Snow Capped Cider Just Dropped Two New High-Elevation Releases
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There’s something almost unfair about how good cider gets when you grow it 6,130 feet up a Colorado mountainside — but that’s exactly the advantage Snow Capped Cider has been working with, and their two newest releases prove it. The women-owned, GLINTCAP-decorated cidery out of Cedaredge, Colorado just added Spiced Cider and Blueberry Lemondrop to their lineup, and together they show off just how far a single orchard’s fruit can stretch: one cozy and spice-forward, the other bright, tart, and built for warm-weather sipping.
Snow Capped has spent years proving that cider doesn’t have to pick a lane. Their catalog swings from single-varietal and barrel-aged bottlings to rosés and fruited ciders, and the judges have noticed — three straight years as GLINTCAP’s Midsize Producer of the Year, a record-setting 14 Best in Show wins in 2026, and the title of most-decorated cidery at the 2026 Cidercraft Awards with 24 medals. That’s not a fluke; that’s an orchard doing exactly what it was planted to do.
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Spiced Cider leans into fall flavor without boxing itself into a season. Traditional warming spices meet Snow Capped’s crisp, estate-grown base, and the apple acidity keeps things from tipping into dessert territory — it’s built to be cracked open in October and July. The cidery says the real magic is having full creative control over their own orchard, letting them experiment across apple varieties to find what each one contributes to the blend. Fittingly, this one just picked up a best-in-class win at GLINTCAP 2026.
Blueberry Lemondrop goes the other direction entirely — local blueberries paired with the same estate apples, but tuned for brightness and snap instead of warmth. It’s fruity without losing its backbone, which is exactly the kind of balance that earned it a Judges’ Pick in the Fruit category at the 2026 Cidercraft Awards and a Silver medal at GLINTCAP.
What ties both ciders together is the dirt they came from. Snow Capped’s orchard sits in the Surface Creek Valley at the base of Grand Mesa — one of the highest-elevation cider orchards on the planet — where big temperature swings between day and night coax out the acidity and complexity the cidery has become known for, all grown without chemical sprays or additives.
Cider fans in Colorado, Utah, Idaho, and California can expect to see both releases hitting shelves this fall, and Spiced Cider will make an appearance at the Great American Beer Festival in Denver this October, sharing space with some of the country’s top craft beverage names.
Address: Cedaredge, CO
Website: http://snowcappedcider.com/
Video: https://youtu.be/511ECrk7t3M?si=LBAvOVnSJPgpX0Qi
