My Feedback:

This communally grown cider is Jolly Rancher red and has a unique nose of cherries and a little weediness. Though it looks as though it may be super sweet and fruity, it is really dry and more botanical in taste—though you do get a nice residue of jammy berries and tartness (again, dry though). I can’t put my finger on the particular flower it reminds me of—really wish I had my wife here to help me figure it out. In fact, this really reminds me of my wife working in her garden on Mother’s Day, and if that Mother’s Day experience could be turned into a drink flavor, this would be that Mothers-Day-in-the-garden taste. You get a bit of the peatiness and can almost taste the soil in it. This puts the garden in summer garden party. Overall a really nice drink and a fantastic idea to have local community neighbors bring in their apples and turn them into something really nice the entire community can enjoy. I love it!

Product Description:

The Great Bear Apple Drive is the first of its kind in Montana. It’s a call to the Missoula region to harvest and deliver apples to our tasting room in exchange for cider. Our community gathers over 15,000 pounds of apples in this seasonal effort to craft the most local beverage in the Garden City. We are assisted by the Great Bear Foundation who helps the drive and we donate 10% of the proceeds to the Great Bear Foundation.