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Check out the PDX Plate website. It has everything you need to peruse the Portland Oregon food and drink scene. It is the ultimate Portland restaurant guide. Message boards, blogs, reviews, comments, links, photos and yes there are videos! And please avail yourself to the Monday Roundup all week long. Don't for get to check out the videos from the Oregon Bartenders Guild videos.

"About a year ago, a small message board was born out of the idea that despite the unusually large number of food sites here in Portland, there was a kind of conversation that wasn't taking place. Instead of the usual forum babble of "have you gone?" and "how is the?" and "where should I?", the singular driving mantra of pdxplate has been one of blazing your own food and drink trail, jumping without a net, and mixing metaphors. Taking one for the team. It's a simple notion, but a powerful one, and it's what this site is all about. "

Had a great time at Great American Distillers Festival at the Bossanova Ballroom last weekend. Enjoyed some amazing spirits and the company of some of the most dedicated and talented distillers in the Pacific Northwest not to mention the country.

The Festival opened with a keynote address from Bill Owens, president of the American Distilling Institute
and the MixMaster Mixology Competition preliminary rounds ensued.

These guys participated in the Spirits Seminars

Robert Hess: The Man Behind The Curtain: Molecular Mixology’s Little Secret

Blair Reynolds: Tropical Mixology and the PNW Connection

Neyah White: Barrel to Barrel, the magic of wood

Here are the attendees and their products;

Artisan Spirits
Martin Ryan Vodka
Apia Vodka
Elemental Vodka
New Deal
Hot Monkey Vodka
Organic Nation Spirits
Organic Nation Gin
Organic Nation Vodka
Dry Fly
Dry Fly Gin
Dry Fly Vodka
Bend Distillery
Crater Lake Vodka
Cascade Mtn. Gin
Hazelnut Espresso Vodka
Roughstock
Montana Whiskey
Pacific Distilling
Voyager Dry Gin
Pacifique Absinthe
Deco Distilling
Rogue Spirits
Rogue Spruce Gin
Rogue Dead Guy Whiskey
Rogue Hazelnut Spice Rum
Integrity Spirits
12 Bridges Gin
Trillium Absinthe
Lovejoy Vodka
Stranahans
Colorado Whiskey
House Spirits
Aviation Gin
Krogstad Aquavit
Loft Liquors
J Witty
Chamomile Liqueur
Hood River
Cockspur Rum
Yazi Ginger Vodka
Pendleton Whiskey