If you ’re new to Portland ( or just fresh to its bar scene ) and look for a fun smear with a with child whisky program , you ’ll probably terminate up at Whiskey Bar . It ’s an graspable yet erroneous act , becauseWhiskey Baris really a terpsichore baseball club and music venue . Instead , taste one of these rooms if you ’re bet for Bourbon dynasty , rye , Irish , Japanese , Canadian , Scotch , or any other type of whiskey . We guarantee them to be the good in the city .
The Old Gold
The Old Gold is tucked into the burgeoning Overlook neighbourhood , conveniently just off of the MAX line . It ’s something between a neighborhood legal community and a hip joint cocktail joint , with whiskey class , customizable flights , and a cocktail list focused on the brown clobber . With all of this you would n’t postulate a big food menu , but the Old Gold provides with an impressive selection of sandwiches , including some great veggie ones . If the spot is underrated , it ’s belike because the neighbourhood want it that direction .
The Multnomah Whisk{e}y Library and the Green Room
The Multnomah Whisk{e}y Library is n’t just the good whisky bar in Portland , it ’s one of the good whiskey barsin the country . It has an improbable natural selection , from ( relatively ) cheap well bourbons to Scotch so expensive you buy it just to prove you could . It has sexy , mellow - back tufted leather chairs , gorgeous rugs over hardwood floors , give away brick , chandelier , fireplaces , and well - dressed whisky bibliothec pouring your whisk{e}y table - side from bar carts . You might detect yourself waiting a few hour to get in , but now there’sThe Green Room , a downstairs sister streak to take hold of a drink in while you wait to get , well , into the master measure … for a drunkenness .
Paydirt
“ We have too much whisky ” is the shibboleth of Paydirt , the hip joint new bar in the center of the articulatio coxae new Zipper Building , a collective of restaurants , cafes , anda nail salon . Indeed , they do have too much whiskey , and you could catch a decently priced , heavily poured shot and a tallboy of some domesticated lager on the cheap during felicitous minute . If you get threadbare of whiskey you may avail yourself to some champagne or a bucketful of the Champagne of Beers , quickly cede to your board with a exclusive call from the bar ’s phone booth . Or just get some Fernet on tap .
Brooklyn Park Pub
From the exterior , it looks like a nose dive bar . On the inside it take care … like a dive bar . But scrawled in chalk on one wall is a large whiskey list , some of which are circle – these are for the whisky guild only . To get into the whiskey club , you have to try 30 different whiskey , and a certain amount must come from each " family unit " ( bourbon , scotch , etc . ) . Then and only then will you have memory access to the night club list , and all other whiskeys are for good a $ 1 off for you . Just do n’t ask any fancy ice or cunning cocktails .
Pope House Bourbon Lounge
A quaint taproom set in an old straitlaced planetary house in the beautiful Alphabet District , Pope House know up to its name : in add-on to the Bourbon 101 classes that celebrate and elucidate on the subject of Bourbon dynasty , the prevention offers the Bourbon Derby , a list interchangeable to Brooklyn Park ’s , but 50 bourbon long . Once you reach the Finish Line , you obtain a individualised Lucky Horseshoe on the Wall of Fame . Pope House also has a routine of whisky flight and a happy hr with $ 4 prize whiskey and $ 6 whiskey cocktails , consummate for sipping on the multi - tiered front terrace during the summer calendar month .
Swank & Swine
If you ’re coming in from out of town , or just need a decent spot to drink Downtown , Portland has some fantabulous hotel bars , including Swine Bar , part of the Swank & Swine duette in the Paramount Hotel . Some 250 whiskey line the shelves , and if you booze enough , you ’ll be entered into the Whole Hog Whiskey Club : five each of bourbon , rye whisky , and Scotch , plus fifteen others stick you a commemorative glass and 10 % off all whiskey for life . Then just drink a bare 20 more of your choice , and you ’ll get 15 % off everything at Swank & Swine . For life . As if you needed an excuse to strain 50 different whiskey .
Raven & Rose/The Rookery
Raven & Rose and the Rookery Bar take classic cocktails very seriously ; while there are some fantastic original cocktail on the bar carte du jour , it ’s the standards that stand out . That ’s because the faculty selects individual - barrel flavor specifically for each case-by-case drink . This means when you order a Sazerac or a mint julep , you ’re get the just potential whiskey for the cocktail . It also means you wo n’t mind that you just dropped $ 15 on a Manhattan , but rather , are tempted to get a second , and mayhap a third .
Pinky’s Bar Nowhere
Pinky ’s Bar Nowhere was once a close guarded secret by the North Portland setting , but , like any adept spot in townspeople , it was shamelessly dug up and break by solid food and drink journalist . Now everyone knows about this bang-up neighbourhood pizza topographic point and its absurd accumulation of whisky , which include some incredibly rare Scotch and Japanese bottles . It ’s also one of the only bars in town that carry a accumulation of Taiwanese whisky , which has already replaced Japanese as the “ cool new whiskey you have n’t had yet . ” While you ’re here , take a chance and the roll the die on a fresh whisky . Literally : Set a Mary Leontyne Price range and roll some dice for a random whisky . You might get something priced more than you paid , and you wo n’t get anything under .
Loyal Legion
Ever since the Loyal Legion brought in Tommy Klus , the original conservator of the Multnomah Whisk{e}y Library , to revamp its whiskey survival of the fittest , it now sports one of the best and most low-cost collections in township – specially for Scotch , Irish , and Nipponese varieties . Spirits are all available as a full pour or a one-half , which is a big way to sample some that are normally out of reach . Plus , there ’s always a discounted daily whiskey , unadulterated for a cheap - but - dependable boilermaker .
Highland Stillhouse
You ’ll have to go a little shipway out of Portland , as the Highland Stillhouse is down in Oregon City , but it ’ll be worth the parkway . The cozy pub serve Scottish - inspired fare , include firecracker & mash and fish & chips , as well as a full Scottish breakfast on Sundays . But the real reason to come here is the single - malt selection , which is boasted as being the magnanimous in the Portland expanse , and it ’s gruelling to debate with that . There ’s a massive display , but we ’re pretty certain the possessor has some stashed for particular guests . Be certain you have a good means to get back to the metropolis , if that ’s where you ’re coming from .
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Raven & Rose
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Swank & Swine
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