Sip Northwest, Fall 2018
79 S I P N O R T H W E S T C O M SINGULAR SIPPING One of a Kind Tasting Experiences Blue Mountain Cider Co MILTON FREEWATER OR Three generations of farmers have built a northeastern Oregon business around orchards vineyards apple packing a winery and this cidery whose taproom shares space with the production facility in the historic Watermill Building A game room with air hockey and a patio bar with a fountain and firepit are perfect places for big groups to taste the tangy simplicity of sustainably grown Winesap apples in a bottle or fruited blends like cherry cider drinkcider com Last Chance Pub Cider Mill BILLINGS MT This warehouse that once held a tractor showroom is now one part cozy industrial chic restaurant with a floor to ceiling German fireplace as its centerpiece and one part half cider mill operating from October to March Rum barrel aged cider or the Full Montana made with Montana apples and sweetened with local beet sugar before being fermented to dryness with Champagne yeast pairs well with hearty fare like a BLT on sourdough with bacon cured on site lastchancecider com Dragons Head Cider VASHON ISLAND WA If the amenities and hours are limited at this island cidery off the coast of Western Washington the ambiance makes up for it Friday through Sunday hike Meadowlake Trail to Mukai Pond then double back to the orchard side tasting room to cool off at a picnic table with a Traditional Cider a beautifully layered blend of 20 classic English and French heirloom apples grown on site or single varietal stunner Kingston Black dragonsheadcider com Merridale Cidery Distillery COBBLE HILL BC This combination cidery and distillery is almost an hour up island from Victoria a trek about 30000 visitors make each year for beverages like a well matured apple brandy distilled in 2007 or a cyser blend of apples and wildflower honey Of course the alfresco dining the brick oven bakery and farm store the vinegar shack and the two glamping ready yurts adjacent to the orchard are major draws too merridale ca
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