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Brandy & Chocolate Tasting

320 kr Adults only (20 and older)

Availability

  • Summer dates to be announced

  • Available to groups by appointment all year.

Includes

  • Flight of 3 brandies and 3 artisan chocolates

  • 30 minutes of interpretation

Blue summer light. Faces lit by fire. The taste of honest brandy.

by Åge Eitungjerde, Destiller and Chocolate Lover

Do you care about the stories behind what you drink? Do you like chocolate?

After you’ve had your dinner we’ll meet at our orchard pavilion, and I’ll make sure to have the fire going. We’ll walk a few steps up to our distillery, and you’ll hear about how we make our fruit brandies, see our small copper destillery, and take a peek into the cellar where they’re aged in barrels.

I’m a history man, and you won’t be able to avoid hearing about the rich traditions of fruit brandy in Norway, which in fact outdate aquavit. Then we walk back to the pavilion and taste our way through of 3 of the brandies you just learned about: Epledram 6666, Sogn Aqua Vitae, and Plommedram.

Most spirits are made with industrial equipment: think 9-meter tall stainless-steel towers and employees in lab coats with clipboards. The basis product (fruit, potatoes, grain) each is made into pure ethyl alcohol before being flavored. We’ve gone another direction here: Our brandies are made from real organic fruit, with nothing added or taken away. Yes, you’ll taste some imperfections, but in the same way a handmade wooden boat has imperfections when compared to one made of fiberglass.

Together with each brandy is a piece of chocolate that lifts the flavors to new heights. Each one is made by us specifically to match the drinks. My favorite is a chocolate-dipped plum, aged 6 years in brandy.

See you in the orchard—book here!

 

Details

  • The Cider House is 1.5 km (30 min) from the village center, up a small hill.

  • The drinking age in Norway is 20 for brandy.

Bring Along: Identification card (for those drinking alcoholic beverages)

Meeting point: Ciderhuset, Sjøtunsvegen 32, 6899 Balestrand

Conditions: Full refunds are given if cancellation is made more than 72 hours before start time.