Hazelnut Spice Rum honored at 23rd Beverage Dynamics

Hazelnut Spice Rum was honored at the 23rd Annual Beverage Dynamics Advertising and Promotion Awards. Beverage Dynamics announced the awards in their December issue the "Nine well respected members of the advertising, marketing and design communities."

Best New Product Packaging
1st Germain Elderflower Liquer
2nd Kobrands Depaz Blue Cane Rhum
3rd Rogue Spirits Hazelnut Rum

Independent Spirits Festival, San Francisco

Rogue Spirits will be at the Independent Spirits Festival this Sunday, October 13th at the W Hotel in San Francisco.

Earlier on Friday, the Rogue Ales Public House at 673 Union St. will be hosting a meet and greet for distillers from 6 - 8 pm.

The cost is $15 for dinner buffet. Call Dan at (415) 362-7880 for more info.

2007 International Spirits Challenge

Our Spruce Gin was commended at the 2007 ISC. Here's the logo to prove we're not joking...

For more information about the International Spirits Competition, now in its 12th year, visit their website here.

Food Network visits Rogue Distillery and Public House

George Duran and the Foot Network film crew visited our distillery and pub in Portland, Oregon, to film Alex Gund, Rogue cook and distiller cook up some grub made with Rogue Spirits. The spots will be used on an upcoming THE SECRET LIFE OF.

Menu items included a Gin Martini Fruit Salad, Spruce Gin Summer Salad, Hazelnut Rum Shrimp, Butternut Rum Soup, Gin Halibut, Rhubarb Gin Mousse, and Hazelnut Rum Fritters.

Chefs have traditionally cooked with spirits, but you're seeing it more on menus these days because the art of the cocktail is becoming popular again in nightclubs and restaurants across America, so you have a crossover of ideas between chefs and mixologists. After all, where do you think the chefs hang out after work?



Cooking with spirits also adds complexity, unique aromas and flavorful overtones to a dish.

3rd Annual Great American Distillers Festival

Well, it's time for the Annual Great American Distillers Festival. This is the 3rd year and it's been moved to a bigger house, a castle really--the Gerding Theatre, previously the National Guard armory in downtown Portland, OR. The event is on Saturday and Sunday, August 25th and 26th, from 11AM - 8PM and 11AM - 7PM respectively.

So just what is the GADF? It's a spirit tasting event with, at last count, 50+ craft-distilled spirits from across the country, a Mix Master mixology contest, seminars on distilling and making cocktails, a Frank Sinatra impersonator, a full bar, and more.

Why is the first of its kind craft-distillers festival in Portland? Oregon is already known for its world renown craft beer, but in recent years it has also become known for its craft distilleries, too, which have grown out of the culture of the craft breweries that pepper the state. There are more distillers in Portland than any other US city, and more than any other state except California. Rogue Spirits, whose distillery in the Pearl District was the first to craft rum in the State, is proud to be part of this small, but ever-growing movement that is sweeping the country. Click here to read what the New York Times had to say about the Craft Distilling movement.

Rogue Spirits will be there! A $10 entry fee gets you 3 free tastes of spirits. Food will be prepared by Portland based Ten 01. For a complete list of distillers or information on the mixology competition and distilling seminars, click here.

This year's event will benefit the Portland Center Stage.

Summer drinks debut at Track Town Week

Rogue Spirits debuted its summer drinks menu at the 2nd Annual Track Town week, at the Eugene City Brewery on 8th and Olive St. in downtown Eugene, Oregon. Brewer Trevor Howard is shown here trying the nose on our Cucumber Cilantro Crush (C3), a drink made with Spruce Gin, Cilantro, Cucumber, Lime, Simple Syrup and Soda Water.

Click here to view or download our Summer Drinks menu.

The Van Boeyen

Mixologist Langdon Peale looks content as he gazes upon his latest cocktail creation, the Van Boeyen. Named after Rogue Nation citizen Bill Van Boeyen, the man who crafted our stills in Newport and Portland. The drink is excellent (I've tried it, I should know!) and is made with our award winning Dark Rum, Chocolate Stout, Lime and Mint. It's part of our new summertime drinks line-up. Before and After photos pictured for your convenience.