A funny thing happened on the way to modern cider. While much of the industry was busy proving cider could be dry, serious, terroir-driven, and every other adjective usually delivered with a thoughtful nod and a tasting notebook, 2 Towns Ciderhouse looked around and asked a different question: what if cider could also be wildly fun? Not careless. Not gimmicky. Just joyfully unafraid of flavor. Founded in Corvallis in 2010 by Lee Larsen and Aaron Sarnoff, 2 Towns emerged from Oregon’s orchard country with a simple mission to create craft cider from fresh-pressed Northwest apples while refusing to treat cider like a museum exhibit. The result helped transform not only Oregon cider, but the entire Northwest category.
That playful spirit has always rested on a surprisingly serious foundation. Long before Cosmic Crisp apples became a household name and before marionberries, huckleberries, blood oranges, guava, meadowfoam honey, and countless other ingredients found their way into the lineup, 2 Towns built its reputation around fresh fruit and real fermentation. The company remains one of the largest independent cider producers in the country, yet it still operates with the conviction that apples belong at the center of every conversation. The fruit additions aren’t disguises. They’re duet partners. Whether crafting the berry-forward charm of Made Marion, the citrus rush of Peel Out, or the oak-aged authority of Bad Apple, the cidery’s best work begins with the same question: what happens when exceptional apples meet equally compelling company?
Which brings us to today’s Peaks & Pints Monday 2 Towns Flight, a tour through the cidery’s wonderfully restless imagination. Marionberries open the dance. Grapefruit and blood orange arrive with the windows rolled down. Strawberry and guava wander in carrying tropical sunshine. Huckleberries lead a detour into deeper berry country. And Bad Apple, the original heavyweight, closes the evening with honey, oak, and enough orchard gravitas to remind everyone who taught the party how to behave. Five pours, one cidery, and a persuasive argument that cider can be both serious craft and an exceptionally good time.
Peaks & Pints Monday 2 Towns Flight
2 Towns Ciderhouse Made Marion
6% ABV | Marionberry Hard Cider | Corvallis, Oregon
Marionberries bring their unmistakable Northwest personality to the party here — dark, juicy, and carrying that perfect balance of sweetness and tartness that seems engineered for stained fingertips and summer afternoons — while crisp apple keeps the fruit from becoming too comfortable.
2 Towns Ciderhouse Peel Out
6% ABV | Citrus Radler Cider
Grapefruit and blood orange tear into the palate with sun-soaked enthusiasm, all bright citrus oils, juicy flesh, and just enough pithy bitterness to keep things interesting, while the cider beneath stays light on its feet and refreshingly crisp — the liquid equivalent of rolling down the windows, turning up the music, and taking the long way home for absolutely no reason at all.
2 Towns Ciderhouse Spring Kong
6.9% ABV | Strawberry Guava Hard Cider
Spring arrives wearing tropical perfume in this glass, pink guava bringing lush island fruit while strawberry layers in a bright berry glow that feels equal parts farmers market and daydream, the apple base keeping everything grounded just enough to prevent the whole affair from floating off into pure fruit fantasy.
2 Towns Ciderhouse Cosmic Crisp Huckleberry
8% ABV | Imperial Huckleberry Cider
Wild huckleberry takes the lead with its unmistakable mountain-born character, all deep berry intrigue and forest-edge charm, while blueberry rounds the corners and cranberry adds a bright tart snap that keeps the richer fruit in motion. Beneath it all, Cosmic Crisp apples provide a sturdy backbone, creating a cider that feels like a twilight hike through berry country.
2 Towns Ciderhouse Bad Apple
10.5% ABV | Oak-Aged Imperial Hard Cider
This is the closer, the one that strolls in after everyone else has made their introductions and somehow still commands the room. Deep apple character intertwines with meadowfoam honey and Oregon white oak, creating layers of warmth, toasted wood, and orchard richness that unfold slowly across the palate, finishing dry despite its considerable strength — a cider built for lingering conversations, and fading daylight.
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