Phantom Carriage Cider Symposium
Thursday 7/30, 6-10pm.
18525 S Main St Carson, CA 90248
www.PhantomCarriage.com

July 31st, 4pm-11pm, meet the Apple Outlaw cider makers from 5pm-8pm in my taproom.

On tap:
Apple Outlaw/Rev. Nat’s Barrel-aged Hopricot Twist
Apple Outlaw Original (batch 1) – (2014 PICC best in show)
Apple Outlaw Ginger Bite (2015 PICC gold medal – fruit cider)

Apple Outlaw and Rev. Nat’s collaborated on a special blend of Tangerine Twist (2015 PICC gold medal – hopped cider) and bourbon barrel-aged Hallelujah Hopricot which will be debuting at this event on draft.

There will be additional Apple Outlaw flavors being sampled from bottles and bottle sales to go. We will have a special cider cocktail created for the event. The crew from Apple Outlaw and Northwest Cider Brokers will be in attendance.

Apple Outlaw
Blair Smith and Marcey Kelley

Tony Furtado Concert at the  taproom Saturday July 25th, 2015.
Show time: 8pm
Cover: $5
Taproom will be open all day. Cover will start at 7pm.
Artist’s website: http://www.tonyfurtado.com/

Night of 1000 ¡Tepaches!

The 2016 event is on July 23rd, 2016!

July 11th, 2015, 4-11 PM
at Reverend Nat’s Public Taproom.
1813 NE 2nd Ave, Portland, Oregon 97212

Facebook Night of 1000 ¡Tepaches! event page

It is rumored that the 1st 10 guests to arrive will receive a coconut from which to drink ¡Tepache! from.

20 blends of ¡Tepache! available for tastes, including 5 beer blends from some of the participating breweries below, a couple beer blends of our own, some other-cidery collab blends, and more weird flavored blends. Further rumors of a Wesvleteren 12 blend and/or a Speedway Stout blend.

No tickets or cover charge to get into the event.

Tokens are $2.00 each and may be exchanged for a 4 oz pour of ¡Tepache! or ¡Tepache! mix.

This is a 21+ event.

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On Saturday July 11th, these blends will be available in my taproom:

Padre Nat’s ¡Tepache!: The base Tepache, useful for making your own blends!

Tepache+Tecate: The classic pairing and perfect introduction to Tepache.

Ghost Tepache: Perennial favorite of the Portland Fruit Beer festival, this Tepache is a blend of Ghost chili peppers and our sweet Tepache: A match made in heaven!

Smokedy Ghostedy: Reduce some of the heat from our Ghost Tepache and add in some smoky cider made from backyard-smoked apples. Intense!

Tepachemole: Hazelnuts and crushed cacao nibs, infused into Tepache, with a touch of heat thrown in for a proper Mole-Style Tepache (if such a thing exists).

Gazpache: Maybe you won’t like it, but maybe it will be the best blend here. Take a gallon of tomato juice, add some gazpacho spices, and express a few white onions into a keg of Tepache. Yum!

Banana Looza Mimosa: Pineapples and bananas are tropical cousins, so why not blend these two sweet treats together? A splash of champagne lightens up the viscosity and brings this blend into the realm of sublime.

Brandy Barrel-Aged Pomegranate Wine & Jonathan Eau De Vie Tepache: Don’t ask. The name says it all.

Orange Cherry Tepache: One part orange-mango juice, 60 dashes of cherry bitters and plenty-o-Tepache make this one a taste sensation. A sister keg was tapped by Lompoc 5th Quadrant on the run-up to the Night.

Tepache Passion Mimosa: Quite possibly the star of the show, this blend is equal parts champagne and Tepache with a hit of our late-summer seasonal, The Passion. A sister keg of this was tapped by Fat Heads Brewery in the Pearl the week prior to the Night.

Tepache Sin: Collaboration with Schilling Cider, our Tepache blended with cinnamon-infused apple brandy, made by Schilling.

