Distillery Row + OTHERS: 3+ hours
Each Distillery in the Row is open on Weekends for drop-in spirits tastings without appointment, with most also open to the public on weekdays.
Open hours and all other information should be checked and verified.
The city's passion for entrepreneurship, culinary excellence and getting sloshed come together with great results here...(#s 1-8 are in The Row). They make everything from vodkas and gins, rums and whiskeys, to more specialized spirits such as absinthe, aquavit, and flavored liqueurs.
See the listings about their behind the scenes tours (experience the magic of distilling first-hand)
Visit Distillery Row and taste the new spirits of Portland!
Each Distillery in the Row is open on Weekends for drop-in spirits tastings without appointment, with most also open to the public on weekdays.
Open hours and all other information should be checked and verified.
The city's passion for entrepreneurship, culinary excellence and getting sloshed come together with great results here...(#s 1-8 are in The Row). They make everything from vodkas and gins, rums and whiskeys, to more specialized spirits such as absinthe, aquavit, and flavored liqueurs.
See the listings about their behind the scenes tours (experience the magic of distilling first-hand)
Visit Distillery Row and taste the new spirits of Portland!
- House Spirits - 65 SE Washington St.
503-235-3174
Hours: Open Daily Noon-6:00pm
Tasting Fee: $10 for 6 spirits
Tours: Tours run daily at 3 PM. An additional tour runs at 1 PM on Saturdays only. The cost of a tour is $20 per head, which includes a full tasting of our award-winning spirits. Please email [email protected] if you plan to have more than five people in your group for the tour.
Leading the charge is House Spirits whose credo is: "Old World Philosophy for the New World Palate." Whether pumping out its pre-Prohibition style Aviation Gin or its small-batch Apothecary Line of one-of-a-kind liquors, House Spirits is top-shelf central. They got their start in Corvallis, Oregon, in 2004, then moved to Portland in 2005. American Aviation Gin kicked things off, soon followed by Korgstad Aquavit. Other limited-edition small batch spirits soon joined alongside, including whiskeys, rums, coffee liqueur and Oregon raki. Westward Oregon Straight Malt Whiskey is an original malt whiskey inspired by the Irish tradition but crafted in a unique and distinctly American style. - New Deal Distillery - 900 SE Salmon Street
503-234-2513
Hours: Wednesday–Sunday: Noon-6pm
Tasting Fee: $5 and $1 for additional house line tastes or $2 for additional small-batch line tastes.
If you would like your group of 6 or more to come in for a tasting, please call in advance to schedule: 503-234-2513.
Tours: Group tours available by appointment.
Also of note is New Deal Distillery, whose line of vodkas has become de rigueur for aficionados in Portland and beyond. New Deal uses organic and natural ingredients to fashion the distillery's small batch New Deal Vodka, Coffee Liqueur, Ginger Liqueur, Hot Monkey Vodka infused with five Southwestern peppers, Mud Puddle Vodka infused with roasted chocolate nibs, Farmer's Grappa, and several rums, gins and whiskeys. - Eastside Distilling - 2 LOCATIONS - 1512 SE 7TH AVE. & 1805 SE MLK Blvd.; 503-926-7060
503-926-7060
Hours: Sun-Thurs 12pm-8pm
Fri-Sat 12pm-10pm
Tasting Fee: $5
Distillery Tours: N/A
Portland Potato Vodka, Burnside Bourbon, Cherry Bomb & Marionberry Whiskey and several Below Beck Rums -- including a coffee-infused and a ginger-infused variety -- highlight Eastside's offerings. - Stone Barn Brandyworks - 3315 SE 19th, Suite B
503-341-2227
Hours: Friday through Monday Noon-6:00pm
Other days or special arrangements: call 503-341-2227 for an appointment.
Tasting Fee: $5 for 5 tastes.
After three years of waiting, a barrel of apple brandy is finally ready... Brandies and liqueurs from regional fruits are the specialty of Stone Barn Brandyworks, which is located just over a mile south of the other members of Distillery Row. The Northwest Cherry Brandy, Bartlett Pear Brandy, Quince Liqueur or Biggs Junction Apricot Liqueur would make phenomenal gifts with a local connection -- as would Stone Barn's various ryes, whiskeys, the Eastside Ouzo and the Pinot Noir Grappa. And when fruit is not in season, they keep making whiskey. - VINN Distillery - 833 SE Main Street, Suite 125
503-807-3826
HOURS: Thursday & Fridays 1pm-4pm; Saturdays 12pm-5pm; Sundays 1pm–5pm
Tasting Fee: $5
Vinn Distillery is located just outside of Portland in Wilsonville, but the tasting room is conveniently located in town as part of Distillery Row. Rice-based spirits are Vinn's claim to fame, including its Baiju Vodka, Mijiu Fire black rice wine and Mijiu Ice brown rice wine. - Rolling River Spirits - 1215 SE 8th Street Suite H
503-236-3912
Hours: Friday, Saturday and Sunday:
Noon - 5:00 pm. Weekdays by appointment.
