It's been a fair while since my last post.
But I been busy.
And I been tasting things.
On a back country road, on a remote island,
(not far from a certain oyster farm...)
there exists a distillery!
A gin and cider distillery, to be precise.
It sounds very underground.
How could you not stop and see what that's all about?
First you're guided inside to the cider tasting.
These hard ciders range from Very Dry to almost Port-like.
A beaker spittoon.
My favorite was the Medium Cider,
but I also bought the Pommeau because the color was so pretty.
The bottling machine.
Next we were ushered to the outdoor gin tasting area.
That copper gin distiller is just SO gorgeous.
Some of these gins are infused with local
Madrone. Tastes like perfume.
The idea is for the products to taste like the
islands....so there are infusions of blackberry,
Madrone, lavender, Douglas fir...and a few
other secret ingredients.
This apple brandy was made from apples
grown on the property.
A real treat at the end was discovering
the many Bitters they make!
The product shelf.
One of the lovely owners and her daughter.
A portion of the grounds.
Gin barrels.
San Juan Distillery/Westcott Bay Ciderworks is an absolute delight.
About a mile from the Roche Harbor Resort
on San Juan Island (Washington), tastings are lively events on
Fridays and Saturdays from March through December.
12 Anderson Lane, 360.378.2606
