’Twas the 14th day before Christmas, and all through the city, everyone yearned for a cider and a Pesto Pastrami. The waffles were devoured, with nary a care, and boredom set in at every household lair. “Hey, it’s Monday,” they realized, “let’s head to Peaks & Pints! This is the glorious day that they serve cider flights!” Peaks & Pints Monday Cider Flight: Holiday Cheer is a thing. Five ciders in an in-house flight, all could be called cider bling. As the 11 p.m. closing time neared, folks grabbed their sandwich order, arm full of craft beer and cider were grabbed from the cooler. But we heard them exclaim as they ventured out of sight, “Happy holidays to all, and to all a good night!”
Peaks and Pints Monday Cider Flight: Holiday Cheer
Portland Cider Cranberry Mule
6% ABV
Cranberry Mule is Portland Cider’s newest creation, offering ripe cranberry flavors over subtle apple notes with bright, juicy lime and a hint of fresh ginger. It pours a gorgeous ruby hue, adding a vibrant sparkle of color to any festive occasion.
Seattle Cider Punch Bowl
6.5% ABV
Made with Seattle Cider’s OG apples — Granny Smith, Fuji, Red Delicious, Golden Delicious, and Gala — Punch Bowl also stirs in lime peel, cranberries, and ginger. In the spirit of coming together Seattle Cider partners with local non-profit organizations working hard to address food insecurity. When you share a Punch Bowl, you share a meal with families in need as the cidery donates money from every case sold to food banks in Washington, Oregon, and Illinois.
One Tree Snow Globe
6.6% ABV
Who doesn’t love glitter? It’s nearly impossible to get out of your cleavage after a night on the town, but it’s festive as hell. And now thanks to edible glitter, your digestive system can be as sparkly as your 1990s eye shadow palette. One Tree Hard Cider Snow Globe is a delicious, spiced cider with glitter. We recognize the clove and cinnamon, but the glitter seems like a handful rather than a full dance floor dump, which is perfect.
Whitewood Cranberry Douglas Fir NW Winter Cider
6.9% ABV
Whitewood Cider out of Olympia renamed their annual holiday cider made with cider fermented from apples grown in Washington, blended with a seasonal punch of crisp cranberry, and a piney citrusy Douglas fir needle extraction to help you make your holiday spirit a little bit brighter.
Yonder Velvet Cashmere
8.9% ABV
Founded in August 2020 by CEO Caitlin Braam, Yonder Cider makes savory, subtly sweet and high ABV ciders in Wenatchee with a taproom in Seattle’s Ballard neighborhood, which is shared with Bale Breaker Brewing from the Yakima Valley. Crafted using a blend of bittersweet cider apples and juicy dessert apples, Yonder ciders are hardly simple, and never straightforward, but you can always count on them being interesting, such as their Velvet Cashmere. Yonder grabbed their Negroni-inspired winter seasonal — Cashmere — and blended it with Fast Penny Spirits’ Amaricano amaro to create the warming Velvet Cashmere. Tart with notes of cranberry, dark cherry and bitter orange, the addition of amaro brings a beautiful richness to this cocktail-like creation. Aromas of toasted sugar and dark fruit shine through while hints of truffle, vanilla bean and Mexican chocolate mingle with a savory bitterness.
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