Empyrical's Outlier Cider is an oak-aged crabapple blend that prominently features a single transcendant crabapple tree growing on a historic old prairie orchard in the foothills of Washington's Cascade Mountains. This lone tree is roughly 30 feet tall and sits on the edge of a property in Central Washington surrounded by little else. Check out this beautiful video on Empyrical's instagram for a glimpse of the fruit being harvested by Adam & Elizabeth.

The Transcendant Crabapples from this tree are blended with Hewes Crab, Muscadette de Dieppe, Calville Blanc and Dolgo crab apples grown on Empyrical's own orchard; as well as some Ashmead's Kernel apples harvested in Eastern Washington.

The sharp blend was mellowed by an in-bottle malo-lactic fermentation. The cider drinks dry to semi-dry, with medium-plus tannins and acidity in great balance. Complex aromas of a freshly cooked down batch of apple butter - cooked apple, bit of baking spice, and faint notes of white flower, apricot, wood, and an orange wedge. Rich fruitcake flavor profile, a palate cleansing minearity, and with lingering phenolic notes of smoke, spice, and barrel.