TRAIL'S END STRAIGHT BOURBON FINISHED WITH OREGON OAK 8 YR

Trail's End is a Kentucky bourbon that finishes its journey in Oregon. Hood River Distillers, the oldest distillery in Oregon and the company that bought Clear Creek Distillery in 2014, sources a straight bourbon that has spent eight years in charred new American oak in Kentucky, ships it west to Hood River in the Columbia Gorge, and then finishes it in steel vats on staves of Oregon Garryana oak, the native white oak that Clear Creek had already been using on its McCarthy's single malt. The finished whiskey is proofed to 90 (45% ABV) with glacier-fed spring water from Mount Hood. The bourbon launched in October 2015 as the first collaboration between the two houses, with Hood River president Ron Dodge sourcing the base whiskey through long-standing relationships in Kentucky; the mash bill is kept as a trade secret. Hood River describes the nose as toasted hazelnut, stone fruit, ruby port and apple, with the Garryana oak taking the bite off the opening, and the palate as roasted apples, hazelnut, chocolate and candy cap mushroom, running to a long, warm, oily and buttery finish with sweet cream, hazelnut, malt spice and a slight char note.

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