Alpenfire Cider - Ashmead's Kernel Single-Varietal (750 mL)

Alpenfire Cider's Ashmead's Kernel is a single-varietal cider made 100% from the Ashmead's Kernel apple - a very old dessert apple orginally found near Gloucester, England circa 1700. Known as one of the world's greatest eating apples - this small, lumpy, relatively small variety originated as a chance seedling tree in Gloucester. To this day is still one of a very small group of apples from the old world to succeed in North America.  This 2023 vintage (harvest year) was made with apples from Heirloom Orchards in Hood River, Oregon. A limited, small-batch release - we're lucky to get our hands on a few bottles of what's likely the last vintage of Ashmead's Kernel from Alpenfire (see note form the cidery below). Slow fermented and aged to perfection, this cider was released in the spring of 2025. Tasting Notes: It's dry with a touch of sweetness that plays up a lovely bouquet of fruit notes. Modest tannins and acidity. Well balanced, medium bodied, and a freshness that carries notes of