While Portland, Oregon, has everything a planner would desire in a meetings destination, including 255,000 square feet of space at the Oregon Convention Center and a list of recently opened convention-ready hotels, a city that adopted the unofficial motto “Keep Portland Weird” in 2003 because of its proudly quirky nature begs for event organizers to look beyond the ordinary.
I assembled a panel of bartenders in Los Angeles to taste 30 Oregon gins. The quality and complex flavor profiles rivaled those of many more established brands.