Topic Archives: Ciders
Angry Orchard Stone Dry Joins Year-Round Lineup
Angry Orchard Stone Dry Cider is the most recent release in the cidery’s Core Collection.
Angry Orchard Stone Dry is made from a selection of French apple varieties to create the crisp dry flavor of the cider — the driest of all Angry Orchard’s Core Collection ciders. Based on the English-style of dry ciders, Stone Dry is an American interpretation of the traditional cider.
“At Angry Orchard, we’re always experimenting with ingredients and recipes. With Stone Dry, we wanted to capture the heart of traditional bittersweet apple varieties by showcasing their naturally occurring tannins,” said Ryan Burk, Angry Orchard cider maker. “Drinkers who are beginning to explore the drier end of the craft cider spectrum will enjoy Stone Dry for its full tannic mouthfeel, perceived dryness and robust bittersweet aromatic notes, much like a very ripe apple.”
Angry Orchard Stone Dry is available nationwide in 12 ounce bottled 6-packs. Limited amounts will be available on draft.
Style: Cider
Availability: Year-Round
5.5% ABV
Greenbush Barrel Aged Vanderbush
Greenbush Barrel Aged Vanderbush
Crispin 15 Men, a New Rum Aged Cider
Crispin 15 Men, the cidery’s first ever rum barrel-aged cider, releases in early October.
Crispin 15 Men alludes to the classic tale by Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island, and is set to punctuate the taste buds with thoughts of pirates, buried treasure, and swashbuckling adventure.
The mixture of Colfax apple wine was aged in dark rum barrels, and then topped off with wildflower honey and dark candied syrup.
Crispin 15 Men is a limited small batch cider, a part of the cidery’s “Barrel Aged Limited Releases” in 22 ounce bottles beginning in October.
Style: Cider (Barrel-Aged, Rum)
Availability: 22oz Bottles
Release: October, 2015
6.9% ABV
Woodchuck Lazy Hazy Crazy Joins Out on a Limb
Woodchuck Lazy Hazy Crazy Lemon joins the cidery’s Out on a Limb Series this week. The series is a rotating six pack of one-off and experimental ciders.
Woodchuck Lazy Hazy Crazy Lemon is actually a hybrid of a hard cider and a shandy. Woodchuck uses McIntosh, Empire, and Cortland apples infused with fresh lemon juice and lemongrass.
The light body, combined with hints of lemongrass and citrus aroma, make this semi-dry cider a perfectly refreshing summer beverage.
Woodchuck Lazy Hazy Crazy Lemon is available in 12oz bottles. While the label changes, the six pack does not.
Style: Cider / Shandy Hybrid (w/ Lemongrass, Lemon Juice)
Availability: 12oz Bottles. One-Off release.
Launch: Week of June 8th, 2015
4.2% ABV
Burnside Fruit of the Garden of Good & Evil, A Fest Exclusive
Burnside Fruit of the Garden of Good & Evil, a Portland Fruit Beer Festival exclusive release.
Burnside Fruit of the Garden of Good & Evil is a collaboration with Reverend Nat’s Hard Cider. The beer is a blend of fruit beer with pineapple and apricot, plus ghost chilies scotch bonnet peppers, and aji peppers.
This unholy marriage of beer and cider is the ultimate temptation of luscious, juicy and tropical fruit character with notes of Pineapple and Apricot that pulls you in before ending in a firey tropical heat of Ghost Peppers, Scotch Bonnets and Aji peppers and a thirst quenching 4.5%
Burnside Fruit of the Garden of Good & Evil is available in 22oz bottles, at Burnside Brewing during the festival and special events around Portland, Oregon.
Style: Fruit Beer (w/ Pineapple, Apricot, Chili Peppers.)
Availability: 22oz bottles. Limited.
4.5% ABV
Woodchuck Oopsie Daisy Joins Out on a Limb Series
Woodchuck Oopsie Daisy is the lastest release to join the cider’s Out on a Limb Series. Out on a Limb is a rotating six-pack that features some of Woodchuck’s most creative cider varieties. Oopsie Daisy features chamomile flowers, lending the cider a spring flavor.
Oopsy Daisy is infused with real chamomile flowers, which lead to sweet honey and citrus notes for a smooth taste. Crafted with common eating apples such as McIntosh and Cortland, this cider is semi-dry with a delicate floral aftertaste.
The packaging for the Out on a Limb Series doesn’t change, but the bottle art does. Woodchuck Oopsie Daisy is available in 12oz bottles for a limited time.
Style: Cider (w/ Chamomile Flowers)
Availability: 12oz Bottles, Draft.
Release: January, 2015
5.5% ABV
Woodchuck Gumption Joins Year Round Cider Linup
Woodchuck Cider (Middlebury, VT) marks 24 years of following their own (cider) path, with new Gumption Cider.
Nearly a quarter of a decade ago when Woodchuck made the business decision to re-introduce America to hard cider, they were taking a gamble. One that would pay off.
“The word gumption means initiative, resourcefulness, spunk and guts, and from the very beginning in a two-car garage in a small town in Vermont, we have demonstrated those qualities,“ says President and CEO Dan Rowell. “There’s a reason we have gained such a strong following of people who love our cider, and our pioneering spirit will continue to fuel all that we do.”
Woodchuck Gumption draws its name from legendary showman PT Barnum quote. The art work is also a nod to the circus founder. Gumption is created using a blend of fresh juice from common eating apples and dry bittersweet cider apples. The unique flavor comes from the apple blends.
Woodchuck Gumption will be a year round offering starting in March, 2015.
Style: Cider
Availability: 12oz Bottles, Draft. Year Round.
Release: March, 2015
5.5% ABV
