Colorado Cider Co. Releases 2 New Ciders – Pearsnickity & Cherry Glider

(Denver, Colorado) – Colorado Cider Company has released two seasonal

ciders to retailers in its Colorado market.

Pearsnickety, a seasonal perry made with Colorado-grown pears, serves up

fresh pear aromas, sweet pear flavors and a lingering, rain-washed finish.

This extra-pale winter offering is made in the fall from tons of golden Bartlett

pears produced by growers in Colorado’s famed Grand Valley. “These pears

make for delicious fruit and incredible perry,” says Colorado Cider Company

founder Brad Page.

“Like all of our ciders,” Page says, “we ferment Pearsnickety to just-about dryness.

This accents the fruit flavors, reins in the sugars, and conjures up

Pearsnickety’s earthy finish and Western Slope terroir. “

Pearsnickety debuted last fall for Colorado Cider, and this year Page is

quadrupling production of it to help meet expected demand.

Cherry Glider is a new version of Colorado Cider’s popular Glider Cider that’s

made with Colorado apples and enhanced with (but not overtaken by) tart

cherries.

It sports a beautiful rose color, flavors of cherry pie, and a distinctive cherry

pucker. Cherry Glider’s muted apple notes temper the cider’s tangy cherry character

and add classy complexity.

“The key to a great cherry cider,” Page says, “is knowing when to say whoa! on

the cherries. That’s what you find here. It’s grownup enough to thrill discerning cider

lovers, without calling up cough syrup nightmares from your childhood.”

Pearsnickety (suggested retail price of $8.49) and Cherry Glider (SRP of $8.99)

are now on Colorado shelves in 22-ounce bottles.

A recent expansion at Colorado Cider has enabled the cidery to triple its annual production

capacity from 25,000 gallons to 75,000 gallons. The expansion included

four new 2100-gallon tanks and two new 1200-gallon tanks.