Spirits
A tea-based spirits distillery where every tasting impressed Roger; the smoke tea spirit went into his Old Fashioned at home.
Townshend’s Distillery is listed as closed.
Yelp — Townshend's Distillery listed as closed (checked 2026-09-16) (2026-09-16) ↗This page is kept as part of the dated record. The order notes below describe the place as Roger recommended it, not as it operates today.
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Checked in 2 times on Yelp, most recently Jul 23, 2017. See the check-in log
“Smoke tea is where it's at if you're an Islay or Highlands type of scotch person!”
Five stars. Roger liked the whole flight, especially the sweet tea and smoke tea, and learned the distillery had started out brewing kombucha.
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Roger rated this 4 stars, calling it his first stop on Distillery Row on the last afternoon of a Portland trip, after first discovering the brand's whiskey at San Diego's Bay Area Wine & Food Festival; he praised great service and awesome whiskeys worth buying a bottle or two of.
Roger rated this Portland distillery 4 stars after stopping in to buy a bottle of their malt whiskey, praising the knowledgeable staff along with the coffee liqueur and a gin finished in whiskey barrels.