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4/25(月) ・ 昨日はあいにくのお天気にも関わらず、たくさんのお客様にご来店いただきました。ありがとうございました😭 お断りしてしまったお客様、申し訳ありませんでした🙇♂️ 昨日とは打って変わって、いいお天気の本日は13:00〜22:00で営業しております。 こちらも打って変わって、本日はご予約はほぼなし😅のんびり営業でしょうか。 明日の夜はほぼ満席ですので、ぜひ本日お待ちしております。 ・ 当店のレギュラーメニュー、オレゴン州ポートランドのレヴァレンドナッツ・ハードサイダー🍎このたびちょっとスペシャルなヤツが入荷しました。 (以下、輸入元資料より↓) "CIDER FOR MY FAMILY" Reverend Nat'sの醸造所のご近所さんで長きにわたる友人でもあるSeven Bridge Wineryのプチ・ヴェルド(ペッパー、ミネラルの風味があり、ボルドーのブレンドによく使用される)を使用したスペシャルビンテージのワインをブレンドし、'Rev.Natの魔法'をかけてできあがり。 「とっても複雑でそんじょそこらにはないサングリア」のイメージに仕上がった。 本当にめちゃくちゃ美味しいサングリアで、これからの季節に氷をいれて飲むのも最高です😊 500ml缶ですので、シェアでもひとりじめでも🆗です。 売り切れ次第終了ですので、ぜひお飲み逃しなく〜🍷 ・ 【GWの営業のご案内】 4/29(金)12:00〜愛ある食卓のマルシェ 通常営業18:00〜24:00 4/30(土)15:00〜24:00 5/1(日)13:00〜22:00 5/2(月)お休み 5/3(火)13:00〜22:00 5/4(水)13:00〜22:00 5/5(木)13:00〜22:00 5/6(金) 12:00〜愛ある食卓のマルシェ 通常営業18:00〜24:00 5/7(土)15:00〜24:00 5/8(日)13:00〜22:00 5/5は木曜日ですが、営業する代わりに5/2がお休みになります。 4/30の夜、5/4はすでにほぼ満席になってますが、それ以外はまだまだお席に空きがありますので、ぜひよろしくお願いいたします! ・ ご予約、お問い合わせは0466-66-6409、またはinstagram、メッセンジャーまで、お待ちしてます🎶 (Auto Reserveでのご予約は承っておりません) *ハヤシコウさんデザインのMONKの4周年ポスター、好評販売中です‼️ ・ お店の営業時間にかかる音楽をイメージして作ったプレイリストがApple music、Spotifyにてお聴きいただけます🎧 最新版の選曲はインストゥルメンタルのみ、バーバリックワークスのビールの名前の元ネタにもなっている"WHISTLE SONG"も収録です。 ぜひお楽しみくださいませ♬ ・ Apple music↓ https://music.apple.com/jp/playlist/instrumental-mood-13-00-22-00/pl.u-06oxDWAIWX3z8rG?l=en ・ Spotify↓ https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7cSS00XIJZ1N50TTpdzU9G?si=1qjyfyObQ1iwpAVvD2Nd2g ・ ・ ・ #monk #monktsujido #辻堂 #辻堂ランチ #辻堂昼呑み #辻堂アペロ #辻堂ディナー #vinnaturel #vinonaturale #naturalwine #craftbeer #finefood #愛ある食卓 #reverendnats #reverendnatshardcider #sevenbridgeswinery #ciderformyfamily #hardcider #sebastiantapajos #marianazareth #arnaldohenriques #御酒vin帖 #お一人様歓迎 #お子様連れok #辻堂ワインバー #辻堂イタリアン #スナック跡地 (MONK Tsujido) https://www.instagram.com/p/CcwmoG5P4tx/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
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A Tale of Two Ciders
"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to Heaven, we were all going direct the other way."
