OGG Clubhouse Mega Update!
/Time: 8:45 PM
Date: December 10th
Temperature: 33 degrees / .5555 Celsius Feels like..cold
Mood: spunky
Dear Diary,
It has been several days and maybe weeks since our last update we are unsure. There are many things that have changed while we have been away. The State of Oregon has allowed us to provide outdoor open air dining during the winter months and we launched our very first aged wheat whiskey affectionately named Cabbage Hill. We haven’t lost anyone to frostbite, hypothermia, or wild animal attacks, which is surprising.
We have had various weather anomalies at the distillery, but the clubhouse has held strong with minimal damage. Our staff is doing their level best to hold it all together and upper management is proud of how they are rolling with punches regardless of what is literally thrown at them.
Staff Spotlight: Myah Carrier
Myah is one of our bartenders here at the Distillery and she is always quick with a joke or to light up your smoke , but there's some place that she'd rather be she says, "Bill, I believe this is killing me" as the smile ran away from her face, "Well, I'm sure that I could be a movie star If I could get out of this place" Oh, la, la, la, di, dee, da La, la, di, dee, da, da, dum… You can sing along to the Billy Joel ballad here —> Piano Man
In all seriousness diary, we love having her around and she does a great job foisting cocktails at customers! She does well in the cold even though she is from down south!
The always lovely Myah Carrier!
Patio Status
We decided to go for it and open the patio to allow sit down dining… outside… in December.. We secured three more patio heaters from the Pendleton Chamber of Commerce (We Appreciate it, immensely”) Total propane heaters are now at 6. Super inefficient, but they provide enough warmth when needed. We also scored two cords of wood for our two fire pits. The wood is Red Fir and Alderwood which provides a nice smoked salmon while camping in the mountains bouquet. The staff loves the smell until they get home and the novelty wears off.
We celebrated repeal day on December 5th by releasing our Cabbage Hill whiskey and a late evening whiskey shot toast with all the diehards on the patio. Good riddance to the 18th amendment!
We are doing our level best to keep everyone warm and comfortable.
Patio attire!
Dan the man defrosting the concrete tables in the AM
Repeal day toast on the patio! It looks warm, but it isn’t!
Distillery and Kitchen Status
The bitchen kitchen is battling daily to provide food for both the patio diehards and the faithful to-go patrons! They continue to amaze and astound us with their work ethic and creativity. They provided chili specials for the patio faithful and it was a big hit. Frito Pie or Coney Island Dog anyone?
Kaden taking care of a Coney Island Dog!
They are currently working on new specials that will be launching on Saturday December 12th which will be great on the patio or curbside. Two words: Pickled Strawberry Steak Tacos!
The distillery has been busy with the Cabbage Hill Whiskey release and also bottling a Triticale Whiskey that will be released under our “Experimental Label” series. Triticale is a wheat/rye hybrid that provides a great vanilla toffee flavor and spice finish. It will be available to purchase soon. We are also collaborating with the Hines Meat Company on a signature vodka for all those bloody mary lovers out there. More updates on this later.
The distillery also received some swank wood gift boxes from Northwest Wood Box which will be available this weekend.
Gift Boxes! Swoon.
Bottle Time! Cabbage Hill
The Future:
We will be rocking the ugly sweaters and masks this Saturday and so should you. Wear your ugly sweater, get your pic taken and be entered into a fun drawing. We will be donating proceeds to the Art Center this year.
We are putting a roof on the patio! We scored some roofing materials from Treasure Valley Tin with the help of Jake Hines. We hope to have it installed in the next day or so. This will allow us to serve you even if it is pooping kittens outside. Winning!! We are also looking at permanent heating solution for each table. More to come when we know more.
The Roof! about to raise it..
THANK YOU!
We want to thank you for your continued support through all of this. We also want to thank our staff who are the best in the business!
Once we are through this small inconvenience we are going to throw one hell of a party for you!
XXXOOO,
Upper and Middle Management
ps. there might be typos or horrid grammar issues. Will fix them later!
Drink Up!