May 8, 2025 • 15 mins
A new, small batch cider from Portland Cider Co., plus how did the West Coast do at the 2025 World Beer Cup? Listen in an find out.
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Speaker 1 (00:03):
Good evening everyone, Welcome to another edition of The Washington
Craft for the Talk podcast. I am your host, mister
Mike Jolly. Thank you so much for this. Whether you're
listening to it live, well, you can't listen to it live,
I'm sorry. Whether you're listening to it on a multitude platform,
I'm available on such as Spotify, iHeartRadio, Apple Podcasts, Goo Podcasts,
(00:26):
et cetera, et cetera, et cetera. So it's a it's
a news heighte. I have something that I've never seen,
never tried. It is comes to us from Portland's Cider Company.
It is a encore sider. I'm real curious to see this.
(00:49):
We're gonna take a picture of it and after the episode,
after I post the episode here on a little later,
I will of this just reading on the can. It's
independently owned, of course, this is Northwest Apple Spluten free.
(01:09):
Please recycle the can. Of course. It is bursting with
Kangye grape the fresh apples. It goes for a five
point two on the Richter scale, so not too strong,
unlike some of the other the other we've had on
the show. But you can always check out Portland Cider
company's website for more details on all of their products.
(01:32):
But before we get into that, recently, Breakside Brewery just
opened their newest tap room and that is here in Vancouver, Washington.
It is located at seven hundred Washington Street, Sweet one
oh three, Vancouver, Washington, nine eighty six six zero. It
(01:55):
occupies the old Locust Cider Spot slot. Unfortunately Locus had
to move They're no longer in Vancouver. They have sixteen
Breakside beers on tap, along with cider, cocktails and a
brewery's own wines. Oh definitely check them out. I might do.
(02:18):
I might check out a checkout there on one of
these days. Recently, the Best Breweries in America list was
released by Forbes magazine was published uh May the sixth.
American brewers took home a whopping three hundred and at
(02:39):
this year's World Beer Cup over eight of all the awards.
The top winning brewery was Breakside out of Portland. They
won two gold, to silver and two bronze. They grew up.
(03:00):
They won for their American style black Ale or Stout
gold to Australia a gold. Their i PA took home
bronze and the American Style i PA category. The West
Coast Company, ghost Town Brewery to Ome five medals, four
(03:21):
gold and one silver made West Brewing out of Ventura, California,
Fat Heads and two gold and two silver. Frame Brewery
out of Hood River two gold and one silver. These
are some of the notable ones. I ever realized that Atlanta,
Georgia had a craft brewery, but their new Realm Brewing
(03:46):
won one silver, two bronze. Of course, our friends New
Glaris in Wisconsin got one gold, one silver, one bronze.
And we are in Nevada, of course, from California and
North Carolina. They won the golds.
Speaker 2 (03:59):
So the top, you know, the top one, two three.
Speaker 1 (04:15):
We're from the West Coast Oregan base. So that tells
you how good the how good it is out here.
I don't know what we'll tell you will you know,
but congratulations to break Side on their win that's at
the twenty twenty five World Beer Cup. And also congratulations
(04:39):
to them were opening their new tap house here in Vancouver.
So we're going to open this bad boy up. I'm curious.
I've never had a concord grape cider. I've had a
lot of siders in my day, but never never a
greape one so a little beer ASMR. And now it's
(05:02):
a good time to also remind you to check out
this podcast sponsor Raycon products. They're amazing, they're reliable. A
thirty minute charge will give you, you know, long lasting
play to thirty two hours of play on a single charge.
Check out the link in the description of the show
(05:24):
and if you click on the link, you will get
fifteen percent off your order. So that's Raycon dot com
and the link will be in the description. Oh ooh,
smells like grape. We're gonna pour it here. I mean
I've had a lot of I've had like a very
merryon berry. I've had peach ciders. I've had of course,
(05:50):
who could forget the salt and sand mescal cider in
New York City. Got an interesting color here, and of
course I'm using the glass here. Ticket we'll deal with
that and that will go up on the on the Twitter,
(06:13):
on the X machine here after I post this episode.
