Empyrical Cider - Outlier Cider (500 mL)
Empyrical Cider - Outlier Cider (500 mL)
Empyrical's Outlier Cider is an oak-aged crabapple blend that prominently features a single transcendant crabapple tree growing on a historic old prairie orchard in the foothills of Washington's Cascade Mountains. This lone tree is roughly 30 feet tall and sits on the edge of a property in Central Washington surrounded by little else. Check out this beautiful video on Empyrical's instagram for a glimpse of the fruit being harvested by Adam & Elizabeth.
The Transcendant Crabapples from this tree are blended with Hewes Crab, Muscadette de Dieppe, Calville Blanc and Dolgo crab apples grown on Empyrical's own orchard; as well as some Ashmead's Kernel apples harvested in Eastern Washington.
The sharp blend was mellowed by an in-bottle malo-lactic fermentation. The cider drinks dry to semi-dry, with medium-plus tannins and acidity in great balance. Complex aromas of a freshly cooked down batch of apple butter - cooked apple, bit of baking spice, and faint notes of white flower, apricot, wood, and an orange wedge. Rich fruitcake flavor profile, a palate cleansing minearity, and with lingering phenolic notes of smoke, spice, and barrel.
Exquisite.
About Empyrical Cider: We simply cannot say enough good things about Empyrical Cider. Since their launch in 2022, every cider & perry they've released has been one of our favorite bottles in the shop. (Side note: we've also had the pleasure of trying countless bottles of experimental batches and bottles from their archives, all of which have been highly impressive). In a few short years they've won countless awards for their ciders - most notably being crowned the Best New Cidery at the Northwest Cider Cup (2023), and Cider Maker of the Year at GLINTCAP for three consecutive years and counting (micro-scale category, 2023-2025).
Empyrical Cider was started by Adam Wargacki and Elizabeth Lockhart - partners in business and in life. They planted their own pome fruit orchard on their family's property in Snohomish, Washington. Notably, more than 400 of their 1500+ fruit trees are traditional perry pear varieties. They craft their cider and perry blends with an immense amount of thought and careful attention to detail - and the results are always stunning. Each of their releases is a very limited, small batch offering, and not to be missed. Easily the best perry maker in the United States, and their ciders are every bit as good.
- Dry-to-Sweet Scale: Dry
- Tannins: Medium-Plus
- Acidity: Medium Plus
- 🍎🍐 Varieties: Crabapples, Dolgo Crabapple, Ashmead's Kernel, Muscadet de Dieppe, Hewes Crabapple, and Calville Blanc d’Hiver
- Features: Organic
- ABV: 9.0%
- Format: 500 mL Bottle
- Shipping available across U.S.
- In stock, ready to ship
- Inventory on the way
