Incline Cider recently popped up in Michigan. After being reasonably impressed with the first offering I tried from them (Compass Rose), I decided to give The Scout a chance:
It wasn't bad, but there was also nothing particularly notable about it. Kind of shocked that a tiny operation in WA with limited distro would bother shipping it to such a massively competitive cider market with numerous superior local competitors.
Fortunately, the second beer I opened this evening was far more impressive. I'd previously planned to give up on Transient, because with 21 prior beers from them consumed, none had been worthy of the hype. A few were good, but certainly none were great. And given how annoying their distribution is, it didn't seem worth the effort. But Michigan Cherry Maigre was fantastic. Of the 605 beers tried so far this year, this was the second best:
It wasn't bad, but there was also nothing particularly notable about it. Kind of shocked that a tiny operation in WA with limited distro would bother shipping it to such a massively competitive cider market with numerous superior local competitors.
Fortunately, the second beer I opened this evening was far more impressive. I'd previously planned to give up on Transient, because with 21 prior beers from them consumed, none had been worthy of the hype. A few were good, but certainly none were great. And given how annoying their distribution is, it didn't seem worth the effort. But Michigan Cherry Maigre was fantastic. Of the 605 beers tried so far this year, this was the second best:
