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Wassail & Wild Cider Wassail & Wild Cider
Wassail & Wild Cider
$19.00

  • A dry sparkling cider made from a blend of early season apples harvested in the 2023 season. Wild fermented, bottle conditioned.

  • “Wassail” (unidentified standard tree, early season; possibly Early Mac)

    Mixed wild seedling varieties

  • 7.1% abv

    <50ppm total added sulfites

    18 cases produced

The Portage The Portage
The Portage
$21.00

  • A gently sparkling cider made from a blend of seedling and cultivated varieties, harvested in the 2024 season. Fruit harvested in New York (61%), Ohio (38%), and Pennsylvania (1%).

    Wild fermented, bottle conditioned.

  • Cultivated varieties: Redfield (American bittersharp), Jonagold (American sharp), Porter’s Perfection (English bittersharp)

    Seedling varieties: Rock Red (sharp), Knife’s Edge (bittersharp), Bolter Snow (mild bittersharp)

  • 8.2% abv

    <75ppm total added sulfites

    32 cases produced

Wassail 2024 Wassail 2024
Wassail 2024
$19.00

  • A dry sparkling cider made from estate-grown fruit ( a single standard tree) harvested in the 2024 season. Wild fermented, bottle conditioned.

  • “Wassail” (unidentified standard tree, early season; possibly Early Mac)

  • 7.8% abv

    <50ppm total added sulfites

    19 cases produced

Sparkling Perry Sparkling Perry
Sparkling Perry
$25.00

  • A dry, sparkling perry made from tannic wild seedling pears foraged in the 2024 harvest from New York (98%), Pennsylvania (1%), and Ohio (1%). Wild fermented, bottle conditioned.

  • A press blend of late season seedling varieties, many of them highly tannic.

  • 7.0% abv

    <75ppm total added sulfites

    Chaptalized before fermentation for stability (fully fermented)

    22 cases produced

Walha'ndi Walha'ndi
Walha'ndi
$21.00

  • A dry, sparkling cider made using only fruit foraged in 2024 from wild seedling trees growing in the Walhonding Watershed. Wild fermented, bottle conditioned.

  • Mixed seedling varieties, including a bittersharp we’ve named Cosh Bottoms Bitter and an aromatic sharp we’ve named Troyer Brannte

  • 8.4% abv

    <50ppm total added sulfites

    20 cases produced

Glacial Cider Glacial Cider
Glacial Cider
$30.00

  • A dry, sparkling cider made with a blend of cider varieties from the 2023 harvest and reserved juice from the growing orchard, 2020-2023. Wild fermented, bottle conditioned.

    The reserved juice was cryoconcentrated (frozen, then only partially thawed) before being added to the tank and fermenting to dryness.

  • Geneva Tremlett’s (English bittersharp)

    Amère de Berthecourt (French bittersweet)

    Assorted cider fruit as cryoconcentrated juice, including Dabinett, Wickson, Golden Russet, and Porter’s Perfection

  • 12.6% abv

    <50ppm total added sulfites

    19 cases produced

Pröper Pröper
Pröper
$21.00

  • A dry, lightly sparkling cider made from tannic cider varieties using early season 2024 estate-grown fruit. Richly flavored, full-bodied, wild fermented, and bottled on lees.

  • Geneva Tremlett’s (English bittersharp)

    Hewe’s Crab (American bittersharp)

    False Yarlington (English bittersweet)

    Muscat de Bernay (French bittersweet)

    Bramtôt (French bittersweet)

    Frequin Rouge (French bitter)

    Marlborough Bitter (new American bittersweet)

    All fruit grown in our orchard

  • 8.4% abv

    <50ppm total added sulfites

    17 cases produced

Hal Hal
Hal
$22.00

  • A dry, sparkling cider made with a 2024 press blend of two tannic seedling varieties. Wild fermented, bottle conditioned.

  • Marlborough Bitter (early season bittersweet)

    Smoketown Crab (early season bittersharp)

    Fruit was harvested from original mother trees and from grafted trees in our orchard

  • 8.0% abv

    <50ppm total added sulfites

    11 cases produced