Portland, Oregon is a city that just keeps moving up in the world. It's become known for an ever-growing and unique food scene, fantastic coffee and local roasters, and more cool bars and craft breweries than one single article could cover. You might not normally associate Portlandia with craft spirits…but you should.
Several of my favorite spirits and liqueurs come from New Deal Distillery. It's also one of the very first distilleries that started Portland's Distillery Row in the early 2000's. I was invited to visit a few months back and received a tour and tasting from Lance, the operations manager at New Deal. It's definitely a special place and they have some really exciting new products coming out in the next few months.