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While I am mostly a winedrinker, we always have some Clear Creel product in the cabinet and tried the new Oregon Gins. Clear Creek also rescued our favorite backing subject: Black Forest Cake. Until I found the 'Kirschwasser' we had to deal we inferior Schnapps products (brrr), but soaking the cream and cherries in Kirschwasser first makes a cake just like my mother's. The name leads me to a thought on naming the products: Everybody knows the European winemakers beef with wine names like 'Burgundy', 'Rhine', 'Chablis'.
So I am a little ambivalent towards using the European names prominantly on the label, vs saying 'Oregon Cherry Brandy' and in smaller print 'Kirschwasser' or 'Eau de Vie Style', whatever the case may be. Finally I am miffed about the OLCC rules on these products: They should be treated like wine and beer; after all we are not dealing we rut-gut here and I can not see the average alcoholic running around with $30/$40 Oregon spirits scaring the daylights out of the onlooking public.

Wolfgang Sailler, Salem

posted 4 years, 11 months ago
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