Crispin Cider Wins Gold

Crispin Cider Enters California  with 2010 State Fair Gold Medal

California dreamin’. The Crispin Cider Company (Crispin) enters the California markets in June with the credentials of winning several medals, including a first place Gold medal, at the 2010 California State Fair.

“As a cider company built on the philosophy of super-premium, crisp hard cider made from fresh pressed apple-juice, using premium US West Coast apples, not from concentrate, these awards are a nice validation of our focus on super-premium quality and delicious cider refreshment.” says Joe Heron, President & CEO of Crispin.

2010 California State Fair: Commercial Craft Brew Competition

Open to licensed California brewers & cideries selling on a retail level and wishing to compete in several different categories as specified by the Beer Judge Certification Program Style Guidelines.

·      Gold Medal, 1’st place. Crispin Light.  The only Light cider available in the US, a new bright, floral update by Crispin Head Cidermaker, Bruce Nissen.

·      Gold Medal, 2’nd place. Crispin Honey Crisp.

·      Silver Medal, 3’rd place. Crispin Original.

·      Silver Medal, Honorable Mention. Crispin Brut.

The Crispin Cider Company’s fruit cider brand Fox Barrel, also enjoyed more success and continued it’s run of distinction, and has now been awarded gold medals at the California State Fair for 5 consecutive years.

·      Gold medal, 1’st place in the Mead/Other Ciders category.

Fox Barrel Mulled Cider. BEST OF SHOW, Honorable Mention.

“Our mission is to help reinvigorate and reinvent the US cider market, making superior ciders, across classic and unique new world styles. We are innovative to the core, and it’s gratifying to achieve this recognition, and we thank the judges for the awards. And we look forward to entering again next year and earning the kudos and respect of the panel.” said Head Cidermaker, Bruce Nissen.  

About the Crispin Cider Company

The company is based in Minneapolis, MN & Colfax CA. It’s cidery is located in Colfax, CA in the beautiful Sierra foothills of Northern California.

The company produces classic European-style Natural Hard Apple Ciders in Original, Light and Brut varietals, as well as unfiltered “cloudy” Artisanal Reserve ciders – Honey Crisp and The Saint.

The company also produces the Fox Barrel line of superior flavored ciders – Pear, Black Currant.

www.CrispinOverIce.com & www.FoxBarrel.com

Contact Details

Lesley@CrispinCider.com

Tel: (612) 331-3699
Fax: (612) 331-3689

Phoenix Celiacs,

Phoenix Celiacs,

Hell freezes over. Welcome to the new ice age - delicious, ice cold gluten-free natural hard cider refreshment now available in Arizona.

Crispin; Super-Premium, Natural Hard Apple Cider. Serve over a glass of fresh ice and experience crisp, clean, pure refreshment.

Fox Barrel; ciders are considered the United States' most decorated hard fruit ciders.

Classically refined, but not styled as a traditional "sweet beer" beer alternative, Crispin and Fox Barrel ciders are crisp and clean, not sweet and sticky and never sacrifice superior quality refreshment satisfaction for overbearing complexity.

Crispin and Fox Barrel Hard Ciders are naturally fermented using fresh pressed apple juice, never from apple juice concentrate, from a premium blend of US West Coast apples, with no added malt, grape wine or spirit alcohol. Our unique flavors are smoothed with pure apple juice or pure fruit juices or from natural sugar sources like oragnic honey or organic maple syrup, and contain no added colorants, sorbate or benzoate preservatives and are filtered cold for crisp refreshment.

Crispin and Fox Barrel ciders are all Gluten Free for the wheat-intolerant person.

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Crispin Original: 5.0% ABV. Crisp over ice.

A classically styled, but untraditional hard apple cider. Fruit forward, with a fresh, crunchy appley nose and a  deliciously creamy, refreshingly crisp mouth feel.

Crispin Brut: 5.5 % ABV. European-style extra-dry over ice.

The "champagne" of ciders; combining subtlety and sophistication; the epitome of unforced elegance. A crisp fresh apple bouquet with a brisk, refined finish that lingers on the palate.

Crispin Light: 3.2% ABV. Bright over ice. 

America's first light cider. Refreshingly light. Invigorating and full-flavored. Often served with a lemon slice for a long cold spritzer-style refreshment.

Crispin Honey Crisp - Artisanal Reserve Cloudy Hard Cider. 6.5% ABV. Smooth over ice.

Small batch, hand crafted, super-premium unfiltered hard apple cider smoothed with real organic honey for a rich, creamy, full-bodied crisp taste, and an authentic cidery aroma.

Crispin The Saint  - Artisanal Reserve Cloudy Hard Cider. 6.9% ABV. Elevated over ice. 

Fermented with Belgian Trappist beer yeasts, The Saint boasts a sweet floral bouquet that develops a yeasty, herbal complexity. Smoothed with pure organic maple syrup for a silky, sustained mouth-feel that develops complexity on the palate.

Fox Barrel Pear. 4.5% ABV
Delicately balanced with an immense floral bouquet, one could almost be biting in to a fresh juicy pear.

Fox Barrel Black Currant. 5.5% ABV
A traditional English cider flavor, brought to you as a crisp, not sweet, dry cider.


Questions? Have a great place you think Crispin or Fox Barrel should be in? Write or call me - I'd be happy to help! THANKS

http://www.crispincider.com/ 

http://www.foxbarrel.com/