Virtue The Mitten Bourbon Barrel Aged Cider

Rated 96 on RateBeer.com. When the leaves fall there’s a chill in the air and the evening greedily takes hours from daylight we stand strong and embrace the wintertime. It’s a time of rich foods roaring fires and our favorite sweaters. Drinks change from refreshing to intense and satisfying. The Mitten is a Winter cider a blend of last seasons best aged in bourbon barrels with the new season’s fresh pressed apple juice. Straight cider aged for 3 seasons finds notes of vanilla caramel and charred American oak balanced with the best of the orchard over-ripe apples and their sweet tart earthy juice. Many barrels are filled but only a small portion the very smoothest will find their way into The Mitten. We love wintertime especially when we have The Mitten to keep us warm and happy through the long cold night.