Crabapple Cider - Variety Box of 6 Ciders
Crabapple Cider - Variety Box of 6 Ciders
"Crabapples are not poison apples, I'm sorry that your parents lied to you!" - as sung by the legendary @blackforager
For the most part, she's right - Crabapples are simply a category of apples characterized by their small size. Not large enough or sweet enough to be cultivated and grown for casual eating, and thus rarely given proper names. Yes, you can eat crabapples - they are typically tart and juicy and great for cooking, but even better for cider!
This 6-bottle bundle of ciders features crab apple varieties that have become well loved by cider makers for their qualities in a delicious cider, and wild / feral crabapples foraged for the purpose of making cider.
Crabapple ciders included:
- Albemarle Ciderworks (Virginia) - Virginia Hewes Crab (750 mL): Virginia's Albemarle Ciderworks champions for traditional American cider apple varieties in most all of their releases. This delightful single-varietal cider is made from an American heirloom crabapple variety originating local to their area and now favored widely by many.
- Cedar Draw Cider (Idaho) - Wickson Vixen (750 mL): Cedar Draw's farm and orchard includes many Wickson crabapples trees believed to be more than 100 years old and likely planted for the purpose of cider making. Dry with lots of bold apple notes and tannin. (Read more about Wickson Crabapples here).
- Empyrical Orchard & Cider (Washington) - Outlier (500 mL): Award winning cider made from apples harvested from a single crabapple tree growing in the Cascade Mountains in Central Washington. A delightful cider - great on it's own, and deserving of a spot on wine lists in fine dining restaurants.
- Haykin Family Cider (Colorado) - Dolgo Crabapple (375 mL): Dolgo is a crabapple variety that is grown by orchardists as a pollinator for other apple varieties. It's also often planted for the ornamental value of it's gorgeous blossom. The city of Denver planted several Dolgo crabapple trees throughout the city for ornamental purposes, which Haykin uses to make this fantastic cider.
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Farmstead Cider (Wyoming) - Yellowstone (750 ml): Sparkling cider made from 100% crabapples found growing on the slopes of the Yellowstone Caldera. These volcanically formed and glacially blended soils grow apples that are rich in flavor and unique in terroir. Many of these trees are over 100 years old, and were planted by the same generation that founded Yellowstone National Park 150 years ago.
- Liberty Ciderworks (Washington) - Manchurian Crab (375 mL): An apéritif-style cider single-varietal cider made from 100% Manchurian Crabapples. Manchurian Crabapples are tiny (cherry sized) but pack a huge flavor punch. This unique cider offers a full-bodied, intensely-flavored experience like a port wine or French Pommeau (but without the added brandy). This one will blow your minds!
*Please Note: Items pictured are not necessarily what you'll receive. You'll receive the items listed above.
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