Also want to remind you guys that next week I
will be having mister Mike Larkin of the on the
Mike with Mike podcast and the LFC Frank Dominance podcast
(06:33):
on my show, Washington Wrestle Talk Show and also I
will be doing with the Southwest Washington Life podcast here
very soon as well. Establishment Owner here in Vancouver, and
they seem pretty receptive, So keep a keep an eye
(06:54):
out on the On the socials, you can check out
all my socials Instagram at Washington Wrestle Talk, at Washington
Wrestle No either way around. Instagram is at Washington Wrestle,
TikTok is at Washington Wrestle Talk, and of course on
x at Triple Our Product. Triple Our Product is basically
(07:18):
the umbrella of all my shows. So we're gonna I
used to fill this thing. I mean, this is a
nineteen point two fluid ounce and a five hundred sixty
eight milli leader for those of you international. So oh
(07:39):
it's got a good, good, good good smell to it.
So then after I finished this episode, I'm gonna have
to restart the app on my computer here because there's
a new update now that they've gotten rid of Live.
Even though my computer app still says I could do Live,
(08:00):
but the phone says I can't. So it is what
it is. So let's give this a taste. In three
two and one, here we go. Yum, that is very
(08:22):
very delicious, not gonna lie. That is really really tasty.
Holy Portland Cider doesn't again this in small batch, mind you,
so they won't be having it out much for you know,
(08:48):
it won't be out for long, I should say. There
summer cider. Of course, summer's just around the corner here.
I mean, we are in the month of May now,
so of course the unofficial start of summer is Memorial
Day this year. So so on their ingredients they just
(09:15):
fermented apple juice, concord, grape juice, apple juice, and malic acid.
I wonder how hard it would be to make, say,
your own ciders, not to take away anything from Portland Cider,
any cider, avid, locust. The list goes on and on.
(09:41):
I think it would be kind of cool just to
make like one batch of your own, just to try,
you know. But as far as the concord, great goes.
Speaker 2 (09:52):
A can.
Speaker 1 (09:53):
The can, the artwork on the can is beautiful. I mean,
it's got the red for the apple, the purple for
the grapes. It's got you know, some grapes with the apple,
I mean, and it tells you exactly what to expect,
you know, the tapes and fresh apple exactly what you taste.
I mean, that goes with the taste profile here. This
(10:15):
would be great for summertime, a summertime barbecue. And it's
not I mean, at five point two percent, it's not
really that strong. I mean, it'll get it'll get the
get the job done for you. As far as refreshment,
you know, an old one would be great, you know,
(10:36):
right out of the cooler, right out of the refrigerator.
I mean, you can't. You can't beat that. You cannot
beat that. So but the color looks like almost almost
a wine type color, if I could be perfectly honest.
(10:56):
But yeah, I mean, I mean, and there's nothing wrong
with that. I I don't don't really care for wine much,
but every now and then I will have a glass.
But this, holy cow, it is delicious. I highly recommend it.
So I'm gonna grade this now with of course, our
(11:19):
scale that we used, the zero to five stars. You know,
you got the can of course, you know, vibrantly colored.
The smell test, of course, you can smell the grapes
in the apple. It's like heaven on earth. The color
(11:41):
very very dark, but has to be expected with you know, grapes.
Now I'm wondering if the with concord grapes, especially now,
if it was a white grape, then it probably be lighter.
And that's that's fine, you know. Case wise, Oh yeah,
it it it you know says what it does. You know,
(12:05):
it tastes like a It tastes like tangy grapes with
fresh apples. I mean it is delicious. I love it.
