McCarthy's Oregon Single Malt Whiskey is an American single malt whiskey produced by the
Clear Creek Distillery.
Production
Noted for being one of the first American single malts introduced after
Prohibition
Prohibition is the act or practice of forbidding something by law; more particularly the term refers to the banning of the manufacture, storage (whether in barrels or in bottles), transportation, sale, possession, and consumption of alcoholic b ...
and aged for three years in the foothills of
Mount Hood
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,
Oregon
Oregon ( , ) is a U.S. state, state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. It is a part of the Western U.S., with the Columbia River delineating much of Oregon's northern boundary with Washington (state), Washington, while t ...
, McCarthy's is made from 100% malted barley imported from
Scotland
Scotland is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It contains nearly one-third of the United Kingdom's land area, consisting of the northern part of the island of Great Britain and more than 790 adjac ...
. It is heavily peated, in the
Islay
Islay ( ; , ) is the southernmost island of the Inner Hebrides of Scotland. Known as "The Queen of the Hebrides", it lies in Argyll and Bute just south west of Jura, Scotland, Jura and around north of the Northern Irish coast. The island's cap ...
tradition of
single malt scotch
Single malt Scotch refers to single malt whisky made in Scotland. To qualify for this category, a whisky must have been distilled at a single distillery using a pot still distillation process and made from a mash of malted barley. Therefore, a si ...
, and draws comparisons to prominent whiskies such as
Lagavulin
Lagavulin (, "hollow of the mill") is a small village approximately outside Port Ellen on the Isle of Islay, Scotland
Scotland is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It contains nearly one-third ...
.
Whiskyparty tasting notes
McCarthy's was a pioneer of the single malt American whisky revival in the early 1990s and has received equal praise and attention in the years following. The 2008 release received a 96 rating (out of 100) in '' Jim Murray's Whisky Bible''.
Current production is headed by veteran American craft distillers Joseph O'Sullivan and Caitlin Bartlemay.
References
{{cite web, url=https://whiskycast.com/the-first-american-single-malt-whiskey-episode-705-june-10-2018, title=The First American Single Malt Whiskey? (Episode 705: June 10, 2018) | WhiskyCast , date=10 June 2018
External links
Clear Creek Distillery
Whiskies of the United States