Craft Brewing and Distilling News for June 21, 2019
June 21, 2019•Oregon’s Portland Cider Co. has released Passion Fruit Cider, its latest summer seasonal. The 5.8% abv cider is returning to market after two years away and is made with a blend of Northwest cider apples and passion fruit. Passion Fruit joins Pineapple Rosé and Sangria as the cidery’s three tropically flavored releases. It’s now available in 22-ounce bottles and on draft in Oregon, Washington, and Northern California.
•Cedar Ridge Distillery has partnered with heavy metal band Slipknot to bring No. 9 Iowa Whiskey to a national audience. The collaboration includes two whiskies: No. 9 Iowa whiskey and a reserve whiskey of the same name. The standard No. 9 Iowa whiskey is bottled at 45% abv and made from a blend of straight rye and straight Bourbon (each three to four years old). It will retail for $40. The No. 9 Reserve is bottled at 49.5% abv and is made from the same blend as the standard release, only from barrels aged at least four years. The whiskies will launch on August 10 in limited quantities.
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