NE Portland Is Getting a Mulled Wine Bar For Winter | Eater Portland

"Named after glühwein and glühbier, I found Glübar to be a holiday pop-up aimed at bringing seasonal comfort by offering house-spiced mulled wines, glühbier (mulled high-ABV beers), ciders, and a house-spiced sake, plus baked goods; co-owner Alex Kurnellas says they wanted to 'inject a little' holiday magic with warm alcohol. Their glühbier starts with a high-ABV base and their own spice and fruit mixtures — the opening-week Fruitcake Delight, for example, uses Fort George Brewery 10th Anniversary Barleywine (15% ABV) mulled with ginger, cinnamon, nutmeg, and turbinado sugar and garnished with rum-soaked raisins and currants. The classic glühwein is Cooper’s Hall pinot noir mulled with cinnamon, anise, and turbinado sugar and garnished with clove. For hot cider they use Two Towns Nice & Naughty Imperial Spiced Cider (warmed and garnished with lemon and clove), and their house-spiced sake is Oregon’s Momokawa mulled with clove, orange, and honey and served hot with a jasmine tea bag infusion. Drinks are $7 for eight ounces, with an optional $3 shot of barrel-aged apple or brandy wine for extra punch; Glübar is running at least through the end of the year and is open 4 p.m.–10 p.m. Wednesday–Friday and noon–10 p.m. Saturday–Sunday." - Alex Frane