Monday pear-fectly ripens at Peaks & Pints — a flight of orchard poetry bottled and effervescent, where the noble pear takes the mic and croons across continents. From Tadcaster’s genteel perry halls to Washington’s rain-kissed farms, today’s flight drifts between refinement and ripeness, blossoms and brass. Each pour speaks its own dialect of sweetness and restraint — Samuel Smith Brewery’s courtly elegance, Cockrell Cider Farm’s barn-door breeze, Finnriver Farm & Cidery’s golden nostalgia, and Alpenfire Cider’s misty maritime murmur. Together they taste like orchard daydreams and twilight promises — the soft, luminous hum of pears in perfect conversation.
Peaks & Pints Pear Cider Flight
Samuel Smith’s Organic Perry
5% ABV | Traditional English Perry | Tadcaster, England
England distilled into effervescence — stately yet sly, like a countryside afternoon that secretly knows how to flirt. Organic pears from venerable English orchards ferment with centuries of patience, yielding pale gold that shimmers like a silk waistcoat in sunlight. The aroma drifts between ripe fruit and orchard bloom, a whisper of sweetness rising through its dry, champagne-fine sparkle. Gluten-free, vegan, and quietly decadent, it waltzes between crispness and perfume — proof that old-world restraint can still make modern mouths sing.
Cockrell Cider Pear
6.2% ABV | Semi-Dry Pear Cider | Puyallup, Washington
The quiet overachiever of the orchard — crisp, composed, and confident enough to let flavor do the talking. Estate-grown Washington apples mingle with just enough pear to add a soft floral lift. The first sip flashes like fresh-cut fruit before easing into a mineral-dry hush, autumn air slipping through an open barn window. Sweetness hums low, tethered by bright sparkle. No embellishment required — just a glass, a valley view, and the realization that simplicity can outshine spectacle.
Finnriver Pear
6.5% ABV | Semi-Sweet Apple & Pear Cider | Chimacum, Washington
Orchard nostalgia in a linen dress, this semi-sweet beauty marries organic apples to ripe pear warmth until it glows like honeyed dusk. Aromas of late-summer fruit and rain-washed grass lead into a glide of bright apple backbone and pear’s soft, silken sigh. It finishes tender, never cloying — the cider equivalent of a long exhale on a porch swing as daylight slips away.
Alpenfire Estate Perry
6.6% ABV | Estate Perry (Fermented Pear Cider) | Port Townsend, Washington
A whispered secret from the Strait — golden, misty, and unapologetically patient. European and Asian perry pears, with a sly 2 percent of bitter-sharp apple, ferment into a hazy reflection of sea air and orchard sun. The taste drifts between crisp and plush, laced with hints of wood and wildflower honey. Certified organic, small-batch, and quietly defiant, it doesn’t seek attention — it earns reverence, one radiant sip at a time.
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