Artisan Spirits is Portland’s newest distillery, producing hand crafted liquors in a large close-in Southeast Portland garage, at the northern end of Portland’s burgeoning “Distiller’s District.” I first heard about Artisan Spirits last April, when Berkeley based wine writer Tim “Blind Muscat” Patterson mentioned the “distillery-in-the-making” in a blog post; Walking / Drinking Tour of Portland.
Admirably, Artisan Spirits is committed to handcrafting unique, high-quality liquors from scratch using locally sourced ingredients, lowering both fuel consumption and pollution output, while keeping money in the local economy.
And they held an open house on Saturday.