Bitter
Aperitivo
DeGroff crafts this signature Italian-style Bitter Aperitivo to deliver excellence in cocktails.
DeGroff Bitter Aperitivo is handcrafted entirely from natural botanical ingredients including fruits, roots, flowers and leaves. It is finished with glacier-fed spring water from Mt. Hood, Oregon’s highest mountain peak. The masterful balance of flavors give DeGroff Italian-style Bitter Aperitivo a bold, yet sultry profile that provides bartenders and cocktail enthusiasts with an exciting new option for classic cocktail mixology.
50 PROOF | 700 ML
Amaro
New World
Drawing from a depth of experience, DeGroff brings forth a West Indies-inspired Amaro accented with Caribbean spices.
DeGroff New World Amaro is handcrafted entirely from natural botanical ingredients including fruits, roots, flowers and leaves. It is finished with glacier-fed spring water from Mt. Hood, Oregon’s highest mountain peak. DeGroff Amaro delivers a rich, bittersweet complexity found in the finest traditional Italian spirits, but with a New World botanical twist for versatility in cocktail mixology.
70 PROOF | 700 ML
95 Points - Wine Enthusiast (2023)
Master Collaboration
Five years in the making, what began as a quest to create artisanal spirits with their own botanical identity and real craft cocktail potential, Dale DeGroff and Ted Breaux have released their vision for aperitivo and amaro in partnership with Clear Creek Distillery.
King of Cocktails
Co-Creator and Master Bartender
Dale DeGroff
Celebrated for sparking the classic cocktail revival in New York’s famous Rainbow Room in the 1990’s, Dale DeGroff reinvented the bartending profession, igniting a global cocktail renaissance that continues to this day.
Dale’s contributions are credited with two James Beard awards, the Tales of the Cocktail Lifetime Achievement Award, Wine Enthusiast’s 2019 Cocktail Legend Award, and many others. In what began as a quest to create an artisanal spirits befitting of classic cocktail excellence, Dale forged a collaboration with T.A. Breaux, renowned Absinthe Expert and Master Distiller.
Godfather of Absinthe
Co-Creator and Master Distiller
T.A. (Ted) Breaux
Friend, colleague and master distiller, Ted Breaux led the development of DeGroff’s Bitter Aperitivo and New World Amaro.
Research scientist and world-renowned absinthe expert, Ted Breaux carefully reverse engineered vintage absinthes. He worked diligently with the TTB to get a 95-year ban lifted, and in 2007, Lucid became the first genuine absinthe to be available in the United States. Distilled in strict accordance with traditional French methods in the historic Combier Distillery in the Loire Valley of France, his award-winning absinthes are made with whole European herbs free of artificial flavors or colors.
Masters of Craft
With over 30 years of combined distilling and craft spirit experience at Clear Creek Distillery, Head Distiller, Caitlin Bartlemay, and Former Master Distiller, Joseph O’Sullivan, were honored to work with this dynamic pair to bring these products to fruition.
Caitlin Bartlemay
Head Distiller
Caitlin Bartlemay started her career at Clear Creek Distillery in 2010 after finishing her degree in Food Science. She is passionate and devoted to educating the world on why the story and quality of the spirits in their glass is worth celebrating.
Joseph O’Sullivan
Former Master Distiller
Joseph O’Sullivan first joined Clear Creek Distillery in 2005 and has made his home in the craft distilling world. Frequent public speaker on the history and science of distillation, his passion stems from an earnest appreciation of his career’s good fortune and a love of education.
