An Apple a Day: 4 Hard Ciders We Love
If an apple a day keeps the doctor away, a hard cider a day is even better! Toast to the season with one of the refreshing picks below.
Ace Pineapple
Candlelight & Roses
ABV: 6.9%
Available on draft at Nitty’s Cider, 53653 South River Road, Clarksburg, 916-877-5336, nittyscider.com
TASTING NOTES: This dry, unfiltered cider is made with blackberries and cherries, which utilize the dry apple base to make it flavorful and not too sweet.
Available on draft at Nitty’s Cider, 53653 South River Road, Clarksburg, 916-877-5336, nittyscider.com
TASTING NOTES: This dry, unfiltered cider is made with blackberries and cherries, which utilize the dry apple base to make it flavorful and not too sweet.
Farmhouse Dry
Farmhouse Dry
ABV: 8.5%
Available at Lassen Traditional Cider, 26 Bellarmine Court, Chico, 530-593-0555, lassencider.com
TASTING NOTES: Made from a blend of fresh-pressed heirloom and cider apples from the Cascade and Sierra Nevada foothills, this award-winning, barrel-fermented, unfiltered, and unpasteurized cider is aged in neutral red wine barrels, which adds a level of complexity to its flavor.
Available at Lassen Traditional Cider, 26 Bellarmine Court, Chico, 530-593-0555, lassencider.com
TASTING NOTES: Made from a blend of fresh-pressed heirloom and cider apples from the Cascade and Sierra Nevada foothills, this award-winning, barrel-fermented, unfiltered, and unpasteurized cider is aged in neutral red wine barrels, which adds a level of complexity to its flavor.
Ace Pineapple
Ace Pineapple
ABV: 5%
Available at ACE Cider, 2064 Gravenstein Highway North, Building 4, Sebastopol, acecider.com
TASTING NOTES: Take your palate to paradise with the world's original pineapple cider. Instantly sweet with a tart finish, it’s tasty out of the bottle or used as a mixer alongside coconut rum.
Available at ACE Cider, 2064 Gravenstein Highway North, Building 4, Sebastopol, acecider.com
TASTING NOTES: Take your palate to paradise with the world's original pineapple cider. Instantly sweet with a tart finish, it’s tasty out of the bottle or used as a mixer alongside coconut rum.
Ginger Pineapple
Ginger Pineapple
ABV: 6.5%
Available at North Canyon Cider Company, 3541 North Canyon Road, Camino, 650-520-4349, northcanyoncider.com
TASTING NOTES: Light, refreshingly crisp, and deliciously sweet, this cider boasts a perfect balance between farm-fresh apples— pressed daily at North Canyon’s family-owned, solar-powered cider mill in Apple Hill—and zesty ginger.
Available at North Canyon Cider Company, 3541 North Canyon Road, Camino, 650-520-4349, northcanyoncider.com
TASTING NOTES: Light, refreshingly crisp, and deliciously sweet, this cider boasts a perfect balance between farm-fresh apples— pressed daily at North Canyon’s family-owned, solar-powered cider mill in Apple Hill—and zesty ginger.
Compiled by Tara Mendanha & Megan Wiskus