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January 2, 2025January 4, 2025

Zero Proof Portland: Dry January 2025

No Regerts zero proof cocktail from The Pocket Pub.

Welcome to Dry January 2025. It’s no secret that I’m a big non-alcoholic cocktail fan—AKA mocktails, dry cocktails, zero-proof, no proof. I gave up alcohol in 2018 during breast cancer treatment and I never looked back. So the growth of a robust zero-proof cocktail scene in Portland makes me pretty happy—as well as better access to NA beer. And know many readers here are also fans of this development.

Here’s our 2025 roundup of places that serve non-alcoholic cocktails, beer, and more in Portland, suitable for Dry January (or really any time). Our criteria is that a bar or restaurant has at least four developed mocktails. And if not, they offer other interesting NA options aside from mocktails and beer—they could be juices, teas, etc. We’ve also done the math and found that on the average, a non-alcoholic mixed drink runs about $8 each.

May 16, 2024May 16, 2024

NA/AF-Focused Ever AFter Will Open in Portland

If you’ve read this blog for a while, you know I’m a big fan of NA (non-alcoholic) drinking, in part because I do not drink alcohol myself (though I used to). Portland has become a place where accessing NA drinks at bars and restaurants—cocktails and beer, especially—is a relatively easy thing to do. Portland is also a place where people like to connect through identity (“I’m a non-drinker”) and community—and the community associated with NA has grown into a pretty sizable and healthy one. Ever AFter aims to support that community and provide access to products beloved by those who like to drink but eschew alcohol, in a welcoming and accessible space.

January 3, 2024January 6, 2024

Dry January 2024: This Month and Year-Round in Portland

strawberry-fields-dry-cocktail-grand-army-tavern.portland-oregon

Happy New Year! It’s now 2024 and while we are still in the middle of the Christmas season on the ecclesiastical calendar, the solar calendar proclaims a brand new year. January is legendary as a time of new resolutions, goal setting, and making changes—and for some, setting aside the consumption of alcohol is one of them.

June 15, 2023June 15, 2023

BuzzCutt App Launch Party This Weekend

Back in January, I wrote about BuzzCutt, an app that will help you find non-alcoholic/zero proof drinks at local restaurants and bars. At that point, the founders, Sarah and Olivia Sears, were starting to promote the app—this week, the app launches and there will be a celebratory launch party—BuzzCutt Summer Fest—in its honor this weekend.