2025 Highball Week: Get Specialty Cocktails for $10

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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 May 12-18, 2025. At each participating location, you’ll find $10 craft cocktails available all day.

More than 40 bars are participating in this year’s event. 

Here are Portland Mercury’s 2025 Highball Week bars along with descriptions of the cocktails available at a discount for one week only.

2025 Highball Week

Here are the restaurants and bars participating in Highball Week. 

Abigail Hall

813 SW Alder St.

High Tease: Effen Cucumber Vodka, Agua de Jamaica, lime, agave and fire tincture.

Bar Loon

3326 SE Belmont St.

Granadilla: Jim beam bourbon, coconut water, passionfruit. lime, cinnamon and Thai basil.

Breakside Brewery – Dekum

820 NE Dekum St.

Woodlawn Sour: Haku Vodka, lemon juice, simple syrup and Alit Wines Pinot Noir.

Breakside Brewery – Slabtown

1570 NW 22nd Ave.

Banana Hammock: Hornitos Tequila, Banana Combier, passionfruit puree, lime juice and fire bitters.

Brix Tavern

1338 NW Hoyt St.

Paloma Romero: Hornitos Plata, grapefruit, grapefruit soda, lime juice and rosemary simple.

Brooklyn Carreta Bar & Carts

4534 SE McLoughlin Blvd.

Bahama Drama: Cruzan Rum, pineapple, green chile, lime and strawberry jumex reduction.

Cafe Nell

1987 NW Kearney St.

The Slow Hour: Bourbon, Lillet Blanc, lemon juice, lime juice and a brown sugar simple syrup with ginger, thyme, and orange peel.

Carina Lounge

410 NW 21st Ave.

the bumblebeam: Jim Beam steeped in honey-vanilla, rooibos tea with lemon, vanilla honey simple syrup, amarena cherry and orange bitters.

Carlita’s

1101 NW Northrup St.

Ay Dios Mio: Hornitos Blanco, hibiscus shrub, mango, lime juice and hot pepper bitters.

C Bar

2880 SE Gladstone St.

Sakura Spring: Cucumber infused Roku Gin and St Germain with a splash of lemon juice and soda.

Clarklewis 

1001 SE Water Ave.

Rose City Smash: Maker’s Mark, strawberry-rhubarb jam, lemon and soda water.

Double Barrel Tavern

2002 SE Division St.

Hot Raspberry Holler: Jim Beam bourbon, Chambord, lime, Demerara syrup and fire water tincture.

Fracture Brewing

1005-1015 SE Stark St.

Porch Swing: Jim Beam Bourbon, Fernet, chamomile, black tea and coconut milk.

Gold Dust Meridian

3267 SE Hawthorne Blvd.

Kentucky Bucky: Makers Mark, basil and lemonade soda.

Grays Restaurant and Bar

301 W Sixth St. (Vancouver)

Beam & Comfort Hour: Jim Beam, Southern Comfort Black, Triple Sec and cranberry juice with splash of soda and orange peel. 

Hey Love

920 East Burnside St.

Cabana Boy: Jim Beam Pineapple, passion fruit, banana, Giffard Aperitivo and lime juice.

Holman’s

15 SE 28th Ave.

Rosemary Paloma: Hornitos Repo, lime juice, grapefruit juice, rosemary simple syrup and Squirt.

Home, A Bar

719 SE Morrison St.

The Caesar: Caesar infused Pinnacle Vodka, olive brine, lemon juice and grated parmesan cheese.

Horse Brass Pub

4534 SE Belmont St.

Spicy Watermelon Margarita: Sauza Blanco Tequila, Dekuyper Watermelon Liquor, sour mix, Pass the Pepper Carolina Peach Habanero Hot Sauce, tajin and lime wedge.

Kooks Sports Bar

3932 N Mississippi Ave.

Paper Aeroplane: Maker’s Mark, Nonino, Aperol, pineapple rum, lemon, lime, honey and sparkling wine.

