CLACKAMAS, Ore.— Portland Cider Firm’s Authentic Gold Cider
took dwelling the highest award at this 12 months’s Worldwide Brewing and Cider Awards held in Manchester and
London, United Kingdom. Authentic Gold, the corporate’s most-awarded cider, earned its
twelfth gold medal at this 12 months’s competitors, then acquired the best-in-class
trophy on the awards ceremony. That is the primary time within the competitors’s
136-year historical past {that a} United States cidery has introduced dwelling this trophy.
“Of
course we aspire to our cider being among the many greatest on the planet. However I admit, I
was speechless after I heard that our trade friends awarded us the highest honor on the
competitors,” mentioned Portland Cider co-founder Jeff Parrish. “The judges are all
energetic cidermakers from all over the world. It’s an enormous honor to be acknowledged
like this by our friends, and humbling to share this award
with such a protracted line of fantastic cidermakers.”
A
three-day judging course of to determine the medal winners passed off in March 2024
at Depot Mayfield in Manchester, United Kingdom, and comprised 38 working
professionals within the brewing and cidermaking industries from throughout the globe.
The trophies had been awarded at what organizers consult with as “the trade’s
‘Oscars’’’ in a ceremony on Might 1 in London. Of the 115 beer and cider medals,
simply 13 had been awarded trophies—one in every class. Authentic Gold competed within the
traditional cider class.
In
addition to Authentic Gold’s accolades, Portland Cider Firm’s personal English Pub Cider earned a silver medal
on the competitors. Bauman’s Cider and a couple of Cities Cider introduced a number of medals
again to Oregon, as properly.
“I’m so
proud that our firm was capable of shine in the course of the competitors, and I believe
it’s a triumph for Oregon ciders general,” mentioned Lynda Parrish, co-founder of
Portland Cider. “For 3 Oregon cideries to deliver dwelling medals from my dwelling
nation, the birthplace of cider, speaks volumes about how sturdy our native
cider trade is. It feels very full-circle to me.”
Authentic
Gold, English Pub Cider, and all of Portland Cider’s creations could be discovered at
retailers all through the West utilizing the Cider Finder on the corporate’s web site.
About
Portland Cider Firm
Portland
Cider Firm was based in 2013 to deliver hand-crafted, award-winning cider to
the Northwest. The corporate acknowledges Portland and her daring spirit because the
inspiration behind their progressive ciders, and guarantees the cleanest,
tastiest, and most pleasant cider-drinking expertise town has to supply.
Portland Cider has three taproom areas within the Portland metro space, the place
they encourage all to go to, pattern, and count on extra from the cider they drink.
