The Northwest Cider Affiliation (NWCA) proudly introduced the 2022 winners of our ninth annual Portland Worldwide Cider Cup (PICC) competitors not too long ago at a sold-out awards occasion, hosted at Swift Cider in Portland.
The Northwest is residence to 150 orchard-based, small, impartial, and mid-sized makers, and Portland Worldwide Cider Cup is the area’s premier judged competitors. This 12 months, PICC obtained probably the most entries in its historical past! On this 12 months’s competitors, almost 50 cideries from OR, WA, MT, ID and British Columbia entered 241 ciders, judged by just below 50 skilled cider judges who traveled from across the area to Portland, Oregon for the all-day judging occasion in early Could.
NWCA unveiled 57 Gold, Silver and Bronze medal successful ciders from Pacific Northwest cidermakers throughout 20 distinct classes and 7 subcategories – starting from Fashionable Dry to Conventional Perries. Entries come from OR, WA, MT, ID and British Columbia – the continent’s largest apple rising area. The competitors is strict and never all classes take medals if the standard just isn’t there, an uncommon strategy for cider competitions. Ciders are judged by skilled trade specialists in search of excellence, flaws and decided fashion qualities.
Main Award Winners
Small Cidery of the Yr – Puget Sound Cider (WA)
Medium Cidery of the Yr – Bauman’s Cider Co (OR)
Giant Cidery of the Yr – Seattle Cider Co (WA)
Finest In Present – Seattle Cider (WA) “Honeycrisp”
Runner Up for Finest In Present– Peak Mild Cider (OR) – Orchard Reserve Quince
Finest New Cidery – RAW Cider Firm (OR)
Different Award Winners
There have been gold, silver, and bronze award winners for a number of cider fashion classes together with purple fleshed cider, trendy dry cider, heirloom candy cider, English candy cider, French cider, and extra. Extra particulars, classes, and the listing of all winners could be discovered right here on the NW Cider web site.
For ease, we highlighted the entire GOLD winners from the awards this 12 months beneath.
| Redfield Rose’ | 35A: Pink Fleshed Cider | Puget Sound Cider Firm |
| Mcintosh Cellar Sequence | A1: Fashionable Dry Cider | 2 Cities Ciderhouse |
| Honeycrisp | A2: Fashionable Candy Cider | Seattle Cider Firm |
| Kingston Mix | B1: Heirloom Dry Cider | Puget Sound Cider Firm |
| Imperial Golden Russet | B2: Heirloom Candy Cider | Bauman’s Cider |
| Bittersweet | C2: English Candy Cider | Sea Cider Farm & Ciderhouse |
| Semi Dry | D1: French Cider | RAW Cider Firm |
| Wolf In The Woods | E1: Hopped | Sea Cider Farm & Ciderhouse |
| Garratza | F1: Wild/Non-Sac | Liberty Ciderworks |
| Spiced Peach | G1: Spiced Cider | Seattle Cider Firm |
| Golden Ghost | G2: Botanical | Rootwood Cider Firm |
| Farmer’s Outdated Normal | H1: Wooden/Oaked | Bauman’s Cider |
| Raspberry | I1: Fruit Cider | Puget Sound Cider Firm |
| Cherry | I1: Fruit Cider | Puget Sound Cider Firm |
| Blueberry Pomegranate | I1: Fruit Cider | Avid Cider |
| Pacific Pineapple | I1: Fruit Cider | 2 Cities Ciderhouse |
| Orchard Reserve Quince Cider | J1: Specialty | Peak Mild Cider Firm |
| Peary | K1: Fashionable Perry | Scenic Highway Cider Co. |
| Honeycrisp | M1: Single Varietal Cider – dessert/culinary apples | Seattle Cider Firm |
| Golden Russet | M2: Single Varietal Cider – bittersweet/bittersharp apples | Finnriver Farm & Cidery |