Lazy Days Brewing

2326 N. Flint Ave.

Strawberry Moon: Roku Gin, Ancho Ryes, Aperol, fresh lime juice, housemade serrano pepper and strawberry syrup topped with coconut water.

Loyal Legion

710 SE 6th Ave.

Beam In Bloom: Jim Beam Black, Coco Lopez, lemon, honey, club soda and orange peel.

Lucky Horseshoe Lounge

2524 SE Clinton St. 

Fantastico!: Housemade hibiscus-infused Effen Vodka, Aperol, blanc vermouth and lemon topped with orange Fanta.

Metropolitan Tavern

1021 NE Grand Ave.

Portland Sour: Jim Beam Black, lemon juice, simple syrup and pinot noir reduction.

Moonshot Tavern

2725 SE Ankeny St.

Pale Blue Dot: Roku Gin, Accompani Flora Green, Cocchi Americano, Sfumato Rabarbo, blueberry, peach, almond, basil, lemon, rhubarb bitters and sparkling water.

Moreland Ale House

7995 SE Mikwaukie Ave.

Cucumber Watermelon Cooler: Effen Cucumber Vodka, watermelon juice, lemon and soda.

Oven and Shaker

1134 NW Everett St.

Golden Bubbles: Maker’s Mark, freshly pressed lemon juice, house blended clover honey syrup and Prosecco garnished with lemon peel.

Oven and Shaker

4055 Mercantile Dr. (Lake Oswego)

Pyro Pilot: Knob Creek Rye, Aperol, Amaro Nonino and Giffard Passionfruit, freshly squeezed lemon juice and orange juice, Bitterman’s hopped grapefruit bitters, Scrappy’s Firewater Tincture and lemon disc garnish.

Pacific Standard

100 NE Martin Luther King Jr Blvd.

South Bound Suarez: Sauza reposado tequila, house-made horchata, Becherovka, agave and fresh lime.

Sad Valley

832 N Killingsworth St.

Good Mourning: Roku Gin, Velvet Falernum, lime, orange blossom water and soda.

Stoller Wine Bar

106 S Center St (Newberg)

Kaiser Car Spritz: Jim Beam, Stoller Brut, basil leaves, lemon juice and simple syrup garnished with basil leaf and a half wedge of lemon.

Swine Moonshine & Whiskey Bar

808 SW Taylor St.

Nutty Professor: Jim Beam Rye, demerara simple syrup, hazelnut bitters and orange bitters.

Taylor Street Tavern

808 SW Taylor St.

Park Ave Paloma: Hornitos Blanco, grapefruit juice, lime juice and simple syrup topped with rose bubbles.

The Lift Off Lounge

5216 NE Sandy Blvd.

Smoke Show: Cruzan Aged Dark Rum, Kahlúa, Doctor Bird Pineapple Rum, cold brewed espresso and molé bitters.

The Low Tide Lounge

2045 SE Belmont St.

Hothouse Flower: Habanero infused Sauza Silver Tequila, hibiscus, grapefruit, orange liqueur, lime and Tajin.

The Pour House

1845 NW 23rd Pl.

White Negroni Highball: Roku gin, Luxardo Bitter Bianco, Dolin Blanc and bubbles.

The Rambler

4205 N Mississippi Ave.

Birdo: Sauza Blue 100% agave tequila, lime, hibiscus agave, coconut cream, orange citrate and lime zest.

The Vern

2622 SE Belmont St.

Hot City: Jim Beam Pineapple, fresh lemon juice, pineapple and juice bitters.

Toya Ramen & Bar

803 SE Stark St.

Ojisan Frank: Old Grand Dad 114, futsu-shu, strawberry, lemon, sake XO, sansho and black pepper, force-carbonated.

Trails End Bar

4601 SE Hawthorne Blvd.

Former Friend: Knob Creek Whiskey, Aperol, dry vermouth, saline and orange bitters.

Wine & Growl

8108 SW Beaverton Hillsdale Hwy.

This S**t is Bananas: Two types of rum, Giffard Banane du Bresil, banana liqueur, lime and Ogreat.

For more information, visit the Highball Week web page. 

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