More than 100 independent cider makers, from the Bitterroot Valley in Montana to Oregon’s Willamette Valley to Washington State have banded together to create the Northwest Cider Club. Consumers who join will receive a box of new craft ciders, access to opportunities to meet the cider makers, learn about pairing and similar matters.
The current cider box contains ciders from Blossom Barn, Alma, Rain Barrell, Liberty, Greenwood and 12 Bridge Ciderworks.
Price for the boxes range from $52.94 for a box of six to $137.93 for a box of 10.
The ciders are hard ciders. Jana Daisy-Ensign of the Northwest Cider Association tells us “we are working as a category to move the terminology toward ‘cider’ replacing ‘hard cider.’ They all do contain alcohol and are craft products, like craft beer, wine and spirits.”
COMMENT: We have one concern about replacing hard cider with simply cider, and that is the possibility for confusion between ciders that contain alcohol and those that don’t.