Spooky & Festive Cocktails with New Deal Distillery

We've collaborated with New Deal Distillery to bring you two cocktails so delicious, it's frightening! Featured at a class taught by New Deal Distillery at the OMSI After Dark: Spirits event, these cocktails feature our new seasonal Cranberry and our flagship Sorta Sweet.

Fall ’75

1 oz Brandy
.25 oz lemon juice
.25 oz simple syrup
.25 oz Cascadia D’Amore
2 dashes Bitter Housewife Cardamom Bitters
Portland Cider Company Sorta Sweet Cider

Combine all ingredients except cider in a cocktail shaker, fill with ice, shake until cold. Strain into a rocks glass, add ice, top with Portland Cider Company Sorta Sweet Cider. Garnish with an orange peel.

Vampire Kiss

1 oz Portland 88 Vodka
.5 oz Ginger Liqueur
.25 oz lime juice
.25 oz simple syrup
.25 oz Starvation Alley cranberry concentrate
Portland Cider Company Cranberry Cider

Combine all ingredients except cider in a cocktail shaker, fill with ice, shake until cold. Double strain into a chilled coupe glass. Top with Portland Cider Company Cranberry Cider and garnish with mint leaf.

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To find the ingredients...

Visit one of our taprooms for our Cranberry cider (Clackamas or Hawthorne-Portland). Sorta Sweet is available at most grocery stores in the Portland Metro area.

Visit New Deal Distillery's tasting room at 900 SE Salmon St., Portland, OR 97214