As a
continuation of our adventures that I posted on Friday, we continued the bachlorette party in
Charlottesville, VA. Next up was
Bold Rock Cidery....I've never been to a cidery before! To be honest, we probably had had a bit of alcohol by now so this wasn't the clearest....and I don't particularly love cider, but it was F-U-N!
This is what was on tap that day
Emily and I cheersing to the day!
Pretty cool, you get to watch them fill the glass bottles from the sampling room!
And out comes the bottle with cider in it!
I also learned a little bit about cider from their
FAQ site:
Am I the only one, or do other people get confused about the definitions of hard cider, sweet cider, apple juice and cider?
No,
it is confusing! In colonial America, people referred to the alcoholic
beverage made from fermented apples as just “cider” and most other
countries still say "cider" when they are referring to the fermented
alcoholic beverage. However, in an attempt to get Americans to decrease
consumption of alcohol around Prohibition years, the term “cider” began
to be used to refer to unprocessed apple juice, which doesn’t have
alcohol to start, but which can ferment given time. The confusion has
been there ever since, but here are some definitions that should help:
- Hard Cider is apple juice that has gone through a fermentation
process in which its sugars have turned into alcohol. Just as wine is
an alcoholic beverage made from fermented grape juice, hard cider is an
alcoholic beverage made from fermented apple juice.
- Sweet Cider is apple juice that has not been processed, stabilized,
or filtered, often leaving it cloudy and brownish. Although it does not
have alcohol in it initially, since it is not pasteurized or processed,
it could begin to ferment in time.
- Apple Juice is the liquid (juice) pressed from apples. Most apple juice found in stores has been filtered and pasteurized.
- Cider can refer to either hard cider or sweet cider in the U. S.
because there is no standard definition for all states. Other countries
tend to use the term “cider” for the alcoholic beverage and “apple
juice” for the non-alcoholic beverage and not use the terms “hard cider”
or “sweet cider” at all.
So there you go!
And of course we had to stop to take a group photo!
Next up it was time to go home and THANKFULLY we all got to take a nap! You can't get a group of 30 year old girls together for an all day drunk fest and expect us to rage on through the night. One by one we all made our way to our beds for a quick (ok...2 hour) cat nap.
We all got our glow sticks on and donned our black dresses to head out for a night of fun! First up was
Commonwealth Skybar.
I mean, how fun are all of these glow sticks?!?!?!
Next up was to
Escafe! This place was so much fun! Who knew that under black light, gin & tonics turn this color?!?!
PHOTOBOMB by Jess!
Locations
Bold Rock Cidery
1020 Rockfish Valley Hwy, Nellysford, VA 22958
Commonwealth Skybar
422 E Main St, Charlottesville, VA 22902
Escafe
215 Water St W, Charlottesville, VA 22902
