Cider – Traditional / Apfelwein | 8% ABV

Commercial Description:

Nineteen months in the making, Cross Pollinate commenced in March 2017. We boiled a blend of Gold Rush and Winesap juice in a kettle at The Veil for one hour, added aged Willamette hops, then left the juice open to the elements overnight in The Veil’s rooftop coolship. This allowed the juice to gather wild microflora for spontaneous fermentation.

The next day, we transferred the juice to eight Napa red wine barrels, where it fermented and aged until June 2018. After packaging the cider, we allowed it to bottle-condition for three months to carbonate.