ft
4/24/24 10:28 AM -0.33 ft
4/25/24 11:00 AM -0.86 ft
4/26/24 11:36 AM -1.2 ft

Next tides for Cape Alava
4/19/24 5:21 PM 1.28 ft
4/20/24 5:53 PM 1.52 ft
4/24/24 8:15 AM -0.33 ft
4/25/24 8:50 AM -0.63 ft
4/26/24 9:27 AM -0.77 ft
4/27/24 10:09 AM -0.76 ft
4/28/24 10:55 AM -0.64 ft

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02/07/07 - Douglas Fir Based Eau d'Vie from Clear Creek

We first heard about this product at Coupage, a Korean fusion restaurant noted in the item below. One of their dishes was arctic char marinated in a Douglas fir based liqueur. We had expected it to be overwhelmingly pine flavored, perhaps even resinous. It was not. The flavor was clear, but unusual, and rather hard to place.

The very next day we saw the bottle on the right at a Washington State Liquor Store. Clear Creek, based in Oregon, makes the unusual alcoholic beverage shown to the right. According to the little tag, they use grape based brandy and young, hand picked douglas fir buds. They soak the buds in the brandy, then redistill the batch.

As for the flavor, it tastes a bit like rose water with that rich tang. It's a very clear, clean flavor. Think woodsy, not pine-y. We can't find it at the state web site, so it is probably a one shot item, or perhaps being sold illegally. We don't care. We like it.

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