Tasting Fee: - Wild Roots Vodka - 135 NE 6th Avenue
NOW OPEN
Hours: Thursday – Sunday
Noon – 5:00 pm
Tasting Fee: $ - Thomas & Sons - 4211 SE Milwaukie Ave.
NOW OPEN
Hours: Wednesday - Friday 4pm to 7pm
Saturday - Sunday 12pm to 7pm
Thomas & Sons is the new distilled spirits project from Townshend's Tea Company. Their offerings include a family of tea liqueurs, Italian amari (bitter liqueurs), and other botanical spirits, all distilled from a fermentation of tea and sugar. Crafting everything in-house from scratch ingredients, they strive to offer inventive additions to the worlds of both tea and craft spirits. - Clear Creek Distillery - 2389 NW Wilson Street, Portland
503-248-9470
Hours: Monday-Friday 12:00pm-6:00 pm
Saturday 10:00am-6:00pm
Sunday 12:00pm-6:00pm
Tasting Fee: $5 for 5 tastes
Tours: We offer two distillery tour times on Saturdays only. Tours begin promptly at 2:00pm and 4:00pm. Please contact us for tastings or tours outside of our regularly scheduled hours or for groups of 6 or more. Stills abound at Clear Creek.
Clear Creek Distillery, founded in 1985, is one of the innovators in the Portland craft distillery scene. The company's varied offerings are crafted from local fruits, including grappa, eau de vie, liqueurs and well regarded brandies -- including pear brandy, with a fully grown fruit inside each bottle. The New Your Times Magazine said that many experts believe Clear Creek's brandies to be among the best fruit brandies ever made in the U.S. Clear Creek also crafts McCarthy's Oregon Single Malt Whiskey. Using Bartlett pears grown just an hour away in Hood River, the Pear Brandy is made in the tradition France's classic Eau de Vie de Poire Williams. - Rogue Distillery & Public House - 1339 Northwest Flanders Street
503- 241-3780
HOURS:(11am-12am Sun-Thurs and 11am-1am Fri-Sat. Distillery tours are Mon-Fri at 5pm, or by special request.
Rogue added spirits to its extensive beer offerings back in 2003. Now there's a dark rum, Dead Guy Whiskey, hazelnut spice rum that brings Oregon's famous filberts to the booze world, spruce gin that has a bit of a forestry flavor and a white rum. The Rogue Public House serves Rogue spirits as well as 38 beers on tap and wine. - McMenamins Distillery @ Edgefield - 2126 S.W. Halsey St., Troutdale
503-669-8610
Distillery Tours Monday–Friday at 2 p.m.; Saturday & Sunday at 2 p.m. & 4 p.m.
McMenamin's Edgefield Distillery opened in Troutdale, about 15 miles east of Portland, in 1998, and the Cornelius Pass Roadhouse, located in Hillsboro, just added spirit making to its location in 2012. Although McMenamin's is best known for its funky and very cool rehabbed venues -- from chapels to old schools -- they've consistently gotten nods for their beer brewing along the way. Now the local chain can add whiskeys, gins and brandies to the menu -- all made in house. - Bull Run Distillery - 2259 N.W. Quimby St.
HOURS: Thursday's from 1PM to 5PM - and Friday's and Saturday's from 1PM to 7PM).
Tours on request.
Tasting Fee: $5
Named for Portland's delicious water that runs from the Bull Run watershed, Bull Run Distilling regularly produces small batch rum, vodka and whiskey, and also creates other special edition libations under the Temperance label -- Temperance Bourbon is available now. - Highland Stillhouse - 201 S 2nd St., Oregon City
Hours: 11 am-midnight Tuesday-Saturday, 11 am-10 pm Sunday.
Its Oregon City locale keeps the iconic Highland Stillhouse well off the radar of most Portland locals. Too bad. The Stillhouse has, quite simply, the most extensive Scotch selection that you are likely to experience anywhere, including most places in Scotland. We recommend an early day weekend ride on the My Chauffeur* bus, as you are not likely to imbibe lightly. Order some Scotch you've never heard of, and while some blowhard at the other table explains that Scotch is all about the water, you will be looking out at the fine waters of the Willamette from the patio. The voluminous beer list has plenty of rare imports from the British isles, but seriously: Stick to the Islay. There are 54 bottles of it to try before you even make it to the Lowlands or the Speyside. MATTHEW KORFHAGE WW
*suggestion
