Back in the day, George Washington’s troops received rations of it. John Adams reportedly drank a tankard of it for breakfast each morning. Cider apples and their fermented juice were prevalent on American homesteads. Then Americans departed farms for cities, German immigrants introduced beer culture, and Prohibition took a collective axe to cider orchards across the country. Unsurprisingly, craft cider has taken root in Washington state — a wine and craft beer enthusiast region. Washington is the second-largest wine producer and has the fifth-highest number of craft breweries in the country. But regarding cider, Washington is third in the nation, including One Tree Hard Cider in Spokane Valley. Grant Barnes and Neal Hennessy started making cider as a hobby, which became a vocation. One Tree Hard Cider started in Barnes’ Spokane Valley garage with precisely one recipe: a relatively straightforward semi-sweet apple cider. They went pro in the summer of 2014. Today, Peaks & Pints presents an in-house flight of One Tree cider — a flight we call Peaks and Pints Monday Cider Flight: One Tree Cider.

Peaks and Pints Monday Cider Flight: One Tree Cider

One Tree Staycation

5.6% ABV

If you can get past the portmanteau “staycation,” taking a mini vacation in Tacoma can be fun. In a city full of distractions, we often want to feel alone and surrounded by nothing but quiet. If you can’t reasonably afford to get to the tropics, pop-open a One Tree Staycation for pineapple and mango on the nose and even more in flavor.

One Tree Heart Breaker

6% ABV

One Tree’s new seasonal hard apple cider is made with Washington-grown apples, infused with plump, red, ripe raspberries, and finished with a subtle hint of jalapeno.

One Tree Cranberry

6.5% ABV

One Tree’s Cranberry is tart and refreshing, with just enough residual sweetness to allow the bright flavors of cranberry and apple to shine through.

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.

One Tree Pumpkin

6.9% ABV

One Tree made its Pumpkin cider with house-roasted real pumpkins, which were sweetened with organic cane sugar. The cider was finished with its unique blend of artisan spices.

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