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Since today’s Beer Advent Calendar post highlighted Winter Warmer from Harpoon Brewery, I decided to post the reviews of Harpoon’s fall beers the brewery recently sent me. Harpoon leaned heavily into the autumn theme with these offerings (three beers and a cider), three of which are brewed with pumpkin. (By … Continue reading
Portland Cider has released its Crangerine cider for the holidays, combining cranberries and tangerines in a not-so-subtle nod to the ubiquitous cranberry sauce we have in on the table this time of year. It’s also the first in the company’s lineup with updated, upcycled packaging allowing the cidery to move … Continue reading
2 Towns Ciderhouse is on a roll this year, and that’s only a little bit pun intended (see first review). The Corvallis, Oregon cider maker has rolled out several new ciders in 2020, not to mention picking up Nectar Creek Mead and partnering on a canned wine. I’ve got a … Continue reading
2 Towns Ciderhouse has introduced a new year-round imperial cider to the lineup, and sent me a couple of bottles: Tropical Mayhem. It’s a 9% cider made from apples, passion fruit, and pineapple, and seems like welcome addition to fall. The cidery also included two bottles of its returning Hollow … Continue reading
Hood River’s Double Mountain Brewery & Cidery continues to produce some excellent beers and, over the past couple of years, ciders as well. I’ve been receiving a number of these ciders, including the most recent, Wickson Crab Cider, released this spring. It’s a single-varietal cider made from Wickson crabapples, a … Continue reading
In honor of Oregon Cider Week, going on now (and which wraps up on Sunday the 28th), here is a pair of reviews featuring one of the latest from Portland Cider Company, as well as its flagship. Portland Cider had sent out samples of each in the past months, and … Continue reading
The 9th annual Oregon Cider Week returns this month, starting tomorrow, June 18th and running through 28th. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, this year’s Week pivots to an at home virtual series of events. These are a mix of fully virtual, online seminars or Zoom meets, others are pick-up-and-go (or … Continue reading
The end of last week brought a shipment of canned cider to my door: Portland Cider Company Kinda Dry. Not sure if there’s an occasion or just the cidery reminding us that it’s still there (yay!) with the flagship. Description: The cider that started it all. Our take on an … Continue reading
Pardon the pun in the title… but RazzBerry, from Portland Cider Company, is a pretty good cider. It’s the cidery’s new summer seasonal and I received a couple of cans last month—right as the whole pandemic lockdown was coming down. Portland Cider has been releasing some really nice, well-crafted ciders … Continue reading