Craft Distilling Seminar with the Legendary Steve McCarthy

Want to learn craft distilling first-hand from one of Oregon’s original craft distillers? Legendary Clear Creek Distillery owner and founder Steve McCarthy will be training prospective future distillers at  The Distiller’s Art seminar October 13-15, 2010.  This is your chance to learn the entire process of making Clear Creek Pear Eau de Vie, “the most extraordinary eau-de-vie in America, indeed, in the world,” according to Karen MacNeil’s The Wine Bible. Jim Murray’s Whiskey Bible describes McCarthy as the man who “set new standards among the world’s smaller distilleries.”

It’s not every day that you get to work alongside a legend. Here are the details:

Make the Perfect Eau-de-Vie of Pear with Clear Creek Distillery’s Stephen McCarthy

Wed., Oct. 13 – Fri., Oct. 15, 2010

For the first time ever, master distiller Stephen McCarthy will welcome a small group of spirits enthusiasts to a hands-on seminar at his world-renowned Clear Creek Distillery, celebrating its 25th anniversary in 2010. You will experience the entire process of making Clear Creek’s best-known spirit, pear eau-de-vie. Spend two days during the height of the harvest season creating Stills with 4this magical fruit brandy from beginning to end – from crushing and fermenting the ripe Oregon pears, through the distilling process in Clear Creek’s beautiful copper stills, to bottling and labeling, under the tutelage of Stephen and the distillery team.

The class begins Wednesday evening at the distillery, with a casual dinner and a tasting of Clear Creek’s extraordinary bottlings led by Stephen, and ends Friday before lunch, around noon. Each participant will return home with a bottle of Clear Creek Pear Brandy they have made themselves.

Click here to register.