Charles Dickens: A Tale Of Two Cities (1859)
So it is with #Cider, or #HardCider, because while the industry continues to grow by leaps and bounds, Most Americans still don’t get hard cider. Figuratively in many cases: despite being one of America’s first and one could argue most patriotic of Colonial-era drinks, it still pales in consumption quantity to beer.
And also, unfortunately, literally: outside of a few cider bastions like the Pacific Northwest, Upper Midwest states like Minnesota and Michigan, Vermont, New Hampshire, or New York, quality craft cider that is not made by Woodchuck or Smith and Forge is hard to come by. (I SHOULD give props to the folks at Smith and Forge, though for having a great interactive timeline on some historical cider events, most real, some subject to interpretation.)
But for those of us fortunate enough to live in cider Meccas like Oregon, getting access to quality ciders made by 21st Century cider revolutionaries like Apple Outlaw and Reverend Nat’s Hard Cider is far easier than a 18th century Gallic aristocrat trying to survive the French Revolution.
I recently stopped by Reverend Nat’s Taproom -- established with help from Kickstarter campaign donations -- and was lucky enough to try two fantastic ciders currently on tap: Reverend Nat’s Revival Mountain Rose and Apple Outlaw’s Ginger Bite. The former is made from an apple variety grown only in Oregon’s Hood River Valley; the latter recently won Gold at the Third Annual Portland International Cider Cup.
Let’s break down what makes these ciders worth tasting:
#1 Revelation Mountain Rose:
ABV: 6.4%. Single varietal. Special stuff inside: Mountain Rose apples, grown only in Oregon by Hood River Organics
Where to find it: Reverend Nat’s Public Taproom
Bubble Meter: High
Aroma and Berry/Fruit taste: Oregon strawberries
Acidity: Nice and tart, with great balance.
Taste: Dry, but not tannic.
Quick summary: According to Gemma at Reverend Nat’s, the Mountain Rose is a top-seller at the taproom. Maybe it’s because Oregonians and out-of-town visitors needed a break from the heat, or maybe it’s because this cider has a remarkable balance and fruit forwardness--and ok, a linger-on-the-middle and back palate finish, too--that makes it eminently quaffable on overcast and brutally hot summer days alike. Or maybe it’s because, like so many of Reverend Nat’s unique cider recipes, Mountain Rose is liquid magic courtesy of a hard-to-find apple varietal with incredible color, aroma, and taste. Find--and drink-- Revelation Mountain Rose while it lasts: like a Pacific Northwest summer, it sparkles, has jammy notes that would please Phish, and will probably be gone before we want it to. Until next year, that is.
#2 Apple Outlaw’s Ginger Bite
ABV: 6.0%. Blended apples. Peruvian Yellow Ginger.
Where to find it: Reverend Nat’s Public Taproom, Portland Cider House Bushwhacker Cider
Bubble Meter: Medium
Aroma: Wildflowers. And ginger, baby...
Acidity: Nice and complex, accentuated by the ginger.
Taste: Dry, with a back-of-the-throat mild ginger burn/finish Canada Dry wishes they could bottle.
Quick summary: One sip will convince cider enthusiasts and novitiates alike why this beverage won Gold at the Third Annual Portland International Cider Cup in June. Full disclosure: I like ginger-spiced ciders like Reverend Nat’s Ginger Tonic and Schilling Ginger Cider--a lot. But Ginger Bite might be the best ginger-infused cider I’ve tasted so far. To call this cider aromatic is an understatement: it’s flat-out fragrant. Blossoms fill your nose during, well, the nose, and then the ginger handily takes over for the finish. But don’t get me wrong: you WILL taste ginger the moment it hits your lips. And that’s more than ok, because there are plenty of apple notes to keep your palate pre-occupied. Apple Outlaw owners Blair Smith and Marcey Kelly -- who like any hard-working folks that grow and harvest crops sustainably should get kudos for being great land and community stewards -- have a gem on their hand with Ginger Bite. It’s tart, refreshing, light, and goes down oh-so easy. If Gilligan’s Island had a ginger like this on the program, it would have run for 10 years even before syndication. Luckily for us.
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