NEW PRODUCTS

As fruit growers and distillers, we enjoy working with fresh, local fruit. Whether apples, pears, berries or grapes, each fruit presents a its own challenge to ferment and distill. Yet the rewards are evident in the final product: unique spirits that are true expressions of the fruit they come from.

GRAPPA

Released October 2011 — Notoriously hard to make, Grappa is an Italian spirit derived from the grape pressings. We teamed up with Hudson-Chatham Winery to produce this incredibly smooth Grappa. The spirit opens up with a bouquet of fresh grape skins and earth. A rich mid palette transforms to a satisfying finish of dried Thompson raisins, white pepper and talc. Bone dry and bottled at 80º proof, this is an exquisitly made expression of the local grapes they orginiated.

RARE PEAR BRANDY

Release October, 2011 — Made from our Pear Brandy, our Rare Pear Brandy spends 2 years in New American oak barrels. The barrel aging imparts bold oak flavors, amber hues and mellows the spirit over time. Very few pear brandies are ever aged, so this is very rare indeed. Only 850 small bottles were made for our first batch, which was a blend of one 50 gal barrel of bosc pear brandy and one 50 gal barrel of bartlett pear brandy. A brilliant floral nose of pear skins and ripe fruit. A dry but dense mid palette leads to a sustained baked pear finish.

WORK IN PROGRESS

BLACK RASPBERRY CORE VODKA

Release date Summer 2012 — Infused with our own home-grown black raspberries, this much anticipated spirit has been 3 years in the making. No sugar added, no short cuts taken, this is the real deal Himbeergeist that will explore the depths of olfactory and taste sensations. Only 40 galllons are produced each year.

PEACH SCHNAPS

Realease date Summer 2012 — Made by taking our oakiest Applejack and soaking fresh Peaches in a masceration. We then remove the peachs and age the applejack for another year. We don't add any sugar, but our peach schnaps is naturally sweet from the juice of the fresh peaches in the masceration. The sweetness is balanced by the big oak flavors from extra barrel aging.

FROZEN APPLEJACK

No expected release date — This is the traditional applejack that is made in the dead of winter by freezing hard cider. We remove the ice which is mostly water, leaving a more concentrated, flavorful and alcoholic hard cider. After 2 separate freeze distillations, the 40º proof hard cider is placed in small oak barrels. Sweet, musty and slightly acidic, our frozen applejack is like an applepie in your face.