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Discover new bars and find your new favorite craft cocktail during Portland Mercury’s Highball Week.
A highball is traditionally a mixed drink with a whiskey, bourbon or scotch base topped off with ginger beer or soda water and served over ice in a highball glass. During Highball Week, some of Portland’s best bartenders are mixing up the classic with a variety of hard liquors, sodas, juices, syrups and bitters.
Highball Week is taking place June 3-9. At each participating location, you’ll find $8 craft cocktails available all day.
More than 30 bars are participating in this year’s event.
Here are Portland Mercury’s 2024 Highball Week bars along with a description of the cocktail that will be available at a discount for one week only.
2024 Highball Week
Here are the restaurants and bars participating in Highball Week.
Abigail Hall
813 SW Alder St.
Abby’s Martini Highball: EFFEN Cucumber Vodka, extra virgin olive oil, blanc vermouth, soda water, olive and twist.
Bandit Bar
2610 NW Vaughn St.
B.A.O.T.: Roku gin, housemade pineapple syrup, lime juice and Great Notion blue raspberry sour.
Can Bar @ Agrodolce Distilling Company
2225 E. Burnside St.
Roku Gin Ricky with Blood Orange: Roku Gin, Blood Orange, Lime and Soda H2O.
Church Bar
2600 NE Sandy Blvd.
Liquid Sunshine: Sipsmith Lemon Drizzle, Pimms, lemon juice, cucumber-mint syrup and soda
Clarklewis
1001 SE Water Ave.
Oregon Sunshine: Jim Beam Honey, Lemon agrumato, Bordeaux cherry and Q club soda.
Double Barrel Tavern
2002 SE Division St.
La Isla Bonita: Hornitos Reposado, guava grenedine, lemon juice, soda water, lemon peel and maradchino cherry.
Gold Dust Meridian
3267 SE Hawthorne Blvd.
It’s Midori Thyme!: Midori, Ancho Reyes, lemon, tonic and thyme.
Hey Love
920 East Burnside St.
Purple Rain: Effen Cucumber Vodka, Bianco Vermouth, bubbly water and purple rain.
Holman’s Hello Inn
15 SE 28th Ave.
Roku Highball: Roku Gin, fresh grapefruit, squirt and lime wheel.
Horse Brass Pub
4534 SE Belmont St.
Brass Mule: Jim Beam, Ginger Cult Alcoholic Ginger Beer and fresh lime.
King Tide Fish & Shell
1510 S Harbor Way
Ikebana: Cruzan, lime juice, matcha, orange blossom bitters and club soda.
Lollipop Shoppe
736 SE Grand Ave.
Umeboshi Martini: Pinnacle Vodka, umeboshi (Japanese pickled sour plum), umeboshi brine, sake and shiso furikake rim.
Moonshot Tavern
2725 SE Ankeny
Trogdor Lives!: Roku gin, Ancho Chile liqueur, house made cantaloupe and honeydew purée, lime, cucumber, soda, salted rim and mint garnish.
Moreland Ale House
7995 SE Mikwaukie Ave.
Effen Strawberry Basil Lemonade: Strawberry purée, fresh lemon juice, basil simple syrup, Effen vodka and soda water.
O’Dear Bar & Grill
10810 NE Sandy Blvd.
All Thai’d Up: Cruzan aged rum, Thai chili pineapple syrup, fresh squeezed lime, coconut, ginger beer and Thai basil leaf.
Pambiche
2811 NE Glisan St.
Tamarind Havana Sour: Cruzan rum, cachaça (aguardiente), tamarind-chamomile nectar, bordeaux cherry and ice.
Ponderosa Lounge & Grill
10350 N Vancouver Way
Jim Beam Orange Crush: Jim Beam® Orange, orange juice, lemon juice, simple syrup, soda water and orange wedge garnish.
Proof•Reader Whiskey + Craft + Kitchen
1401 SW Naito Pkwy
Honey Ginger Tipple: Jim Beam, honey-ginger syrup and Bordeaux cherry sink.
Scooter McQuade’s
1321 SW Washington St.
B.B.B.: Beam, blackberries, mint, lime and ginger beer.
Sit Tite
6214 N Interstate Ave.
Friend Of Ours: Cucumber infused gin, elderflower, lime, basil and soda water.
Slow Bar
533 SE Grand Ave.
Sin Padres, Sin Normas:Tequila, grapefruit, tamarind, pineapple, lime, soda, chamoy, chili salt and tamarind candy straw.
Spoke + Fork
375 NE Holladay St.
Pineapple & Harmony: Tequila Hacienda, lime adjusted pineapple juice and ginger beer.
The Cavern
4601 SE Hawthorne Blvd.
Fine Southern Gentleman: Old Grand-dad, house made basil peach shrub, lemon juice and splash of soda.
The Lift Off Lounge
5216 NE Sandy Blvd.
Summer Breeze: Midori, gin, Ver herbal liquor, blanc vermouth, cucumber, lime and basil.
The Low Tide Lounge
2045 SE Belmont St.
Hot Lava: Habanero infused Sauza Silver tequila, hibiscus syrup, fresh lime topped with spicy peach margarita slushie and Tajin.
The Lucky Horseshoe Lounge
2524 SE Clinton Ave.
Mile High Club: Reposado tequila, Cappelletti Aperitivo, Cocchi Americano and lemon.
The Rambler
4205 N Mississippi Ave.
Hibiscus Paloma: Sauza Blue, hibiscus agave, grapefruit, lime and Squirt.
The Tavern at Heathman
1001 SW Broadway
Pineapple Sweetart: Som Pineapple Szechuan cordial, Jim Beam Bourbon, lime, mint, local honey, topped with gingerbeer and pineapple mint garnish.
The Vern
2622 SE Belmont St.
Pink Lady Paloma: Hornitos plata, chareau aloe vera liqueur Ruby red grapefruit juice, lime and club soda.
Three Mermaids Public House
18041 SW Lower Boones Ferry Rd #1 B, Tigard
Hibiscus Limeade: Effen Vodka, house-made hibiscus simple syrup, lime juice and soda water.
Tiny Bubble Room
2025 N Lombard St.
Oh Snap: Roku Gin, Cynar, Aperol, lemon juice, orange juice, hazy IPA syrup, orange bitters and soda.
For more information, visit the Highball Week web page.
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