WHAT WE MAKE

Our Ciders

WOOD & SPIRITS

Wood and Spirits is available in both dry and semi dry styles. This is a dessert apple blend aged on whiskey staves from our friends at Loon Liquors. The Pet Nat dry version from 2016 and 2017 harvest is a mixed culture ferment with French white wine yeast and our native yeast. The semidry version is fermented with native yeast only. Rich sour fruit and floral notes abound with an undercurrent of whiskey and oak, this cider rewards the bold and adventurous.

AGED ON WOOD

Available in Medium  and still, this blend is  aged on MN oak.  A high acidity and tang with background wood notes, perfect with food of all types, especially barbecue.

CHESTNUT AND FRIENDS

This blend showcases the MN classic little crab apple- Chestnut Crab with other varitals. We lean toward the bittersweets of English origin. As of now we have a grippy Chisel Jersey and subtle fruitier, tea like Ellis Bitter. Both Pet Nat Dry.

RIVER VALLEY RESERVE

This blend is the cidermakers ideal. 60-70% bittersweets with a few bittersharps and 20%-30% Keespake. So, in addition to that MN classic apple, you will taste Dabinett, Chisel Jersey, Ellis Bitter, BUlmers Norman, Major,,,All depends on what is being harvested. Pet Nat Dry and Medium styles available depending on the vintage.

ORGANIC FARMHOUSE DRY

A field blend of organic apples from our home, Woodskeep Orchard. Pet Nat Dry. Tropical fruit mix with prairie flowers and savory herbs.  One of our two farmhouse ciders. 

JEWEL- A cider aged on cherries

A field blend of apples form the base for a cider aged on special cherries grown not far from our farm at Welch Woods Farm. This cider bridges two seasons and two farms. Expect a natural sweetness and bubbled with the Charmat Method. 

ORGANIC FARMHOUSE SEMI -SWEET 

Our Semi Sweet style cider is diverse blend of local apples fermented with native yeast and bubbled with Charmat Method.  We taste stone fruit, honey, and apples! This cider is our crowd favorite, complex but not intimidating. The current offering is an organic version exclusively from our orchard and Chicken Ridge Orchard.  One of our two table/farmhouse ciders. 

ORCHARD RESERVE 

Our Orchard Reserve blend highlights tropical fruit acidity paired with soft background tannins. The majority of the blend consists of apples like Golden Russet, Grimes Golden, Arkansas Black, Gold Rush, Keepsake,  Chestnut and blend them with a low percentage of bittersweet apples like Dabinet and Ellis Bitter. Currently, we have a tangy medium blend bottled with the Charmat Method and a thoughtful dry version bottled Pétillant Naturel. Both spontaneous ferments with no filtration or sulfites. 

CHESTNUT CRAB APPLE
SINGLE VARIETAL

Hints of toffee, rose, leather, pears, medium body with kicking acidity, . Think of the perfect cider for weathering a storm at a pub on the Scotland Highlands. Great with a Single Malt. Spontaneous ferment of the unique Chestnut Crab apples. 100% Chestnut Crab from Gilchrist Orchard. Pet Nat Dry

DABINETT
SINGLE VARIETAL

Dabinett is one of our favorite Engllish bittersweets. This single varietal cider comes from one orchard- the wonderful Hoch Orchard and Garden in South East Minnesota. A medium sweet cider with big flavors of black tea, butterscotch, and ripe apples. Charmat Method and very unique. 

4609  135th St E, Dundas MN 55019   |   keepsakecidery@gmail.com    |   413-552-8872