Two interesting Oregon whiskey distilleries, Big Bottom Distilling and Tualatin Valley Distilling, are local favorites here at our Portland-based headquarters. They both share space in a facility in the nearby suburb of Hillsboro, and this coming weekend, each is individually launching some new releases which you may find of interest, should you be in the area.

For Big Bottom, plans call for the debut of an “exclusive barrel experiment” which presents itself as four bourbons in a tasting pack. What’s unique about this pack, according to the distillery, is that all four whiskies come from barrels that “contain the…