June 2022

June’s Explorer Box features Rumors of Ruin and Forgotten Rituals.

BOOK OF NOMAD | RUMORS OF RUIN
First up in the series is RUMORS OF RUIN, a Mango Dragon Fruit Slushie Cider. Rumors of Ruin taste like Dragon Fruit Vitamin Water, Yellow Kiwi, and Ripe Mango, and pours bright magenta pink!⁠

SHARED UNIVERSE | FORGOTTEN RITUALS

We collaborated with ourselves, we don't know if that's cheating, but we did it. We (Graft) made a Peach match kombucha cider with Ritual. Forgotten Rituals (the collab cider) is co-fermented with NY apples and nonalcoholic kombucha. We added peach and matcha into the blend and left it alone to do its thing for a bit. By blending these two beverage styles, the collaboration cider ended up with a dynamic and diverse flavor profile.

With this collaboration, we wanted to take a little bit of what we were doing with Ritual, like using adaptations and whole leaf tea, then pairing it up with apothecary-like flavors.

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TASTING
Are your ciders chilly? Do you have your tasting card and a pen handy? Taste through your Cider Explorers Box with Kyle.

CIDER COCKTAIL
Edward Gibbons-Brown, one of our favorite local mixologists and theater lover, has created a custom cocktail for you, Cider Explorers, using ingredients found in the common pantry.