Commercial ciders

[AzOr]

Me too. I pressed about 3-4 gallons worth but wish I could have bought more. I’ll have to blend mine because I have lots more sharps than bitter/sharps.

Please report back when you open.

 

[AzOr]

I usually don’t reach for flavored ciders first, but I had the basil mint on tap before and it was really good. Balanced and refreshing. The flavors weren’t overpowering.

 

[theinterneti]

Failed to mention Cascadia Ciderworks. I really like their (sour!) granny smith, better than bad grandmas IMO. Their dry cider is super clean and easy drinking.

I'm more likely to go with flavored commercial ciders because I always have a dry, clean cider on tap. I've been exploring commercial ciders to find what kind of flavors I might be interested in experimenting with once I have the space.

Basil and mint sounds like it could make a very interesting cider indeed. Very complex flavors and must be very cautious with the mint.

I'm going to start a list of flavors to try on my own now...

 

[Sessionz]

In Michigan...both near Traverse City

Tandem & Suttons Bay -- both Excellent [emoji111]

I went to Sutton’s Bay Ciders this past summer and it was great! The Testamint cider was awesome. The ciders at Mawby are excellent too

 

[AzOr]

Seems like there are many cideries out there that are not widely distributed.

Anyone interested in a commercial cider exchange?

I’m not sure what the laws are around shipping booze. But I have a “friend” who has shipped homebrew through USPS without any problems.

 

[AzOr]

Failed to mention Cascadia Ciderworks. I really like their (sour!) granny smith, better than bad grandmas IMO. Their dry cider is super clean and easy drinking.

I'm more likely to go with flavored commercial ciders because I always have a dry, clean cider on tap. I've been exploring commercial ciders to find what kind of flavors I might be interested in experimenting with once I have the space.

Basil and mint sounds like it could make a very interesting cider indeed. Very complex flavors and must be very cautious with the mint.

I'm going to start a list of flavors to try on my own now...

I believe Cascadia ciderworks is Rev Nats cider company.

 

[gratus fermentatio]

"Poor Farmer" - Western Cider, made right here in MT. It's my goto cider.
"Anthem" - Wandering Aengus, out of OR. It's my other goto cider.
"Wickson" - Wandering Aengus. My absolute Favorite, but a little pricey at $8 per 20 oz. bottle.
There are a lot of really great ciders out there, but most of them get only regional distribution at best.
Regards, GF.

 

[wasully]

"Poor Farmer" - Western Cider, made right here in MT. It's my goto cider.
"Anthem" - Wandering Aengus, out of OR. It's my other goto cider.
"Wickson" - Wandering Aengus. My absolute Favorite, but a little pricey at $8 per 20 oz. bottle.
There are a lot of really great ciders out there, but most of them get only regional distribution at best.
Regards, GF.

That's pretty much how things are priced in the PNW. There are some more big-market, lower priced things. But for small, orchard based ciderys, that's mostly what they do-$6-$10 for a 500mL. Or 750mL for $15+.

 

[AzOr]

Pictures or I won’t believe anything that is posted.

 

[AzOr]

Alter Ego out of Oregon is one that I want to try.
I believe it was started as an offshoot from a winery.

 

[BrewSavage]

Supreme Core's Farmhouse Saison for two reasons:
1.) Supreme Core is a a great name for a Washington, DC cider maker.
2.) Their Farmhouse Saison tastes like a proper English farmhouse scrumpy.

 

[AzOr]

Recently tried this and it was excellent. I usually shy away from fruited ciders but made an exception. Really good pineapple taste without any weird artificial flavors. To my unsophisticated palate, it seems like they actually fermented the pineapple with the base cider. I would definitely buy again.
Not overly sweet.

 

[Verac]

I live in Virginia and we seem to have some good ciders around the state. My go-to is Bold Rock (Virginia Draft). I have a sweet tooth and, to me, it tastes great. We used to have some called foggy ridge which was a much drier and good tasting cider.

Honorable mention to Ship's Wheel which is one I had on vacation and comes from Charleston, SC. I had a variety called summer splash that had a bit of grapefruit in it. It was a bit sour and very tasty.

 

[Verac]

Oh also, I got started on Cider like 7 years back when my friend introduced me to canned and imported StrongBow. Can't find the canned and dry version these days, all I can find are the more sugary varieties.

 

[Kees]

http://www.appelwijn.be/index.htmlThis guy in Belgium does very nice ciders. I had his Nagafu and Red Love.
He recommended I try Junami single varietal cider. My eldest daughter thinks the cider I made with Junamis is better than his cider.

 

[doublejef]

Oliver's cider and perry are the best I can find here.
I Don't really like bitter/tannic cider so English is not my favourite and the French Cider are way too sweet to my taste. Asturian cider from the north of Spain are really good if you like acidity as I do. But for the rest I'm really jealous looking how much cider's world is full of live in US and Aussie. It won't be easy to be part of your trade idea from here, but I'm definitely interested.