purchase passports–just buy them when you
arrive. More information about the passport is
at www.distillerypassport.com.
Bull Run Distillery
2259 NW Quimby Street
Portland, OR 97210
503-224-3483; www.bullrundistillery.com
Bull Run Distillery and its combination
tasting room and retail shop are located in a
7,000-square-foot barrel-roofed building built
in 1955. The distillery is open for scheduled
tours so visitors can see firsthand how the
spirits they love are created. Visit our tasting
room Wednesday through Sunday from noon
to 6pm. Tours available by appointment.
Bushwhacker Cider
1212-D SE Powell Boulevard
Portland, OR 97202
503-445-0577; www.bushwhackercider.com
Bushwhacker’s is America’s first urban cider
pub. Located in the Brooklyn neighborhood
in inner Southeast Portland, the pub features
inventive house ciders, six ciders on draft
and more than 180 bottled ciders to drink
there or enjoy at home.
Clear Creek Distillery
2389 NW Wilson Street, Portland, OR 97210
503-248-9470; www.clearcreekdistillery.com
Clear Creek Distillery has married traditional
European brandy-making techniques with the
finest berries and fruit from Oregon orchards
to produce fruit eaux de vie, grappas, liquers
and wine brandy. In the same German pot
stills used for their brandies, Clear Creek
Distillery’s McCarthy’s Oregon Single Malt
Whiskey is made from a fermented mash of
peat-malted Scottish barley. For more than
20 years, this artisan distillery has sought to
reflect the best of the natural and agricultural
resources of the region.
Double V Distillery
1315 SE Grace Avenue, Unit 118
Battle Ground, WA 98604
360-606-9423; www.doublevdistillery.com
Made from scratch, Double V’s spirits use
local ingredients to craft some of the finest
spirits the Pacific Northwest has to offer.
Established in 2009 by brothers who’ve
always had a passion for the fermentation
and distillation process, Double V Distillery
crafts fine spirits using authentic copper stills
and traditional distilling methods. Guests
of its tasting room can enjoy its spirits like
Viscova Vodka, Colonel Cobb Moonshine,
and Griffon Gin.
Eastside Distilling
1512 SE Seventh Ave, Portland, OR 97214
503-926-7060; www.eastsidedistilling.com
Started from the ground up in 2008, Eastside Distilling spirits epitomize Portland,
with options including Portland Potato
Vodka, Burnside Bourbon, and Below
Deck Coffee Rum. Now, Eastside products can be found at the majority of liquor
stores in Oregon, at many bars and restaurants in the Portland area, and at their five
Eastside Distilling tasting & retail locations
– and counting.
House Spirits Distillery
2025 SE Seventh Avenue
Portland, OR 97214
503-235-3174; www.housespirits.com
House Spirits Distillery is a leader of America’s craft distilling resurgence, and the
anchor of Portland’s famous distillery row. Its
award-winning products are batch-distilled
with an intense, passionate, near-obsessive
pursuit of quality using ethically sourced
ingredients. Its spirits include Aviation American Gin (ranked the best gin in the world by
Wine Enthusiast), Westward Oregon Straight
Malt Whiskey, Volstead Vodka, Krogstad
Aquavit and a line of limited release small-batch spirits. Visitors can enjoy spirit samples,
cocktail ware, other local products and
distillery tours at its tasting room.
New Deal Distillery
900 SE Salmon, Portland, OR 97214
503-234-2513; www.newdealdistillery.com
Providing high-quality, hand-crafted spirits
inspired by Portland’s Do-It-Yourself atti-
tude, New Deal offers a full line-up of artisan
vodkas—from the classic Portland 88 Vodka
to the make-you-sweat, pepper-infused Hot
Monkey Vodka. Every bottle is distilled with
care in Southeast Portland. Distiller’s Work-
shop Store open for tours Saturdays 12: 30-5
p.m. and Sundays 1-4 p.m.
Vinn Distillery
833 SE Main Street, Suite 125
Portland, OR 97214
503-807-3826; www.vinndistillery.com
Vinn Distillery produces and bottles rice-based spirits from family recipes that have
been passed down for more than seven generations. All products are truly handcrafted in
small batches—the way their Chinese ancestors taught them. Vinn means “infinite” and
is the shared middle name of the five children. Vinn Distillery’s production facilities
are located in Wilsonville, Oregon, and its
Portland tasting room is open Saturday and
Sunday from noon to 5 p.m.
WINERIES
Fortunate enough to be graced with
visionary winemaking pioneers of
unequaled fortitude and indomitable of
spirit, Oregon has carved out quite a wine
country for itself. Nestled in a region
known for its cool climate, where conventional wisdom of the time said it wouldn’t
thrive, Oregon is now home to over 400
winemakers and has inspired a new
outcropping of growers and vintners in the
neighboring Columbia River Gorge. Local
wineries make for great day or weekend
wine tasting excursions. Here are a few of
our favorites.
WILLAMETTE VALLEY
The wines of the Willamette Valley region
are some of the best (and most sustainable)
in the world, often competing head-to-head with those in the Burgundy region of
France. Here are a few of these must-see
wineries in the Willamette Valley.
Anne Amie Vineyards
6580 NE Mineral Springs Road, Carlton, OR
503-864-2991; www.anneamie.com
Pinot is the star at this Carlton based winery
on the steep hillsides of the Chehalem
Mountains – with a focus on Pinot noir,
