Tasted

Tasted: Tualatin Valley Oregon Single Malt

TVD-Oregon-single-malt-e1454953544206-c3c86716bf62fbca2eb2e9dc177b528a44004fb8Located in Hillsboro, a suburb of Portland, Tualatin Valley Distillery is a small craft distillery focused on single malt whiskey. We’ve written recently about their plans to release a single malt whiskey made entirely from Oregon-grown and Oregon-malted barley, made by Mecca Grade Estate Malt, one of Oregon’s first malteries.

That whiskey, called Tualatin Valley Oregon Single Malt American Whiskey (Batch #5), has finally hit the market. The spirit was distilled from 100% Oregon-grown and malted barley, and then aged for six months in a mix of small charred American oak…