Alpenfire Cider

Alpenfire Cider is an uber small scale cidery based in the historic seaport town of Port Townsend, WA. We are a traditional cidery fermenting slowly once a year and maturing each and every cider a minimum of 9 months before releasing. We planted our WSDA certified organic orchard in 2003 with over 800 trees and 10 varieties of English, French & Early American cider specific apples. These apples have been used for hundreds of years for the unique qualities they bring to cider production. Namely the tannins and bitters not found in dessert style apples. While the juice, much less the fruit, of many of these apples would be hard to enjoy by the glass they become amazing with a little fermentation. One of our favorites, the "Muscadet de Dieppe", has a viscous, winey, yes, even musky juice. It takes months of slow, cool fermentation for that to develop the subtle aroma and flavor you will find in our bone-dry cider. We augment our juice and mellow the flavors with organic apples from other local orchards. Show Less