Clear Creek Distillery
McCarthy's Oregon Single Malt Whiskey
- Own distillate
- Non-chill filtered
- Core range
- Proof
- 85
- Age
- 3 yr
- Style
- MaltAmerican Single Malt Whiskey
- MSRP
- $59.99~$60.00 street
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“Peated Scottish malt, one-pass Holstein pot still, Oregon oak — no chill filter”
Tasting notes
- nose
- peat and smoke lead despite modest 85 — Islay-adjacent campfire and coastal malt softened by Oregon oak’s gentler tannin
- palate
- delicate rather than bombastic, peated malt complexity beyond the three-year statement, soft oak sweetness
- finish
- lingering smoke, malt, gentle Oregon wood
Mash bill
- Peat-malted Scottish barley100%
100% peat-malted Scottish barley — same peated malt tradition as Islay, fermented historically with Widmer Brothers brewing partners, distilled as a single-malt American whiskey rather than Scotch. Pure peat-malt bill; no corn or rye.
- Cask
- 3-year air-dried Oregon oak barrels
- Best served
- neat
Why it's craft
Pioneer Oregon craft (Stephen McCarthy / Clear Creek); peated ASM aged in Oregon oak under Hood River Distillers.
Clear Creek Distillery
Corporate-owned · Est. 1985
Sources: hrdspirits.com, breakingbourbon.com, bevvy.co