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BRANDY FRUIT & EAU DE VIE CLEAR CREEK DISTILLERY UNITED STATES, OREGON Founded over 30 years ago by Steve McCarthy, inspired by the great fruit brandies of Alsace. Produced the same way to this day, from whole fruit distillation on a single pass through 60 gallon pot still. There is no purer expression of the remarkable fruits of the Hood River Valley.

Clear Creek Pear Brandy CCDPBYNVS / 50ml / $43.70 CCDPBYNVB / 375ml / $23.00 CCDPRYNVS / 600ml (50ml Sleeve of 12) / $37.70 CCDPBRNVC / 750ml / $37.00 Considered one of the best eau de vies in the world. It takes 30 pounds of pears to make a bottle. No color, flavoring or sugar in this landmark pear brandy made in Oregon. 80PF Clear Creek Pear in Bottle CCDPBLNVC / 750ml / $58.00 The pear actually grows inside of the bottle in their orchards, and then filled with their pear eau de vie. This practice of growing pears in the bottle is traditional in Alsace where pear brandy has been

Gold Bartender Spirits Awards (2021) Clear Creek Apple Brandy 2YO CCDWAPNVB / 375ml / $16.75 CCDWABNVC / 750ml / $28.00

An eau de vie made from local Golden Delicious apples. Long fermentation time produces a complex cider which is distilled in an alembic brandy still and then aged in French oak for two years. This brandy shows a spicy character on the palate with lots of natural apple aromas. Great for apple brandy cocktails like a Jack Rose. 80PF

made for hundreds of years. Pear-in-the-bottle is highly labor intensive, requiring weeks of work putting the bottles on the trees in late May when the small pear will still fit in the neck of the bottle, tending them all summer, and picking them in late August. 80PF

Clear Creek Apple Brandy 8YO CCDEAPNVB / 375ml / $23.00 CCDEABNVC / 750ml / $40.00

Following the customs of the Calvados makers of Normandy, the high-proof apple spirit is aged in old Cognac barrels, made of Limousin oak, for at least eight years. The result is a beautiful amber brandy, with a remarkable amount of apple in the nose, but with the sophistication and complexity gained from all those years in oak. 80PF Clear Creek Blue Plum Brandy (Slivovitz) Made much as it has been made in Europe for centuries, but the result is smoother, more aromatic, and more sophisticated than any European Blue Plum Brandy. Makes a great sorbet. Try it in an Old Fashioned! Kosher. 80PF Clear Creek Cherry Brandy (Kirsch) CCDKWRNVB / 375ml / $23.00 CCDKBRNVS / 600ml (50ml Sleeve of 12) / $35.88 CCDKWSNVC / 750ml / $37.00 Considered the top domestically produced cherry brandy. Fresh Oregon and Washington sweet cherries are crushed, fermented, and distilled into clear, powerful Kirschwasser (Cherry Schnapps) in the traditional German fashion. The flavor and great vanilla/ almond “nose” come only from the cherries, as does the alcohol. Kosher. 80PF This eau de vie is made from an infusion of the springtime buds of Douglas Fir picked by hand into clear brandy which is then re- distilled and re-infused with more buds. Finally, it is strained and bottled. The green color and complex fresh flavor are from the Douglas Fir buds. No artificial colors or flavors are added. 80PF LIMITED AVAILABILITY Clear Creek Framboise Raspberry Eau de Vie CCDFSRNVB / 375ml / $37.50 Very aromatic and very difficult to make. It takes up to 80 pounds of raspberries to make one small bottle of Framboise. Fermentation of fresh whole raspberries is very tricky and some years there’s lots of it and other years there isn’t any at all. Limited availability. 80PF CCDBPBNVB / 375ml / $23.00 CCDBPMNVC / 750ml / $37.00 Clear Creek Douglas Fir Brandy CCDEDFNVB / 375ml / $37.50

PEAR BRANDY SIDECAR INGREDIENTS: 1 ½ oz Clear Creek Pear Brandy ½ oz triple sec ½ oz fresh squeezed lemon juice DIRECTIONS: Shake brandy, lemon juice and simple with ice. Serve in a Collins glass and top with soda water.

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