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 ultimately Prohibition took a collective axe to cider orchards across the country. It’s not surprising that craft cider has taken root in Washington state — a region of wine and craft beer enthusiasts. Washington is the second largest wine producer and has the third highest number of craft breweries in the country. But when it comes to cider, Washington is fourth in the nation, which includes One Tree Hard Cider in Spokane Valley. Grant Barnes and Neal Hennessy started making cider as a hobby, and it turned into a vocation. One Tree Hard Cider started in Barnes’ Spokane Valley garage, with exactly 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 Hard Cider.

Peaks and Pints Monday Cider Flight: One Tree Hard 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 find ourselves wanting to feel alone and surrounded by nothing but quiet. If you can’t quite 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 Cranberry

6.5% ABV

One Tree’s Cranberry is tart and refreshing with just enough residual sweetness allowing for the bright flavors of both 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. 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 Caramelized Pineapple

6.8% ABV

Caramelized Pineapple — with its beautiful blend of silky caramel and pineapple — is the newest edition to the One Tree Cider family.

One Tree Pumpkin

6.9% ABV

One Tree made their Pumpkin cider with house-roast real pumpkins, the perfect amount of sweetness with organic cane sugar, and finishes with their unique blend of artisan spices.

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