Punkie Night Cider from Owl Creek Vineyard

For Wifey's birthday, we ended up at one of our favorite places: Craft Beer Cellar in Clayton. They always have good beers on tap. We were sitting at their bar, drinking good beer and talking to Ryan and Liz of CBC and some of the other customers. Ryan said that they have a good cider called Punkie Night from an Illinois winery. So of course, I had to buy a bottle. Boy, am I glad that I did.

It pours a nice golden champagney color. This is a cider so there is no head. Like a cider, it is a little bubbly. The smell is so great. You can smell apples, cinnamon and a little bit of, what I thought might have been nutmeg. The first sip is really nice. You get the same taste as the aroma. You also get more of the pumpkin spices. The finish is kind of like champagne. It is very crisp. This tastes like I took a small bite of pumpkin pie and then washed it down with apple cider.

This is a cider that is not too sweet and not too tart. It has great taste and finishes nicely. The aroma and the taste are just amazing. I could not find out too much about this particular cider except what is on the bottle. It is 5% ABV so I could sit there and drink more than a couple glasses of this. I will definitely need to check out Owl Creek's other ciders.

I have to say that I think this is probably the best cider I have ever had. Thanks Ryan, I am now hooked on this stuff. I give this 4.5 hop flowers.

Craft Beer Cellar - Clayton
Owl Creek Vineyard Cider