Check out whisky at this library

The new year has begun. Auld Lang Syne has been sung. Let’s take a glass of kindness yet: a glass of whisky.

There are many varieties of whisky. Maybe some of them are familiar, while others are not. There is Scotch whisky, Irish whisky, Rye whisky, American whisky and bourbon. The list goes on. In fact, there are so many kinds of whisky Portland needed a whole whisky library to fit them all. That is correct, a library. Instead of books, these shelves hold 1,800 different varieties of spirits, mostly whisky.

Welcome to the Multnomah Whisk(e)y Library, in the heart of Portland.

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