Pacific Coast Cider Enters Chicago Area Via Louis Glunz Beer

Lincolnwood, IL – Louis Glunz Beer, Inc., Chicago’s premier craft and specialty import beer distributor, announces the addition of Pacific Coast Cider to its catalog. From the Lodi, CA-based Cider Brothers, Pacific Coast Cider offers an array of dry, refreshing handcrafted hard ciders. Through Glunz, Pacific Coast Cider is currently available throughout Chicago.

“The Cider Brothers’ winemaking background heavily influences their approach to making ciders,” says Anthony Norkus, brand manager for Louis Glunz Beer, Inc. “They make interesting additions that amplify their products, maintaining a flavor profile that’s balanced and on the drier side—ingredients from strawberries to their family’s Pinot Grigio—ideal for ushering in warmer weather.”

Cider Brothers’ Pacific Coast ciders currently distributed by Glunz and available to area restaurants, bars, and retailers include:

• Dry Hard Apple (6.0% ABV)?: With a wisp of pale gold and a tint of green on the edge, Dry Hard Apple has a hint of tannin balanced by ripe green apple and lime, leading to a creamy richness in the finish. With slight carbonation, tiny bubbles, active with enticing apple aromas, jump out of the glass.
• Dry Hard Apple with Pinot Grigio (6.0% ABV): With a clear pale straw color, the candied apple aromas layer with hints of lime and the addition of crisp Pinot Grigio. A soft, lingering finish and a little tannic bite follow in the Dry Hard Apple with Pinot Grigio.
• Dry Hard Apple with Strawberry (6.0% ABV): Resembling a crisp rosé wine in color and taste, fruity aromas of fresh strawberries, vanilla cream, and honey lead to sweet citrus, melon, and mineral flavors in this strawberry tinted Dry Hard Apple cider. Medium bodied and well-balanced, it starts slightly sweet, but finishes dry.
• (New) Dry Hard Apple with Wild Cherry (6.0% ABV): A light red color and an enticing wild cherry and cinnamon punch sets the Dry Hard Apple with Wild Cherry cider apart. French oak adds complexity, body, and a lingering hint of spice on the finish. Medium bodied, it gives off a touch of sweetness with well-balanced acidity.
• (New) Dry Hard Apple with Mango and Muscat (6.0 ABV): A distinct blend of hand-crafted hard apple cider, delicately floral Muscat wine and lush, tropical mango lends the newly announced Dry Hard Apple with Mango and Muscat.

Paul and Michael Scotto, fifth-generation winemakers known as the Cider Brothers, produce Pacific Coast Hard Apple Cider in Lodi, CA. These nationally available award-winning ciders come to Chicago in four-packs of 16-ounce cans and 1/2 bbl and 1/6 bbl kegs. Pacific Coast Cider is one of two cider brands the Cider Brothers produce.