Cocktailia

Carra-ryed Away

• 1 1/2 ounces rye whiskey
• 1 ounce aquavit
• 1/2 ounce Grand Marnier
• 1 teaspoon amaretto

Combine ingredients in an ice-filled mixing glass and stir until cold. Strain into a chilled cocktail glass.

First of all,…

Little Italy

• 2 ounces rye whiskey
• 3/4 ounce sweet vermouth
• 1/2 ounce Cynar
• Maraschino cherry
• Orange zest

Combine liquid ingredients in an ice-filled mixing glass and stir until cold. Strain into a chilled cocktail glass and garnish…

Bijou

• 1 ounce gin
• 3/4 ounce sweet vermouth
• 3/4 ounce green Chartreuse
• 1 dash orange bitters

Combine ingredients in an ice-filled mixing glass and stir until cold. Strain into a chilled cocktail glass. Garnish with a maraschino…

Tucked away in a largely industrial neighborhood in NW Portland, Carlyle is very much a destination spot, not somewhere you just wander in to. While all the bars in Portland serve food, Carlyle is first and foremost a restaurant,…

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…

Red Hook

• 2 ounces rye
• 1/2 ounce Punt e Mes sweet vermouth
• 1/4 ounce maraschino liqueur
• Dash of Angostura bitters
• Dash of orange bitters

Combine ingredients in an ice-filled mixing glass and stir until cold. Strain into…

I recently joined some friends to meet with Steve McCarthy, founder of Clear Creek Distillery to talk about what they’re doing and to tour the distillery. We visited on a cold and rainy Saturday morning and he lead the…

100 drinks you should try at least once, a list of recommended cocktails compiled by Anvil in Houston, Texas, made the rounds a few months back. I posted the list here and am keeping it up-do-date with my…

Improved Whiskey Cocktail

• 2 ounces bourbon
• 1 tsp simple syrup
• 1/2 tsp maraschino liqueur
• 2 dashes Angostura bitters
• 1 dash absinthe
• Lemon zest for garnish

Combine liquid ingredients in an ice-filled mixing glass and stir until…

The fourth and final bar we stopped by on our recent visit to London was 69 Colebrooke Row, a nondescript bar in the Islington neighborhood. Our other stops in London were Portobello Star and the Connaught and…