Recently, I had several comments on the blog that I don’t know what I’m doing. I wanted to address this by saying: I don’t. I really enjoy cider. I’ve tried a lot of ciders from all around the world. I know what I like. I know what I don’t like. I like the encourage ciders from British Columbia and the Pacific Northwest. I like to discourage sugary sweet ciders lacking in apple content.
Are there people doing better reviews out there? Definitely. Maybe I should change the term “review” to “overview” because that’s basically what I am doing. But I already have dozens upon dozens of reviews. I’m not going to change it now. 🙂
Background:
This was one of the ciders we picked up south of the border last time I did a run.
Kind: Eaglemount Raspberry Cider
Size: 750mL glass bottle
Strength: 8% ABV
From: Olympic Peninsula, Washington State
Company Description: A semisweet slightly sparkling cider with intense fresh raspberry flavor. Raspberry cider is made with certified organic apples and pure raspberry juice. This cider is dry enough to be paired with a salad course and just right paired with a dessert course.
Orgle’s thoughts:
“I remember that I tried it, but I don’t remember anything about it.”
My thoughts:
I really like raspberries.
That fact alone made it really easy to like this cider.
It’s fairly sweet but more in a ripe raspberry kind of way. The bottle breaks it down as 80% apple, 20% raspberry. Probably a good mix – as raspberry would fairly quickly overwhelm the whole flavour.
And to be fair, there’s not a lot of apple to this. It’s still there, but you have to think about tasting it, to get it.
Afterthoughts:
My mouth is watering, thinking of getting this cider again. It’s one of 8 ciders produced by the folks at Eaglemount. They also make a selection of red wines.
Where to buy:
I found this one at Full Throttle Bottles in Seattle – my go-to cider store, but there are other options – almost exclusively in Washington State and none in Canada. Sigh.
The West Cider 