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SPIRIT: The Pathfinder Hemp and Root
$39.99 for a 23.6-ounce (700 ml) bottle
From a stylish Old West-inspired bottle pours a dark brown spirit with an intriguing scent of burnt sugar and dank spruce buds. Sweet, spicy and bitter on the palate, Pathfinder has the consistency of pancake syrup and the taste of melted brown sugar, singed orange slices, forest spices, and a cooling balm. Great in a mocktail, but equally as tasty as an after-dinner digestif.
BEER: Roaming Nobles Brewing Pilsner
$4 for a 16-ounce can
The O.G. non-alcoholic Portland brewery continues to dial in the recipes with this pale yellow lager with a take-’n’-bake doughy aroma and a pinch of spicy hops. Light bodied, it has a soft mouthfeel like creamed corn but with the nuttiness of a kernel. Finishes with a twang of lemon and grassy hop flavors.
CIDER: Bauman’s Cider Loganberry Apfelschorle
$2 for a 12-ounce can
The acclaimed cidery’s new non-alcoholic Apfelschorle comes in plain and loganberry flavors of apple spritzer made in the classic German tradition of mixing juice with carbonated mineral water. The Loganberry is rosy magenta colored and has a rich perfume of tart and earthy fruit notes.
WINE: Varnum Vintners Porch Zero.5
$12 for a 12-ounce bottle
Oregon’s first non-alcoholic wine has the peach skin color of chardonnay and the aroma of a mineral-y pinot grigio. Everything about it is strange, starting with the longneck glass beer bottle packaging. The saccharine upfront sweetness transitions to a lip-smacking sharp and juicy sourness. The finish is slightly dry and reminds you it’s wine with notes of dusty white grapes and tannic-peppery skins.
COCKTAIL: Craftwell Cocktails NA Peach Mojito
$12.99 for a four-pack of 12-ounce cans
Oregon’s largest cidermaker, 2 Towns Ciderhouse, also makes canned cocktails under the Craftwell Cocktails banner. Its NA flavor looks like a light cider with the mouthwatering scent of peach skins, and a whiff of capsicum that stimulates the nostrils in a similar way to alcohol. An apple cider vinegar acidity complements the succulent peach flavor with a leafy menthol, making for a refreshing finish.
HOP WATER: Great Notion Ripe Water
$12 for a six-pack of 12-ounce cans
Pale green-tinged hazy water with enough bubbles on the surface to indicate this is more than fresh spring H2O. The scent of sweaty and herbal hops burst out of the glass like putting your nose into a bag of whole flower cones. The flavor is oily lemonsol lupulin but with almost no bitterness and just a pinch of sweetness and prickly bubbles.