Elemental Hard Cider

I see bottles of Elemental Hard Cider in stores and just haven't gotten around to buying one. I saw that they have bottled some root beer infused hard cider and decided that I would drop by their shop in Woodinville a couple of weeks ago.

I got to taste their root beer cider, blood orange cider, pear cider, cherry cider, dry cider, and jalapeño lime cilantro cider. They were all good. A bit on the sweet side except for the dry cider. The sweetness wasn't a detriment, and the jalapeño lime cilantro cider was amazing! I brought a 32 ounce growler of it home with me.

Anderson Valley Bourbon Stout

I recently had some Anderson Valley Bourbon Barrel Stout on draft (via my growler) and was very impressed. I decided to buy some bottles of it as Xmas presents for my father-in-law and my brother-and-sister-in-law (in Japan). I, of course, had to taste a bottle of it to make sure that the bottles tasted good enough to be presents. The bottles were very good, but they weren't as good as the draft.

Anderson Valley Brewery is not far from Alexander Valley Vineyards (in California). My wife and I both enjoy Alexander Valley's wines. We had a 2003 merlot that scored an 89. Yum! It was our first "Wow" experience with a wine.