Sip Northwest, Fall 2016
66 S I P N O R T H W E S T C O M BEST OAK AGED 1ST PLACE Seattle Cider Co Oaked Maple ORIGIN Seattle CHARACTER This winter seasonal om Seattles fi rst cidery since Prohibition is comprised of dessert apple favorites Gala Fuji and Granny Smith and is fermented with toasted oak chips to provide the barrel aging eff ect without any time lost but with plenty of vanilla oak BEST SINGLE VARIETAL 1ST PLACE Finnriver Farm Cidery Golden Russet ORIGIN Chimacum WA CHARACTER The only single varietal off ering om this farmbased Olympic Peninsula producer organic russeted apples mostly Golden Russet grown onsite are blended with others gathered om orchards nearby to produce a fullbodied fully textured and vibrantly fl avorsome off dry cider 23 750ml fi nnriver com 2ND PLACE Alpenfi re Cider Glow Rosé 24 500ml 3RD PLACE Whitewood Cider Co Newtown Pippin 15 750ml Best Northwest Cider Festival Cider Summit Seattle The September festival that thankfully keeps returning and has for seven years now features over 150 ciders from regional favorites to international classics reigning as the regions largest cider festival Take everything you know about cider and multiply that with this outdoor party that takes place during Washington Cider Week Tasting eating and drinking is on the menu along with many educated professionals who will answer your wildest cider related questions cidersummitnw com Best Packaging The BX Press Cidery Orchard The Bandit Vernon BC Good looking and better tasting this fl agship cider is a careful blending of over 24 estate apples topped with natural BC cherry juice just before bottling The redhued cider dons a caricature of a 19th century gunman who held up the Barnard Express one of the oldest largest and longest running stagecoach companies in North America Both the story and the cider go deeper with a semi sweet refresher of apple and cherry to sip while relishing in local history thebxpress com TOP LEFT BY BOKEH BOX MEDIA BOTTOM COURTESY NW CIDER ASSOCIATION
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