I wish they could make more, you know, have it longer,
you know, other than small batch. Maybe maybe you know,
do it for spring, summer and then have like I
(12:26):
don't know, a pumpkin spice, something for fall, and then
of course something for winter. But definitely keep this one
around Portland Sider. I mean, you hit a home run
with this one. So I'm going to go above and
beyond the five star on this one. This one's gonna
get a solid, solid six and three quarter stars. Portland Sider.
(12:48):
You even did it. I applaud you very much. So
so some news. I will be probably taking this show
to Couple. I'm going to see if a Brake side
will let me do a show there, and I'm also
going to see if Lewett Brewery here in town will
let me do a show as well as Brothers, Cascadia
(13:09):
in North Hazledale. Those are the three that I'm I
know of now that rail Side Brewery has closed. Unfortunately,
I might even ask Keithan Brewery Brewing to do a
show there one day. But yeah, I'm I'm going to
be talking to some be talking to some a grow hubs,
(13:35):
you know, tap houses, to see if they will allow
me to do a show at the taphouse and review
the beers they have on tap there. And it's come
to that time now where I must give the obligatory
message of you know, know your limit. When the same
when I mean it's it's worth it. Drunk driving is
(13:57):
not worth it. It hurts you, it hurts your family
or the family of the person you hurt. It's just
not worth it. I mean, if you have too much
to drink, take a cab, take a lift, take an uber,
do what I do, take the bus, if you're within
a quarter of a mile walk, have a friend come
(14:19):
pick you up. But please, for the love of God,
do not drink and drive. It's just not worth it, guys.
So that's gonna wrap it up. I'll be back tomorrow
night on the Washington Craft Roo talk with another sider,
this time from Locust, our old friends who are now
(14:41):
not in Vancouver anymore. And I want to thank you
guys for checking this this episode out. Go ahead and
check out all my other episodes on Spotify. iHeartRadio, Apple podcasts,
Google podcasts. You know the drill. Well, it's it's been real,
it's been fun, and it's been real fun with you guys.
(15:03):
But I need to go. Thank you so much for listening.
I love you all, and good night from the Washington
Craft Brew Talk Podcast. I will see you tomorrow night
on the next episode. Well then take care, bye bye,
Good evening everyone, Welcome to another edition of The Washington
Craft for the Talk podcast. I am your host, mister
Mike Jolly. Thank you so much for this. Whether you're
listening to it live, well, you can't listen to it live,
I'm sorry. Whether you're listening to it on a multitude platform,
I'm available on such as Spotify, iHeartRadio, Apple Podcasts, Goo Podcasts,
(00:26):
et cetera, et cetera, et cetera. So it's a it's
a news heighte. I have something that I've never seen,
never tried. It is comes to us from Portland's Cider Company.
It is a encore sider. I'm real curious to see this.
(00:49):
We're gonna take a picture of it and after the episode,
after I post the episode here on a little later,
I will of this just reading on the can. It's
independently owned, of course, this is Northwest Apple Spluten free.
(01:09):
Please recycle the can. Of course. It is bursting with
Kangye grape the fresh apples. It goes for a five
point two on the Richter scale, so not too strong,
unlike some of the other the other we've had on
the show. But you can always check out Portland Cider
company's website for more details on all of their products.
(01:32):
But before we get into that, recently, Breakside Brewery just
opened their newest tap room and that is here in Vancouver, Washington.
It is located at seven hundred Washington Street, Sweet one
oh three, Vancouver, Washington, nine eighty six six zero. It
(01:55):
occupies the old Locust Cider Spot slot. Unfortunately Locus had
to move They're no longer in Vancouver. They have sixteen
Breakside beers on tap, along with cider, cocktails and a
brewery's own wines. Oh definitely check them out. I might do.
(02:18):
I might check out a checkout there on one of
these days. Recently, the Best Breweries in America list was
released by Forbes magazine was published uh May the sixth.
American brewers took home a whopping three hundred and at
(02:39):
this year's World Beer Cup over eight of all the awards.
The top winning brewery was Breakside out of Portland. They
won two gold, to silver and two bronze. They grew up.
