TCE Special Tasting Kit for Zoom 4/16/21 with the owners of B&B!

$34.97

~~$39.98~~ MSRP

Curated tasting kit for a special TCE Zoom tasting line up! Join Owners of Botanist and Barrel, Amie Fields, Lyndon Smith, Kether Smith and Deric McGuffey to taste through a selection of their natural ciders and cider-wine hybrids. Below are the ciders tasting notes paired with local cheese making neighbor, Boxcarr Cheese and the link if you like to buy the cheese to pair with the ciders. Less is More Petillant Natural Cider - A natural cider showcasing the elegance of classic old-world methods, spontaneous fermentation and minimal intervention. Fermented with wild yeast from the apple skins using the Pétillant Naturel technique creating a beautiful fine bubble as it ages in the bottle. Made with a blend of local eating and traditional cider apples, it's delightfully effervescent, dry with subtle minerality with honey notes, and racy acidity. Pair with- Boxcarr Lissome - Beer Washed Cows Milk - This big, beefy, beer-laden cow milk beaut, takes inspiration from the funky Italian classic, Taleggio. Weeks of regular washing, with a Piedmontese beer and brine solution, promotes this bright orange rind, creating a malty, warming funk alongside a rich, lusciously-creamy bite. Grapes Have Feelings Cider wine hybrid - Wild barrel fermented NC Muscadine wine, blended with Chardonnay barrel fermented wild cider creating a beautiful blend with a sense of place. Pair with - Rocket Robiola- Geo & Ash Dusted Cow's milk - Somewhere between a vegetable-ashed, Loire Valley, bloomy rind and a Piedmontese Robiola, these beauties pack as much flavor onto a cheeseboard as they do appearance. Dusted in vegetable ash before developing a doughy, wrinkled rind, the pasteurized cow milk begins tangy, bright and chalky, but continuously breaks down from week to week into a slow, oozing paste with notes of butter-roasted mushroom and toasted almond. AWARDS: 2016-American Cheese Society Winner, 2019-Good Food Award Marguerite cider- Marguerite is a play on a margarita cocktail. Wild fermented cider is rested in tequila barrels and sea salt barrels and blended and infused with fresh lime and orange zest. Pair with - Boxcarr Redbud- Named for the gorgeous flowers of the Eastern Redbud tree, this radiant, firm goat and cow milk cheese is lovingly rubbed with pimenton, Spanish paprika, and aged. She is kissed with smoke giving her a bright bite. Buy Boxcarr Cheese here - https://www.boxcarrhandmadecheese.com/shipping/perfect-cheese-plate