Imperial’s mulled beer, cider & wine pop-up GlüBar reopens for Winter

Imperial Bottle Shop & Taproom reopens pop-up GlüBar at their NE Portland Alberta Street Street location

Portland beer bar Imperial Bottle Shop & Taproom is relaunching their pandemic era hot, and mulled beer, wine and cider pop-up GlüBar from their NE Alberta Street location on Wednesday, November 24th. GlüBar was a hit in winter of 2020 when indoor dining and drinking was temporarily banned, the parklet and outdooor tables with gas table-side fires and hot, mulled, and unique drinks was a tasty novelty that we will likely look back on with love in the years to come. Heated beer and cider is now a thing, and GlüBar may be the best place to try a variety of options and with the pandemic restrictions eased you can now enjoy it indoors and out.

“In December of last year, through the winter, we weren’t allowed to have seating inside, so we faced a pretty big challenge,” says owner Alex Kurnellas. “It just seemed intuitive to serve hot drinks, so one Saturday, I heated up some cider with cinnamon sticks and cloves, blasted feel-good music out our front window, and the response was almost immediate.”

Within days, Imperial opened GlüBar and was serving four mulled beverages to fire-side tables on Alberta Street. This year, Kurnellas and his wife/business partner Shawn Stackpoole, plan to continue to build on last winter’s success.

“Expect more fun, more seating inside and out, and more fire pits!” says Stackpoole. “We’re also reprising some of our favorite drinks from last year and bringing a little bit of GluBar to our SE Division location too!”

Those favorite drinks include their classic German-inspired glühwein, a Bourbon barrel-aged hard cider hot toddy, a hot Fruitcake Sour beer, and a Mexican-spiced hot chocolate stout, served tableside with flaming marshmallows.

At their SE Division location, Imperial has teamed with Portland’s Reverend Nat’s Hard Cider and is already pouring two rotating versions of mulled cider. Currently Sugar ‘n Spice cider and Hot Pineapple Tepache can be enjoyed outdoors in their heated A-frame chalets and tents, or inside with proof of vaccination.

GluBar on NE Alberta is currently pouring gluhwein and mulled cider as part of a soft-open, so stop by now or visit imperialbottleshop.com for more details.

Wed-Thu: 4-10

Fri-Sat: 2-11

Sun: 2-9

GlüBar pop-up at Imperial Bottle Shop & Taproom - NE Alberta St. location in Portland.

Located at Imperial Bottle Shop & Taproom

2006 NE Alberta St

Portland, OR 97211

(503) 954-2021