If you are eating local and seasonally, why not drink local and seasonally in the same light? Rhubarb is in the height of its term in the Northwest and the trio of childhood buddies that run Corvallis, Ore.’s 2 Towns Ciderhouse aimed to bottle that freshness in their Rhubarbian rhubarb cider. Sourcing from a nearby patch, this brut of a cider (at 6.2% ABV) is fierce with tangy and tart rhubarb, but softened on the edges by round and juicy apple flavors.
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