Review: Clear Creek Vodka
Clear Creek Vodka is crafted from 14 different varietals of Non-GMO apples grown on Hood River and Yakima Valley orchards. The spirit is distilled using a 46 chamber column still and then cut to 80 proof with glacier fed spring water from Mt. Hood. The Clear Creek distillery was founded by Stephen McCarthy in Portland Oregon. His family has owned orchards in Oregon since the turn of the century. Stephen began creating award winning European style fruit brandies but sold the distillery to Hood River in 2014. In 2017 Clear Creek moved to a brand new distillery in Hood River Oregon. Two years later they launched Clear Creek Vodka. The aroma leads with apple, and vanilla. Additional time brings out caramel apple and banana bread. The sweet apple entry is joined by vanilla building to a caramel apple peak. It fades with tart apple, and smashed banana. The finishes is semi dry and crisp with saline, bittersweet banana peel, and apple skin taste, leaving anise, mineral, and a warm white peppery sting.
Made in Hood River Oregon
40% Alcohol
Flavor: 95
Finish: 89
Score: 92
Award: Gold Medal