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Double Mountain Brewery doesn’t just brew beer, but also crafts a variety of ciders, and recently the company announced its seasonal cider lineup for 2024. Seven ciders are featured, three of which are new this year (and Double Mountain sent me a bottle of the new Harrison to sample). The … Continue reading
I recently received a mix of mostly imperial ciders from Blake’s Hard Ciders, four in all, representing each of the companies under the Blake’s umbrella: Blake’s itself, Avid Cider, and Austin Eastciders. The pitch for these particular ciders is Valentine’s Day themed: Valentine’s Day is around the corner, and no … Continue reading
Oregon Cider Week returns for 2024, a few months earlier than usual, and begins today, Saturday, January 13. It runs through Sunday, January 21, and features a full schedule of events over the next week—largely coinciding with CiderCon, which is taking place in Portland at the same time. In fact, … Continue reading
The annual Brine, Brew & Barrel Festival is just around the corner, returning to Ashland, Oregon for the third time. The event is taking place January 12 through 14 at the Ashland Hills Hotel, and features a variety of workshops and demos along with a beer dinner and a cider … Continue reading
Earlier this fall Avid Cider released the latest addition to its year-round imperial cider lineup, Blueberry Pom Imperial Cider. Like the others in the imperial series, it’s 8.5% alcohol by volume, instead of the 6-to-6.2% of its other ciders. The recipe is an imperialized version of the cidery’s classic Blueberry … Continue reading
My latest article for The Bulletin hit the stands a week and a half ago, and I wrote about the seasonal ciders from Bend Cider Company, specifically the company’s Guava Hibiscus Cider which was released for summer. Bend Cider opened in 2019, with a cidery and taproom located in Tumalo. … Continue reading
Hood River’s Double Mountain Brewery is one of the most reliably consistent breweries in the state, best known for its hoppy ales while handling other styles, and even cider, with ease. The brewery sent me several samples to review this summer—two beers and a cider—and while my review notes below … Continue reading
Schilling Hard Cider of Seattle offers a line of imperial ciders under its Excelsior series, all at least 8% alcohol by volume and branded with a space theme (or “Space Giraffe” might be a better descriptor, based on the labels). The latest in the series is an imperial pineapple cider, … Continue reading
Avid Cider is expanding and this week announced its latest move—to Redmond. The company will be taking over the production brewery space currently occupied by Silver Moon Brewing; it’s a 15,000 square foot facility and will include much of the current equipment already there. Both companies issued press releases this … Continue reading
Double Mountain Brewery has a new line of reserve ciders out now, specialty ciders crafted to showcase old world cider traditions and specialty apple varietals. As part of the rollout, the brewery sent me a bottle of Irene Rosé Red Fleshed Cider to sample. Details from the press release: Double … Continue reading