Name: CLEAR CREEK DISTILLERY MCCARTHY'S OREGON - BOURBON
Price: 50.00 USD
Availability: InStock

$50.00

CLEAR CREEK DISTILLERY MCCARTHY’S OREGON

Type: Single Malt, Whiskey (American)
Price Range: $50 – $100
Producers: Clear Creek
Size: 750ml
Country: USA
Region: Oregon
Subregion: Portland

Category: WHISKEY AMERICAN Tags: Barton Distilling Company, Bourbon, George Dickel, Kentucky, MGP Distillery, Proof and Wood, Tennessee, Whiskey (American)

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CLEAR CREEK DISTILLERY MCCARTHY’S OREGON SINGLE MALT WHISKEY

McCarthy’s Oregon Single Malt Whiskey is of the Islay tradition of Scotch whisky. Of well-known single malts from Scotland, it resembles the Lagavulin whisky. Made from peat-malted barley brought in from Scotland, this whiskey would be a single malt Scotch if Oregon were Scotland. Production is very limited because what distillery puts in the barrel doesn’t come out for years.

TASTING NOTES

It is very peat-y. Widmer Brothers ferments the peat-malted barley into a “wash” or unhopped beer. This whiskey is distilled in Holstein pot stills using one pass distillation. MOreover, distillery makes a small “heads” cut and a fairly large “tails” cut and puts about 4 liters of tails into the next still run.
The proof at time of distillation is about 150 (75%). Then distillery reduces in proof and barrel-age the rough distillate in old sherry casks. All the Oregon Single Malt now spends some time in barrels made from air-dried Oregon Oak.
The present bottling is only 3 years old but we think it is remarkably smooth for such a young whiskey. The result is a smooth, peat-y whiskey with a surprisingly clean finish.