Fall Harvest Party at the distillery this coming weekend!

Just heard from Haley – looks like fun!

The owners of Westcott Bay Cider and San Juan Island Distillery are opening their doors, and their orchard, for a weekend-long Fall Harvest Party. Locals and visitors are invited to come by the orchard, roll up their sleeves and help harvest some of the apples that are the foundation of the distillery and cider works’ award-winning products.

Grown and then harvested by hand in an orchard on Westcott Bay, over a dozen varieties of antique apples are washed and pressed on site as the first step in the cider-making process. Several of these varieties of antique apples are expected to be ripe and ready for harvest, including Yarlington Mills, Dabinetts and Brown Snouts.

The party will take place October 15-16, from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m., and will include tastings of a selection of products. Party goers are encouraged to register in advance by calling 360-378-2606, although last minute helpers are always welcome!

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CURRENT PRODUCTS

SPIRITS

Spy Hop Gin Harvest Select: As graceful and energetic as the spy hop (a vertical jump to look around) of our Island’s resident orca whales, our Gin begins not with neutral grains but instead with our award-winning Westcott Bay Cider. Using a copper alembic pot still, we combine our crystal-clear distillate with juniper and selected botanicals, including San Juan barks and berries. Here’s a Gin to change your ideas of what Gin can be.

Spy Hop Gin: This silky-smooth gin is made from a more traditional base spirit and is infused with the same botanicals found in Harvest Select. These are unique and unusual flavors for gin, and they create an amazing and original gin.

Apple Eau de Vie: An intense statement of a beautiful place. Cider apples become award-winning Westcott Bay Cider, and are distilled in our small copper alembic pot still. We carefully remove the harshest flavors, preserving only the aromatic, flavorful hearts of our crystal clear distillate to produce this delicious Apple Eau de Vie. Some of our Eau de Vie goes into barrels and becomes a Calvados-like apple brandy in a few years.

Lavender and Wild Rose Liqueur: Pelindaba lavender and local wild roses at their peak bloom are combined with our delicious apple eau de vie, capturing the essence of the fragrance and color of these beautiful flowers. Enjoy this liqueur in cocktails or use it in desserts.
HARD CIDERS

Westcott Bay Ciders: Our hard Ciders are made from Cider apples grown here on Westcott Bay. This prize-winning traditional English Cider is crisp, clean, refreshing and low in alcohol. We do everything by hand – picking the apples, washing and pressing them, fermenting the juice into Cider in stainless tanks, and bottling. It is truly a local artisan business.

San Juan Island Distillery and Wescott Bay Cider Works can be found at 12 Anderson Lane, just west of Roche Harbor Resort.

Contact us by email at [email protected] or telephone at 360-378-2606, or visit www.sanjuanislanddistillery.com and www.westcottbaycider.com.

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