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    Master Distiller

    Caitlin Bartlemay

    Master Distiller, Clear Creek Distillery / Hood River Distillers

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    Portrait of Caitlin Bartlemay

    Portrait of Caitlin Bartlemay

    i. Biography

    Caitlin Bartlemay is Master Distiller at Hood River Distillers and Clear Creek Distillery in Oregon, where she was promoted in April 2024 after joining Clear Creek in 2010 as a logistics coordinator and advancing through distilling roles. She oversees production of McCarthy’s Oregon Single Malt, Timberline Vodka, and Clear Creek’s brandies and eaux de vie. She is a food science graduate from Oregon State University with a fermentation focus and chemistry minor, and a distilling leader in American single malt whiskey.

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