HWG Spirit Book

FRUIT BRANDIES • EAU DE VIE

GRAPE BRANDIES

Clear Creek Distillery

Hood River, Oregon (Hood River Distillers)

FRUIT BRANDIES

• EAU DE VIE

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, Apple Brandy, Barrel Aged 2 Years 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. Clear Creek, Reserve Apple Brandy, Aged 8 Years 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. 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. Clear Creek, Raspberry Brandy (Framboise) 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.

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