(03:00):
They won for their American style black Ale or Stout
gold to Australia a gold. Their i PA took home
bronze and the American Style i PA category. The West
Coast Company, ghost Town Brewery to Ome five medals, four
(03:21):
gold and one silver made West Brewing out of Ventura, California,
Fat Heads and two gold and two silver. Frame Brewery
out of Hood River two gold and one silver. These
are some of the notable ones. I ever realized that Atlanta,
Georgia had a craft brewery, but their new Realm Brewing
(03:46):
won one silver, two bronze. Of course, our friends New
Glaris in Wisconsin got one gold, one silver, one bronze.
And we are in Nevada, of course, from California and
North Carolina. They won the golds.
Speaker 2 (03:59):
So the top, you know, the top one, two three.
Speaker 1 (04:15):
We're from the West Coast Oregan base. So that tells
you how good the how good it is out here.
I don't know what we'll tell you will you know,
but congratulations to break Side on their win that's at
the twenty twenty five World Beer Cup. And also congratulations
(04:39):
to them were opening their new tap house here in Vancouver.
So we're going to open this bad boy up. I'm curious.
I've never had a concord grape cider. I've had a
lot of siders in my day, but never never a
greape one so a little beer ASMR. And now it's
(05:02):
a good time to also remind you to check out
this podcast sponsor Raycon products. They're amazing, they're reliable. A
thirty minute charge will give you, you know, long lasting
play to thirty two hours of play on a single charge.
Check out the link in the description of the show
(05:24):
and if you click on the link, you will get
fifteen percent off your order. So that's Raycon dot com
and the link will be in the description. Oh ooh,
smells like grape. We're gonna pour it here. I mean
I've had a lot of I've had like a very
merryon berry. I've had peach ciders. I've had of course,
(05:50):
who could forget the salt and sand mescal cider in
New York City. Got an interesting color here, and of
course I'm using the glass here. Ticket we'll deal with
that and that will go up on the on the Twitter,
(06:13):
on the X machine here after I post this episode.
Also want to remind you guys that next week I
will be having mister Mike Larkin of the on the
Mike with Mike podcast and the LFC Frank Dominance podcast
(06:33):
on my show, Washington Wrestle Talk Show and also I
will be doing with the Southwest Washington Life podcast here
very soon as well. Establishment Owner here in Vancouver, and
they seem pretty receptive, So keep a keep an eye
(06:54):
out on the On the socials, you can check out
all my socials Instagram at Washington Wrestle Talk, at Washington
Wrestle No either way around. Instagram is at Washington Wrestle,
TikTok is at Washington Wrestle Talk, and of course on
x at Triple Our Product. Triple Our Product is basically
(07:18):
the umbrella of all my shows. So we're gonna I
used to fill this thing. I mean, this is a
nineteen point two fluid ounce and a five hundred sixty
eight milli leader for those of you international. So oh
(07:39):
it's got a good, good, good good smell to it.
So then after I finished this episode, I'm gonna have
to restart the app on my computer here because there's
a new update now that they've gotten rid of Live.
Even though my computer app still says I could do Live,
(08:00):
but the phone says I can't. So it is what
it is. So let's give this a taste. In three
two and one, here we go. Yum, that is very
(08:22):
very delicious, not gonna lie. That is really really tasty.
Holy Portland Cider doesn't again this in small batch, mind you,
so they won't be having it out much for you know,
(08:48):
it won't be out for long, I should say. There
summer cider. Of course, summer's just around the corner here.
I mean, we are in the month of May now,
so of course the unofficial start of summer is Memorial
Day this year. So so on their ingredients they just
(09:15):
fermented apple juice, concord, grape juice, apple juice, and malic acid.
I wonder how hard it would be to make, say,
your own ciders, not to take away anything from Portland Cider,
any cider, avid, locust. The list goes on and on.
