Cocktailia

The wait is over! We are happy to announce CocktailCamp PDX, taking place on Sunday, April 11, 2010 at New Deal Distillery in SE Portland, Oregon.

CocktailCamp will feature a full day of presentations by some of Portland’s…

House Spirits recently held their annual Holiday Booze Bazaar at their distillery in SE Portland. The main attraction was the spirit tastings, but they also had food by some local food carts and some great vendors. The event took place…

I’ve had a few people ask about the mixology competition at the Great American Distillers Festival last weekend and where they could find a list of those competing and the results. Unfortunately, the event web site doesn’t contain…

This past weekend was the 5th annual Great American Distillers Festival, held at the Bossanova Ballroom here in Portland, Oregon. The event ran two days, October 24 – 25, and featured speakers, spirit samples from small distilleries, and most…

It’s that time of year again: Tiki Central just announced Tiki Crawl 9, this year’s annual annual tiki bar crawl around the San Francisco bay area. Taking place July 9 through 12, Tiki Crawl 9 features the best…

This weekend Tiki Central is hosting its eighth annual Bay area tiki crawl:

Come join in the biggest Bay Area Tiki Bar Crawl yet! Four days! Ten Bars! Savor the world of tiki with visits to

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The first annual Slow Food Nation event is happening in San Francisco this weekend, and includes a few events of interest to the cocktail aficionado. Slow Food Nation is a not-for-profit subsidiary of Slow Food USA,…

Last night Thatchery and I went to Elixir for Save the Sazerac, a reception celebrating Elixir’s 150th anniversary (the second oldest bar in San Francisco!) and benefit for Tales of the Cocktail, a not-for-profit culinary and cocktail…

One of the San Francisco Cocktail Week events this year was Farmers’ Market Cocktails, an event showcasing cocktails made with fresh, seasonal ingredients. As people who enjoy eating seasonally, a local, seasonal cocktail event is right up our…

Monday night was the San Francisco Cocktail Week opening party at Harry Denton’s Starlight Room, at the top of the Sir Francis Drake hotel in Union Square. Sarai and I got there just as it was starting and hung…