Hard Cider, Baby!

Honestly, I never knew that anyone in Colorado made hard cider, actually I had never even thought about it. I have only had hard cider a hand full of times in my life.

Why write about cider now? Well, an acquaintance of mine is a bartender and the bar that she works at is trying to specialize in alcohol from Colorado. A mutual friend of ours told her about my blog and suggested that she talk to me. So, she asked first if I knew of any gluten free beers from Colorado, so I of course told her about New Planet Beer. And then she wanted to know if I knew of any hard ciders from Colorado, and as I already mentioned, I had no idea. So, with the help of my good friend Google (which I'm sure thinks I am a raging alcoholic with all of the alcohol related searches I do), I found out about the Colorado Cider Company, and hunted down a bottle of 'Glider Cider' (I even had to go to a liquor store the next town over to find it).

Like I said, I have only had hard cider a hand full of times, so I don't really have much to compare it to. The Colorado Cider Company website describes it as :

Colorado Cider Company was founded to produce a fresh hard cider for the discerning Colorado drinker. With a well-developed craft beer market and and educated populace, Hard Cider has been a missing choice in the cacophony of craft drinks in local pubs & liquor stores. We hope to remedy that.

Glider is our flagship dry cider. Crisp, tart and drinkable.

Gluten Free-All Juice, 6.95% ABV- in 22oz bottles

It isn't quite as sweet as I remember the few ciders I have tried in the past, but I actually like that about it! The fact that it has a little bit of tartness to it may have made me become just a little bit of a hard cider fan and if I am ever asked again if I know of a hard cider from Colorado I will have an answer.