Fruit of the Garden of Good and Evil: Collaboration with Burnside Brewing Co, their Sweet Heat (apricots and Scotch Bonnet peppers) combined with our Ghost Tepache, this debuted at the 2015 Portland Fruit Beer Festival and was the commemorative bottled beer.

Tepache Radler: Collaboration with Mazama Brewing, their Wizard Island Wit and our Tepache. Crushable.

Saison de Chetco: Collaboration with Base Camp Brewing, Pilgrimage Saison farmhouse ale, infused with habanero and blended with Tepache through a habanero Randall.

Nonstop Tepache: Collaboration with Hopworks Urban Brewery using their Nonstop Hef Hop blended with our Tepache.

Vertigo Brewing Collab: Tepache and Tropical Heatwave. Tropical Heatwave is a “Tropical Blonde” with a kick; the key lime tropical flavor infused with habanero chili heat. More than a subtle spice, a flavorful burn paired well with the pineapple flavor of Tepache.

Rose City Tripel Tepache: Collaboration with Lompoc Brewing, using their Rose City Tripel Pointer (a Belgian tripel with rose hips) and our Tepache.

Tepache Summer Wheat: Collaboration with Culmination Brewing, using their Summer Wheat and our Tepache.

Dark Smoked Piña: Collaboration with Fat Heads Brewery, their Imperial Smoked Porter and our Tepache. One of two awesome dark-beer blends for the Night.

Speedway-Tepache: The beer that inspired the whole Night, Alesmith Brewing’s Speedway Stout is one of the world’s best imperial coffee stouts. Controlled with a deft hand, it makes a truly compelling Tepache blend.

Participating breweries the week leading up to 7/11/15 who will also be pouring unique ¡Tepache! blends:

Hopworks Urban Brewery: Tepache Fire 6.5% abv
50% tepache, 50% Fire Cider Blend (1/3 Newtown 2/3 Fire Cider)

Base Camp Brewing Company: Cocorumpache 3.3% abv
62% tepache, 38% Coconut water, added rum spices)

Lompoc Beer Fifth Quadrant: Orange Cherry Passion Tepache 2.93% abv
70% tepache, 10% The Passion, 20% Santa Cruz Organics Orange Mango Juice, 60 dashes cherry bitters

Vertigo Brewing: Tepache Deliverance 4.6% abv
50% Tepache, 50% Deliverance Ginger Tonic (lemongrass, ginger juice, lime juice+zest, quinine)

Culmination Brewing Company: Lady Tepache 4.6% abv
30% Tepache, 70% Lady apple (heirloom)

Cascade Brewing Barrel House: Tepache Pippin 5.8% abv
30% Tepache, 70% Newtown Pippin (heirloom)

Migration Brewing Company: Perache Amarillo 4.6% abv
50% Tepache, 50% Bartlett Amarillo hopped perry (no apple)

Fat Head’s Portland: Tepache Passion Mimosa 6.3% abv
48% tepache, 45% champagne, 8% The Passion

BTU Brasserie: Mead-ache 7.1% abv
50% Tepache, 50% 18 month old mead that we made + 200ml meadowfoam honey

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I could not be more excited to celebrate the awe-inspiring Northwest cider scene with you at these various events throughout the city during this year’s Oregon Cider Week. Please join me at one or many. See you soon!

Join us on Tuesday May 5 2015 from 5 to 10 PM for our second annual Cinco de Mayo celebration at my Cidery & Public Taproom.

$5 gets you a tall glass (22oz) of ¡Tepache! blended with Ex Novo’s “The Most Interesting Mexican Lager” or Pacifico Clara or upgrade to a $7 blend with Sierra Nevada Ovila Saison with madarin oranges.

El Taco Yucateco onsite selling handmade Tamales and other Mayan delicacies.

The massive collection of hopped ciders requires street closure this year and adds more offerings including international ciders.

Reverend Nat’s Hard Cider is pleased to announce the return of the Hopped Cider Festival to their Cidery & Public Taproom in northeast Portland. The second annual event will take place Saturday, April 18 2015 from 12 PM to 10 PM, the day immediately following the Craft Brewer’s Conference in Portland. New this year is an expansion of the festival into the street adjoining the public taproom.

