Tieton Dry Hopped Cider

You would have to be living under a rock to not see the impact that ciders are making on the beverage industry. Angry Orchard from Sam Adams is currently dominating the market with both Anheuser Busch and MillerCoors adding additional cider brands to their already existing labels. Sadly, these ciders do not do the style justice. That’s what we have Tieton Cider Works for.

I’ve had a few of Tieton’s ciders, and while I found them all to be very enjoyable, and extremely food friendly, I am immensely drawn to one particular cider of theirs.

Yakima Valley Dry Hopped Cider is one of the most unique beverages that I’ve had. Most of the typical name brand ciders sold are oddly sweet, and more reminiscent of a sugary apple soda then anything else. Tieton’s ciders were thankfully far closer to the dry side, with the Yakima Dry Hopped being the driest of the four that I tried. It still had the bright, green apple characteristics that their other ciders had, but this was paired with a light gras

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