(09:41):
I think it would be kind of cool just to
make like one batch of your own, just to try,
you know. But as far as the concord, great goes.
Speaker 2 (09:52):
A can.
Speaker 1 (09:53):
The can, the artwork on the can is beautiful. I mean,
it's got the red for the apple, the purple for
the grapes. It's got you know, some grapes with the apple,
I mean, and it tells you exactly what to expect,
you know, the tapes and fresh apple exactly what you taste.
I mean, that goes with the taste profile here. This
(10:15):
would be great for summertime, a summertime barbecue. And it's
not I mean, at five point two percent, it's not
really that strong. I mean, it'll get it'll get the
get the job done for you. As far as refreshment,
you know, an old one would be great, you know,
(10:36):
right out of the cooler, right out of the refrigerator.
I mean, you can't. You can't beat that. You cannot
beat that. So but the color looks like almost almost
a wine type color, if I could be perfectly honest.
(10:56):
But yeah, I mean, I mean, and there's nothing wrong
with that. I I don't don't really care for wine much,
but every now and then I will have a glass.
But this, holy cow, it is delicious. I highly recommend it.
So I'm gonna grade this now with of course, our
(11:19):
scale that we used, the zero to five stars. You know,
you got the can of course, you know, vibrantly colored.
The smell test, of course, you can smell the grapes
in the apple. It's like heaven on earth. The color
(11:41):
very very dark, but has to be expected with you know, grapes.
Now I'm wondering if the with concord grapes, especially now,
if it was a white grape, then it probably be lighter.
And that's that's fine, you know. Case wise, Oh yeah,
it it it you know says what it does. You know,
(12:05):
it tastes like a It tastes like tangy grapes with
fresh apples. I mean it is delicious. I love it.
I wish they could make more, you know, have it longer,
you know, other than small batch. Maybe maybe you know,
do it for spring, summer and then have like I
(12:26):
don't know, a pumpkin spice, something for fall, and then
of course something for winter. But definitely keep this one
around Portland Sider. I mean, you hit a home run
with this one. So I'm going to go above and
beyond the five star on this one. This one's gonna
get a solid, solid six and three quarter stars. Portland Sider.
(12:48):
You even did it. I applaud you very much. So
so some news. I will be probably taking this show
to Couple. I'm going to see if a Brake side
will let me do a show there, and I'm also
going to see if Lewett Brewery here in town will
let me do a show as well as Brothers, Cascadia
(13:09):
in North Hazledale. Those are the three that I'm I
know of now that rail Side Brewery has closed. Unfortunately,
I might even ask Keithan Brewery Brewing to do a
show there one day. But yeah, I'm I'm going to
be talking to some be talking to some a grow hubs,
(13:35):
you know, tap houses, to see if they will allow
me to do a show at the taphouse and review
the beers they have on tap there. And it's come
to that time now where I must give the obligatory
message of you know, know your limit. When the same
when I mean it's it's worth it. Drunk driving is
(13:57):
not worth it. It hurts you, it hurts your family
or the family of the person you hurt. It's just
not worth it. I mean, if you have too much
to drink, take a cab, take a lift, take an uber,
do what I do, take the bus, if you're within
a quarter of a mile walk, have a friend come
(14:19):
pick you up. But please, for the love of God,
do not drink and drive. It's just not worth it, guys.
So that's gonna wrap it up. I'll be back tomorrow
night on the Washington Craft Roo talk with another sider,
this time from Locust, our old friends who are now
(14:41):
not in Vancouver anymore. And I want to thank you
guys for checking this this episode out. Go ahead and
check out all my other episodes on Spotify. iHeartRadio, Apple podcasts,
Google podcasts. You know the drill. Well, it's it's been real,
it's been fun, and it's been real fun with you guys.
(15:03):
But I need to go. Thank you so much for listening.
I love you all, and good night from the Washington
Craft Brew Talk Podcast. I will see you tomorrow night
on the next episode. Well then take care, bye bye,
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