Distilleries & Cocktail Bars

Mix it up with local craft distilleries! Taste artisan spirits in uniquely different tasting rooms and cocktail bars around the region, including in Eugene's Westside Warehouse District and the Whiteaker neighborhood.

Visit a local craft distillery to enjoy live music or a guided tasting along the Eugene Distillery Trail. Learn about the nuances of tequila, the differences between Bourbon and Rye or how to distill your own cask. Cocktail mixologists partner with local purveyors of shrubs, syrups and bitters for fun tasting events at distillery tasting rooms or local lounges. Unleash your inner artist with painting, crafting or drink recipe classes.

Spirits & Cocktail Events

Eugene Distillery Trail

Tour half a dozen local distilleries, some offering lounge-like tasting rooms, and stock your home bar with well crafted spirits. Add in local mixers and tonics for top shelf experience.

Distillery Tours

Tour the region's local distilleries and taste exquisite whisky, vodka, gin and liqueurs. 

For eclectic and entertaining stories, sip "Fir of the Doug" with the gregarious owner of Deep Woods Distillery. Taste artfully crafted cocktails made with farm-to-flask spirits in a tasting room full of art at Thinking Tree Distilling. And for a step-by-step tour of distilling, sign up at Heritage Distilling Co. If you are inspirited to customize a cask of your own distinct flavor profile they even offer a "Cask Club". Each distiller brings their own unique personality to the tasting room.

Local Sourcing

Many of the region's distilleries have pledged themselves to sustainability. They have formed partnerships with local vendors to source their ingredients.

Thinking Tree Spirits uses grain from Camas Country Mill and molasses from GloryBee. Wolf Spirit suggests pairing their vodka with Genesis Juice and Lola's Fruit Shrubs. Deep Woods Distillery makes cocktail tastes using Cascadia Nectar syrups and bitters.