Celebrating the New England Harvest: Local Chefs, Local Cider

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Fall 2009

Eating a drinking local is good. Good for the local economy, good for the environment, and especially good for your taste buds. How great is it to be able to head to your friendly neighborhood eating establishment and enjoy a locally made beer and/or cider paired with a meal made from local ingredients. We think it’s pretty great.

This fall Harpoon toasts the Boston chefs and bartenders who support local businesses by using locally harvested and farmed ingredients.

We cordially invite you celebrate the New England fall harvest with us. Select Boston chefs and bartenders known for using local ingredients in their dishes have created special menu items using Harpoon Cider as an ingredient. Harpoon Cider is made from locally grown, freshly pressed apples and our proprietary yeast.

Now through the end of November, visit one of these great restaurants and enjoy a special dish made with Harpoon Cider, a celebration of the fall harvest:

Franklin Cafe

278 Shawmut Street

Boston, MA

Dish: Harpoon Cider Cured Ham Hocks served with Brussel Sprouts, Smokey Pork Tongue, and Cranberry Relish

Created By: Chef Kelly Hartman of the Franklin Cafe

Harvest

44 Brattle Street

Cambridge, MA

Drink: “The Fallen Apple” – Stoli Applik Vodka, Pommeau, and Harpoon Cider, served with a spiced sugar rim

Created By: Alan Tidd of Harvest

Neptune Oyster

63 Salem Street

Boston, MA

Dish: P.E.I. Mussels with Roasted Honeycrisp Apples, Harpoon Cider, Hudson Valley Foie Gras

Created By: Chef Michael Serpa from Neptune Oyster

92 Winthrop Street

Cambridge, MA

Dish: Warm Sesame Cake with a Harpoon Cider Gastrique and Green Apple Sorbet

Created By: Om Pastry Chef Clarissa Lee Madden

Support these local restaurants that support other local businesses!

ABOUT HARPOON CIDER
We are very proud of our Cider here at the brewery. The apples for Harpoon Cider are pressed at Box Mill Farm in Stowe, Massachusetts. Once the fresh apple juice is ready, we bring it here to our brewery in Boston where we pitch our yeast – the same yeast we use in our beers. We let the yeast do its thing and ferment the apple juice. After a couple weeks in one of our fermentation tanks, the Cider is ready. That’s all it takes – freshly pressed apples and our proprietary yeast. We don’t add any sweeteners or coloring or preservatives; there’s nothing artificial about it. Zip. Harpoon Cider: pure, natural, and locally made from the tree to the bottle.

Harpoon Cider is made from a blend of locally grown apples including the New England favorite, McIntosh. This blend of varieties is fermented with the brewery’s own yeast, creating an aroma with a clean, fruity character. This crisp cider is balanced with the ripe apple sweetness and tartness from the fruit’s natural acidity. The color is very light as a result of using only freshly pressed apples.