Handcrafted hard cider

Rootwood cider is crafted using several different types of apples. Each variety has unique characteristics and differences in color, aroma, clarity, and flavor. After crushing and pressing the apples, these characteristics remain in the juice and throughout the fermentation, blending, filtration, and pasteurizing process.  Each blend of cider may look different in the glass or bottle. Sometimes there may be natural sediment or color change in the cider depending on the blend and cidermaking process. 

 
 

Currently pouring & bottled

 
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HARVEST 103  

crisp and refreshing, with a bittersweet finish ABV 6.4%

Celebrating 103 years of apple harvests in our family orchards. Each year, another Harvest Series cider is created. This cider honors the hard work of another successful growing season.

Featuring Golden Delicious, Winter Banana, Pink Lady, and Spitzenberg apples.

 
 
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GOLDEN TRI  

tart with hints of citrus ABV 6.8%

Golden Tri is a cider made with three distinct golden apple varieties: tart and juicy Jonagolds, crisp Golden Delicious, and complex Golden Russet cider apples. Each variety is interesting in its own right, but together they shine in this golden cider combination.

Awarded Sip Northwest Judge’s Pick - Modern Cider 2018

 
 
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HOP INFUSED

lightly sweet with an earthy hop aroma, mildly bitter ABV 7%

Hop-infused cider featuring Pink Lady apples and Citra Hops.

Available in the taproom, online, and select cider bars

Awards:
Portland International Cider Cup - Bronze - Hopped Cider 2018
Sip Northwest Bronze - Hopped Cider 2018

 
 
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LAKE EFFECT

full bodied, with deep apple aromas ABV 7.4%

Honoring Lake Chelan’s influence on our weather, geography, and daily lives!

Featuring: Winesap, Golden Delicious and Manchurian Crab apples.

 
 
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BIN SERIES 16

rich, bold, complex ABV 7.5%

Our boldest blend, made with select bins of apples from the 2016 harvest. Featuring Granny Smith, Lady, Cox’s Orange Pippin, Bramley, Ellis Bitter, Foxwhelp, Rubinette, Newtown Pippin, Ashmead’s Kernel, Golden Russet, Spitzenburg, Winecrisp, Belle de Baskoop, Wickson and Manchurian Crab apples.

Available exclusively in the taproom.

 
 
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ESTATE BLEND

full-bodied, heritage style ABV 7.5%

This Heritage Style blend features sharp and bittersweet cider apples, yielding a complex cider characterized by higher tannin levels and moderate astringency. Crafted from Yarlington Mill, Harrison, and Winesap apples, grown in the Koenig family orchards.

Available exclusively in the taproom.

 
 

Coming soon:

  • Bin Series 17

Sold out ciders:

  • Lot 17

  • Bin 15

  • Harvest 100

  • Harvest 101

  • Harvest 102

  • Golden Tri (returning Spring/Summer 2018)

  • Perry

  • Cameo

  • Olden Golden

  • Golden SV

  • Springtip

  • Lake Effect (returning Spring/Summer 2018)