What is Portland Cocktail Week?

Portland Cocktail Week is where bartenders network, learn and take big strides toward the next step in their careers. Now in its tenth year, Portland Cocktail Week has evolved into an entirely business oriented program offering classes in six areas of expertise:

- Anti-Waste
- Applied Sciences
- Bartending & Hospitality
- Bar Ownership
- Bar Management
- Consulting

To ensure Portland Cocktail Week offers the highest level and most diverse bar business class offerings, we invite experts of each of our six Majors to curate an informative, engaging and valuable classes that will best guide our students to the next phase of their careers.

Classes, events and activities at Portland Cocktail Week are always free of charge for working bartenders. Our program is entirely subsidized and supported by beverage, spirits and bar adjacent companies who are invested in the future of our industry and the people who continue to push it forward.

Portland Cocktail Week takes place November 10-15, 2019 in Portland, Oregon. And, we’d love to see you there. Click here to register today.

Join us in Portland:

Sign up for a Bartender Pass

Open to working bartenders, the PDXCW Bartender Pass gets you access to all events and classes on a first-come, first-served basis.

It’s absolutely free, and doesn’t require a week-long commitment like the student program – you just need to be a working bartender who’s not currently representing a brand.

Buy an Industry Pass

If you work for a spirits brand,you can still attend Portland Cocktail Week with an Industry pass.

This pass will get you access to all of our events and classes on a first-come, first-served basis, and you’ll be supporting our mission of bartender education.

Apply to attend as a Student

Those accepted as a student at Portland Cocktail Week are guaranteed admittance into all assigned classes and events. Additionally, you will be invited to a dinner with your Major Class peers, along with a field trip. Some students will also be awarded scholarships, which earn you a room at our host hotel for the week.

2019 Student Applications are currently closed, but Bartender Passes are still available!

Sign up for a Bartender Pass

Open to working bartenders, the PDXCW Bartender Pass gets you access to all events and classes on a first-come, first-served basis.

It’s absolutely free, and doesn’t require a week-long commitment like the student program – you just need to be a working bartender who’s not currently representing a brand.

Buy an Industry Pass

If you work for a spirits brand,you can still attend Portland Cocktail Week with an Industry pass.

This pass will get you access to all of our events and classes on a first-come, first-served basis, and you’ll be supporting our mission of bartender education.

Apply to attend as a Student

2019 Student Applications are currently closed, but Bartender Passes are still available!

Lush Life Productions has teamed up with @hardycognac to bring you the Legends of Hardy Cognac Competition! Six finalists will be selected to compete on November 14th at Portland Cocktail Week. From the six finalists, one will be selected for an all-expenses-paid trip to House of Hardy and Distillery to see where Hardy Cognac is made, first hand! Find more details about the Legends of Hardy Cognac Competition here: https://legendsofhardy.com/submit

Can you believe @pdxcw is less than a month away?! We have updated our main website with more information about the majors & minors as well as the 2019 PDXCW schedule. You can jump to our website quickly by tapping the link in our bio!

We’re in good spirits because @PDXCW is only a little over a month away! Stay connected with all of the latest updates by signing up for our newsletter. Follow the link in our bio to our webpage and click newsletter at the bottom to sign up.

@pdxcw is right around the corner. As a student you are granted access to a week stocked full of classes, outings, dinner with your Major Class peers and even a field trip! What more could you possibly ask for? ___________________ If you missed the jump on applying as a student, bartender passes are still available. Navigate to our website through the link in our bio and scroll down to the section “Join us for Portland Cocktail Week.” ___________________ We look forward to seeing you there and making 2019 PDXCW another epic year!

Applied Science Spotlight Life Gives You Limes Presentation by @donnyclutterbuck ____________________ How do we predictively make great tasting cocktails without trying the drinks first, and how do we make those great cocktails exactly the same every time? We explore the acid composition of citrus fruit, how each interacts with different types of liquor, and how to make sure your juices are measured and stored properly for your bar. _____________________

“This is what @brownandbalanced stands for. Reach back and push those who are coming up behind you, AHEAD OF YOU!!! All it's about is #Progression ... We go where we are celebrated, not tolerated!” . - @mrmixologist

Our Sponsors

Portland Cocktail Week is so grateful to our sponsors who make this event possible and allow us to continue to offer all classes and events free of charge to our working bartender guests.