Crispin Cider Cho-Tokkyu

Posted by Unknown Sunday, May 20, 2012 5:49 PM 0 comments

Cindee, her cousin Renee, and I attended the Great Lakes Wine Fest at Michigan International Speedway yesterday afternoon.  A picture perfect afternoon and we had lots of fun trying out the various wines and beers at the event.  It is a bit odd, I admit, to have a wine fest at a Nascar track.  But, you might as well use all that space for something like a wine and beer fest in between the various auto races held at the track (among the many other events they host).

There were plenty of decent wines and more (in my opinion) really good beers represented this year.  Craft brewing continues to grow in popularity and it's really great to see all the creative brewers and what they are bringing to market.

One of the brewers at this years' event is Crispin Cider and boy do they make some fantastic ciders!  I was particularly enamoured with their Cho-Tokkyu cider.  Cho-tokkyu is naturally fermented with authentic Sake yeast using a premium blend of fresh pressed apple juice, not from concentrate, with no added malt, spirit, or grape alcohol.  A racy, high-speed cider that remains crisp and well balanced.  Cloudy and straw colored with an exotic polished complexity.  Cho-tokkyu is clean, vibrant with an authentic dry sake finish and a distinctive apple backbone.

Cho-tokkyu Artisanal Reserve cloudy hard cider is unfiltered and uses racked apple wine smoothed with pure organic, gluten free, rice syrup.  No added colorants, sorbate or benzoate preservatives.  Best served cool to cold.  As with all Crispin Artisanal Reserves, give a full bottoms-up tilt and swirl to disperse unfiltered apple-wine sediment evenly.

If you can find this in your favorite craft store, pick up as much as you can.  You won't be disappointed.  A great cider for a hot summer day!

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