Where to Drink Copious Amounts of Cider This Weekend

For cider lovers, local product lovers and good drink lovers, this is one of the best weekends of the year. It’s time for the Pacific Northwest Cider Awards (PNWCA)!

The PNWCA takes place on Friday, June 5 and Saturday, June 6, and the judging happens on Friday (lucky me, I get to be a judge). An all-day, open-to-the public festival is on Saturday from 1 to 10 p.m at the Seattle Cider Company‘s SoDo tasting room The Woods (4700 Ohio Ave S). Tickets are $20 in advance, or $25 at the door, and include a 12-ounce PNWCA tulip glass and 8 tasting tokens, which can be used for 5-ounce pours, or use two for a 10-ounce pour. Also, anyone with a ticket gets a voting slip, which allows you to vote for the People’s Choice Award. Food truck Bread & Circuses will be on hand serving food.

There will be around 30 ciders on tap, including varieties from Washington, Oregon, Montana, and Canada. Take a look at the list and plan your tasting visit:

Square Mile Cider Co. – Spur & Vine

Finnriver – Honey Meadow

Grizzly Ciderworks – Woodlander

D’s Wicked Cider – Green Apple

Tieton Cider Works – Yakima Valley Dry Hopped

Wandering Aengus Ciderworks – Golden Russet

Schilling – Grapefruit

Spire Mountain Ciders – Dark and Dry Apple

Swift Cider – Dank Hop

Apple Outlaw – Ginger Bite

Red Tank – CHOPS!

2 Towns Ciderhouse – Hop & Stalk

Reverend Nat’s Hard Cider – Revival Hard Apple

Rogue Ales & Spirits – Rogue Pink Gin Cider

Dragon’s Head Cider – Wild Fermented Cider

Bull Run Cider – Bramble Berry

Cider Riot! – Pinot Barrel-Aged Burncider

Cockrell Hard Cider – Valley Red Raspberry

Honey Moon – Cranberry CiderHead

Liberty Ciderworks – Crabenstein

Locust Cider – Green Tea

Neigel Vintners – Pear Essentials

Sixknot – Gingerella

Seattle Cider Company – Citrus

Seattle Cider Company – Gin Botanical

Seattle Cider Company – Gose

Seattle Cider Company – Berry

Seattle Cider Company – Dry