McCarthy's 6 Year Oregon Single Malt Whiskey
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100% peat-mailted barley with local Oregon wash, distilled at the Clear Creek Distillery in 60-gallon Holstein pot stills using singlepass distillation and non-chill filtration, McCarthy’s is aged in 36-month air-dried Oregon oak casks for a minimum of six years. Steve McCarthy was the first U.S. distiller to use Oregon oak in the early 1990’s. The result is a tempting smell of a nearby campfire, with a balance of peat and oak that has been acknowledged worldwide.
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With a smoky nose reminiscent of a campfire, this velvety whiskey opens up in the glass and presents like a sumptuous barbecue, complete with charcoal smoke and long-cooked meats. It’s extremely flavorful, a 6 year old Oregon single malt from a distiller whose main release is a 3 year old. It is lively and fun, chewy, spicy, and smoky with a touch of mint; water brings in some sweetness that only makes it better.
A popular favorite among emerging niche categories of American Whiskies, American Single Malts now compete with the best from Scotland, Ireland and Japan. American Single Malt Whiskeys must be mashed, distilled and matured at a single distillery and made entirely from malted barley. There are well over one hundred distillers producing a variety of high-quality American Single Malt Whiskeys.