The 2017 Best Cocktail Bar in Portland results were surprising. Teardrop Lounge, which has topped this list every year other than 2011 suddenly dropped to number four. In its place, the next top choices all bumped up one. New this year: Mint/820, Laurelhurst Market, The Driftwood Room, and Bible Club. If you are into cocktails – Read more…
News Stories Relating to Alcoholic Beverages
This covers all of our posts about alcohol: wine, beer, cider and spirits. You'll find all sorts of interesting stories here, new businesses, classes and more.
Great Notion Brewing Building NW Brewery and Restaurant
I don’t have anything to say that isn’t in this press release, so here you go: Portland, Oregon, January 18, 2017 – Great Notion Brewing (GNB), best known for hazy, juicy IPAs and “culinary-inspired” sours and stouts, has signed a lease with OSB2LAN Management to open a new production brewery, restaurant, and taproom in NW Portland. The – Read more…
Your Guide to Portland Oregon Distilleries
A complete list of distilleries open to the public in the Portland area. Updated 1/17. Portland is a mecca for micro-brews, artisan coffee roasting, chocolatiers, pizza, bread, pastries and more. Oregon also has an established wine industry and an agrarian economy for ingredients that are just meant to be distilled. There are plenty of local – Read more…
OSU Acquires Archives of Fred Eckhardt
Oregon State University has announced the acquisition of the papers of “the founding father of craft beer”, Fred Eckhardt. The collection which dates back to the 1970’s should be available by spring. Few in the brewing world had Eckhardt’s influence on the history of beer in Oregon and home brewing nationwide, and his collection covers – Read more…
Breakside Brewery to Open Slabtown Brewpub
Breakside Brewery has announced that they will be opening a new brewpub in Northwest Portland. According to the press release, the 5,000 square foot space in the historic Slabtown district will open summer of 2016 at the corner of NW 22nd and Raleigh, next to the New Seasons Marketplace. Breakside’s new brewpub will create an – Read more…
McMenamins Opens Bottle Shop on NW 23rd
McMenamins has announced the opening of a new bottle shop on NW 23rd Avenue. The newest venture, the 23rd Avenue Bottle Shop, will carry over 800 bottled craft beers, ciders, wines and spirits. The public opening will be on November 19th, 2015. Here is the official press release – 799 BOTTLES OF CRAFT BEER, CIDER – Read more…
House Spirits Tasting Room by Osmose Design Under Construction
House Spirits Distillery have announced they have started construction on a new public tasting room which is designed by Osmose, the same company behind Salt & Straw, Ava Gene’s and Stumptown Coffee Roasters. Presently under construction in Portland’s Central Eastside Industrial District, the new facility will be the largest distilling operation in Oregon when it – Read more…
Tastebud in SW, Washington Post on Portland, Top 100 Wine Restaurants
3 Portland Restaurants in Wine Enthusiast top 100 Best Wine Restaurants Wine Enthusiast Magazine has just revealed their 2015 100 Best Wine Restaurants in America, and three Portland restaurants made the list: Ava Gene’s Le Pigeon Muselet You can view the complete list here. Tastebud’s long awaited Multnomah Village restaurant is finally getting underway – Read more…