Peaks and Pints Washington Cider Week Socials: Tieton

The Northwest Cider Association’s ninth annual Washington Cider Week, an 11-day craft cider celebration, will see more than 85 events ranging from the simple to the significant; from dinner pairing menus to Peaks and Pints Washington Cider Week Socials. Indeed, 4-6 p.m., Sept. 5-16 (we have to include our weekly Monday cider flight!), Peaks and Pints will host cider socials for gluten-shy people to experience a different Washington state cider daily. Over the course of two hours, we’ll tap several draft options from a cidery to fuel discussions, compliment literature or spark new friendships.

Peaks and Pints Washington Cider Week Socials

Elemental Hard Cider 9/5

One Tree Hard Cider 9/6

Snowdrift Cider Co. 9/7

Winsome Ciderworks 9/8

Tieton Cider Works 9/9

In 2008, Craig Campbell and his wife, Sharon, began experimenting with making cider from dessert apples grown in their 400-acre commercial fruit orchards in Yakima, Washington. Despite naysayers who warned that cider apples required a maritime climate, Craig also planted a two-acre test orchard with 25 varieties of cider apples. Today, their two-acre experiment expanded into Cider View, a 30-acre “high-density” cider orchard. In their commercial cidery, Tieton Cider Works, they blend American heritage, English and French cider varietals with dessert apples to capture the best of what each variety brings to the bottle: sweetness, acidity, tannin and aroma.

Dragon’s Head Cider 9/10

Washington Gold Cider 9/11

Finnriver Farm & Cidery 9/12

d’s Wicked Cider 9/13

Seattle Cider Co. 9/14

Incline Cider Company 9/15

Alpenfire Cider 9/16

PEAKS AND PINTS WASHINGTON CIDER WEEK SOCIAL: TIETON, 4-6 p.m., Sept. 9, 3816 N. 26^th St., Basecamp Proctor, Tacoma, no cover