HOOD RIVER DISTILLERS NAMES CAITLIN BARTLEMAY MASTER DISTILLER
Hood River Distillers, celebrating its 90th anniversary as the Pacific Northwest’s largest and oldest distillery, is proud to announce the promotion of Caitlin Bartlemay to Master Distiller.
Bartlemay joined Clear Creek Distillery in 2010 as a logistics coordinator and worked her way through the ranks to distiller. In 2014, Clear Creek was acquired by Hood River Distillers, joining the two oldest operating distilleries in Oregon, and returning Hood River Distillers to its original roots of creating fruit brandies.
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HOOD RIVER DISTILLERS CELEBRATES 90TH ANNIVERSARY
1934 was the year that Babe Ruth said goodbye to baseball. It wasn’t a great year for criminals – just ask Bonnie & Clyde and John Dillinger – but it was a record-breaking year for It Happened One Night, which won every major category at the Academy Awards. It was also the year that three businessmen from the Pacific Northwest began making fruit wine and brandies from the over-abundance of apples and pears grown in the Hood River Valley, and Hood River Distillers (DSP-OR-1) was born.
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The 10 Best Cinnamon Whiskeys To Try This Year
With a name like Sinfire, you likely have a pretty good idea about what you’re in for with this flavored whiskey. Coming from the folks at Hood River Distillers, this cinnamon flavor whiskey is a blend of a smooth, easy-drinking whiskey and cinnamon sugar flavor. The result is a sweet, spicy, cinnamon-filled whiskey that will warm you from inside out if you drink it neat or on the rocks. It also makes a spicy/sweet base for your favorite whiskey cocktail.
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Timberline Vodka Releases ‘The Big Dog’
Timberline Vodka, the award-winning spirit crafted from grain, Pacific Northwest Apples and glacier-fed spring water from Mt. Hood has released a 1.75L bottle. Nicknamed ‘The Big Dog,’ the bottle is a nod to the decades-old tradition of resident St. Bernards at the iconic Timberline Lodge, which shares the vodka’s name.
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Dale DeGroff and Ted Breaux Create Bitter Aperitivo and New World Amaro
Collaboration among King Cocktail Dale DeGroff, Absinthe Master Ted Breaux and Clear Creek Distillery produces two must-have ingredients for craft cocktail programs
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HOOD RIVER DISTILLERS LAUNCHES INNOVATIVE NEW WHISKY
Forthwest Whisky is a portfolio of modern whiskies created to transport whisky drinkers and the entire category to a new, flavorful direction.
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