This is the second Hopped Cider Fest put on by Reverend Nat’s Hard Cider, having launched the concept last year very nearly on a whim. Public response was overwhelming last year with nearly 800 attendees crammed into the cidery for eight solid hours. This year’s event will include a street closure and even more ciders including hopped ciders produced around the world.

Many cidermakers will be on hand to inform attendees through the samplings which will be available in 4-ounce tasting portions in a souvenir festival glass. In addition to the superb range of ciders, the event will feature food from El Taco Yucateca and the returning favorites Bro-Dogs + Burgers. And in a repeat of last year’s festivities, every hour on the hour attendees will be treated to free tastes of ciders unavailable for purchase in Oregon including ciders from all over the USA and overseas.

“This is surely the largest collection of hopped ciders in the history of the universe,” says Reverend Nat West. “Last year we organized the event in a couple weeks and were blown away by the public response. We learned our lessons and decided to expand into the street but we are doubling-down by adding even more hopped ciders and upping the tasting pour size.”

Tickets are available for $20 at the door (cash or credit). Admission includes a tasting glass and 6 tasting tokens. Additional tasting tokens will be available for sale onsite for $2 each. Re-admission will be allowed at any time with event wristband and tasting glass. THE EVENT IS 21 & OVER ONLY. No dogs or other pets.

Full list of ciders:

…with many more to come!

For more information contact:
Jim Bonomo, Reverend Nat’s Hard Cider
203-887-4419
jim@revnats.com

Portland, OR – February 9, 2015 – Reverend Nat’s Hard Cider will host a special event as a cider-themed supplement to both Zwickelmania and Valentine’s Day this Saturday, February 14th from 3-10pm at the Rev. Nat’s Cidery & Public Taproom.

The Red Fleshtival, brainchild of Nat West, is a unique cider event that assembles some of the rarest hard ciders available in the United States. Red- and pink-fleshed apples are coveted, expensive, and often hard-to-find. Ciders made from such apples are even more obscure, but they’ve managed to assemble six different varieties in one place for this special event. Featured will be limited edition red-flesh ciders from Reverend Nat’s Hard Cider, Snowdrift, Alpenfire, Uncle John’s, West County Cider, and more. The ciders will be available in a special, one-day-only taster flight.

“Red flesh ciders are unique because they are rich in anthocyanins.”, said West. “This compound, usually found in red and purple fruits, adds an extra dimension of flavor and level of complexity in a straight apple cider that is almost impossible to achieve using conventional apples.” West created two single varietal ciders using Mountain Rose apples and Siberian Red Crabapples specially for the event. “[The Siberian Red cider] tastes and smells like the inside of a raspberry jelly donut. It’s mind-blowing.”

The Red Fleshtival takes place at Reverend Nat’s Cidery & Public Taproom, 1813 NE 2nd Ave, Portland, Oregon, on Saturday, February 14th from 3:00PM – 10:00PM. The ciders will be available while supplies last.

Portland, OR – December 30, 2014 – Reverend Nat’s Hard Cider, the fastest growing cider company in Portland, Oregon, has appointed Steve Panos as Production Manager. In this capacity, Panos will oversee the entire production staff as the cidery continues through a rapid expansion. He will report directly to cidery founder Nat West.

A veteran of the brewing industry, Panos began his career at Otter Creek Brewery in Middlebury, Vermont. He brings over a decade’s worth of fermented beverage experience to Reverend Nat’s which also includes stints as brewer/head brewer for two Rock Bottom Brewery locations, and most recently, brewery manager at Pelican Brewing Company in Pacific City, Oregon. At Pelican, Panos oversaw and facilitated extensive growth in many areas of the company’s operations while maintaining the high quality upon which Pelican’s reputation was built.

“Reverend Nat’s is like a giant talent magnet.”, said West. “We got Mike [Gorman, former Columbia Distributing VP], and now Steve. I’m very excited that such great people are throwing their hat in to the cider ring with me.” Panos is equally as enthused. “I am excited to learn the gospel of everything cider from the Reverend himself.” His role as production manager begins on January 19, 2015.