HWG Spirit Book

GRAPPA

Clear Creek Distillery

GRAPPA VODKA • GIN • GENEVER GRAPE BRANDIES FRUIT BRANDIES • EAU DE VIE

Hood River, Oregon (Hood River Distillers)

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, Grappa Pinot Noir Ordinarily it is very hard to make decent grappa from red wine grapes that are fermented on the skins. When the winemaker presses the completely fermented must, often there isn’t much left in the pomace to distill. So they need to search carefully for very good pinot noir fermentations with a winemaker who has a light touch at the press. This grappa is made from pomace from Lemelson Winery. The result is a very clean grappa

with good pinot noir character, and a very clean finish. Clear Creek, Grappa Muscat Their Grappa Muscat is made from the pressed skins and seeds of muscat grapes. It has a very floral, easy to like aroma, is smooth and pleasant to taste, and has a clean finish.

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