Happy Trees
Funky, Wild Cider
ABV
6.9
6.9
Aroma
Spearmint, fresh apple, and hints of spice
Spearmint, fresh apple, and hints of spice
Flavor
Peaches, green strawberry, juicy melon, pear, starfruit, with a soft pithy bitterness
Peaches, green strawberry, juicy melon, pear, starfruit, with a soft pithy bitterness
Mouthfeel
Medium-full body from fermenting in oak, with a softness that creates a perception of sweetness.
Medium-full body from fermenting in oak, with a softness that creates a perception of sweetness.
Carbonation
Petillant
Petillant
Apples
Albemarle PippinAlbemarle PippinOnce common in Virginia, Pippins are now hard to find despite being delicious to eat and making great cider. When fermented dry the cider tastes like sweet honeydew candy despite not having any sugar remaining. We buy ours from 50-year-old trees grown in the Blue Ridge Mountains., Arkansas Black, Black Twig, Jonathon, WinesapWinesapOne of the oldest American heirloom apples, no one knows for sure from when and where it came. Well balanced and a very good keeper, winesap was a fixture in American ciders for three centuries. When fermented dry winesap retains an inordinate amount of apple character, making it a great addition to most any ANXO...
Yeast
Native, Spontaneous, Wild
Vessel
25hL Wood Casks
Acidity
High
Tannins
Medium
Perceived Sweetness
Off-Dry