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!

Congrats to @lpdrinksdc on winning Portland Cocktail Week’s @hardycognacofficial competition with her C’est la Destinée cocktail!⁣ ⁣ C'est la Destinée⁣ “What's Meant To Be Will Be”⁣ ⁣ 2 oz Hardy Cognac 1863⁣ .25 Smoked Spiced Honey ⁣ 1 Dash Xocolatl Bitters⁣ 1 Dash Aromatic Bitters ⁣ Lemongrass and Ginger Aromatic Cloud

Thankful for all of the beautiful moments with amazing people this week during @pdxcw! Please keep tagging us and sharing your favorite Cocktail Week moments so we can share them. ❤️🙌🏼

The battle was long, the battle was gruesome and the battle was EPIC! The conclusion to @espolontequila #espoloncfnationals was more than we could ask for and Austin’s Team Gonzo came out on top. Thank you to everyone who came out last night!

Start your day off right with @thehealthtender and @ketelone for the Healthtender Breakfast! ⁣ ⁣ Join us tomorrow to learn self-massage techniques on a foam roller and a lacrosse ball to relieve deep muscle and connective tissue pain specific to the bartending body. Realign your spine and reconnect your body. ⁣ ⁣ Improve mobility, flexibility, and strength as you calm your nervous system and enhance your breath quality and capacity through elements of functional movement and self-myofascial release. ⁣ ⁣ Designed specifically for bartenders, by a bartender, no prior workout experience is necessary, and you need only wear loose-fitting, stretchy, or comfortable clothing. Mats and rolling implements will be provided.

Congratulations to @sweetbrycet, @katekatekate098, @hextinctures and @haelaneves for taking home the @cocktailkaraoke trophy last night for their tribute to Tenacious D’s Tribute! 🎙🏆🙌🏼

Portland Cocktail Week is HERE! Huge thank you to @mrmixologist and the @brownandbalanced crew for kicking things off at the @jupiterhotel. See you all at @cocktailkaraoke tonight! 🍊🎙🍹

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.