Cocktail Classes with House Spirits Distillery

Have you ever had spirits from House Spirits Distillery? You may have enjoyed these local spirits in cocktails around Portland without even knowing it. Besides offering a distillery tasting room where during a visit you can try tastings of their liquors, at their tasting room you can also try their whiskey, spirit, and cocktail flight (or try a particular cocktail individually). You can also join in one of their free distillery tours. But did you also know they offer special cocktail classes? Having attended one myself, I can highly recommend it as you will get your money’s worth in learning at least 5 types of cocktails and making them hands on and tasting them, as well as the rest of the knowledge you will gain when you attend the cocktail classes with House Spirits Distillery.
House Spirits Distillery offers tastings of their liquors but also their cocktails in a cocktail flight or individually, try a distillery tour for free, or sign up for a Distillery Class like this one for a fee - and you will more and get your money's worth with cocktail classes at House Spirits Distillery House Spirits Distillery offers tastings of their liquors but also their cocktails in a cocktail flight or individually, try a distillery tour for free, or sign up for a Distillery Class like this one for a fee - and you will more and get your money's worth at cocktail classes with House Spirits Distillery

For instance, for my class, which was called the Bitter Truth and centered on learning, trying, and using bitters, I was able to make multiple cocktails as you’ll see below. The cocktails centered around their Westward Whiskey, Volstead Vodka, Krogstad Aquavit, and Casa Magdalena Rum, so we got to try cocktails with all the liquors. Here’s a look at the setup before we messed it up making drinks – you can see my “Welcome House Spirits Cocktail” also in the video from my Instastories. Tip: wear comfortable shoes because you will be standing making cocktails during the entire class.

We started with a simple classic recipe dramatically named here, The Cocktail- basically an Old Fashioned. This simple start also is when we talked about how much is in a dash, how to know stir and when to stop stirring (stir for 20 seconds with back of spoon to the glass sides, and the glass should feel chilled), and tips on how long simple syrup lasts (4 weeks!) and freezing lemon juice in ice cube trays.
House Spirits Distillery offers tastings of their liquors but also their cocktails in a cocktail flight or individually, try a distillery tour for free, or sign up for a Distillery Class like this one for a fee - and you will more and get your money's worth House Spirits Distillery offers a Distillery Class like this one for a fee - and you will more and get your money's worth. Our first drink that I made was this Classic Cocktail, basically an Old Fashioned, so we could focus on technique and facts about the bar equipment.

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Shipwreck PDX at Taqueria Nueve

Last month in May, Shipwreck PDX popped up at Taqueria Nueve. They will be back next week on July 10 but with an update to now be working with one of my favorite burger joints in town, Burger Steven’s, and burger food cart of chef Don Salamone. In the meantime, here’s a few photos from the last Shipwreck PDX at Taqueria Nueve pop up to show their larger menu of drinks and eats. You can also see photos from their first pop-up here.
Shipwreck PDX Chicken Fried Fish Sandwich, Tom Yum Popcorn Shrimp and Shrimp Roll

If I was to offer a few tips since I’ve been there twice they would be…
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