US

TheDC has a plan for your Easter, starting with ice cream and ending with beer

Christopher Bedford Former Editor in Chief, The Daily Caller News Foundation
Font Size:

So we took a one week break. Don’t judge. We had to sober up from writing the premiere of our Hard Copy liquor column. But we are back. And with some damn fine pickings for your Easter weekend choosing: Angry Orchard’s Traditional Dry Hard Cider and Sierra Nevada’s Ruthless Rye IPA.

Yup. A brand new cider and a RyePA. Something for the whole family — from your wife to your father to the teenagers stealing your booze — to get down on.

Forgive us now?

Whatever.

Angry Orchard Traditional Dry Hard Cider

Like cider? So do we. Especially in the winter, fall and summer. And also when we try to give up beer (amateur move) for Lent in the spring.

So when our downstairs liquor store surprised our afternoon beer browsing with a brand we had not seen before, we were quick to snatch up a six-pack.

Now, like with most ciders, it’s all in the taste. When you pour, there is, of course, the quick and obligatory fizz that comes with carbonation, but that quickly evaporates, leaving the apple-connoisseur with a golden-colored elixir.

The nose is sweet and sugary, not unlike a filtered apple juice.

But the taste! Well, the taste we describe as an apple-juice mimosa. And good apple juice. None of that too-sweet stuff you buy on the cheap. When it first hits the palate, the Angry Orchard Traditional Dry is not as sweet as the nose would suggest — the dry in its name comes straight through. It feels light and fizzy, like a good warm-weather cider should. And you catch that delicious sweet flavor on the sides of your tongue as the cider rolls out, exiting with a crisp, refreshing taste.

While we usually sample our beers slowly and deliberately, this six-pack was gone in 20 minutes. We blame the ladies. They loved it. But in truth, the menfolk loved it too, and when Deputy Editor Billy Rahn asked for more, we regretfully had to inform the gentleman that we had crushed it. All of it.

Food pairing, you ask? Easy. Vanilla ice cream. In the hot afternoon. (Or the morning. It’s none of our business if you eat ice cream in the morning.)

This English style cider is no wuss, either. At 5.5 percent alcohol by volume, it makes for a decent morning commitment. Also, it’s gluten-free, so your friends who are allergic to beer can drink it alongside the amateurs who gave up beer for Lent. (Free hint 1: When making fasting choices, avoid those that make coworkers and dates wonder if you’re an alcoholic.) (Free hint 2: Or just wait until Easter.) (Free hint 3: Don’t take life advice from TheDC.)

We found out six-pack for $8.99. Not so bad these days.

Sierra Nevada Ruthless Rye IPA

This beer is ruthless. And in a good way. While cider is for everyone, from kids to grandma, to you, Sierra Nevada’s Ruthless Rye IPA is not. And it is deliciously exclusive.

Poured into a glass, this rye beer does not lie in wait, quickly producing a thick, creamy head that sits atop an amber color not unlike the brown seen in maple syrup.

The nose does not hold back either, with strong citrus notes. And as one expert researcher at The Daily Caller put it, you know you’re drinking an IPA when you take a sip and taste the “flavor roller coaster.”

And he was right, this beer is good. Rock solid, even. Beginning with the bitterness hop heads crave, we quickly picked up on the peppery spice of the rye, followed by a burn on the tip of the tongue and that citrus flavor lingering as it mellows out.

For only 55 international bitterness units, this beer packed some punch. And at 6.6 percent alcohol by volume, that punch can weaken the knees. At $9.99 a six-pack, we’ll take it.

TheDC suggests the following Easter plan: Vanilla ice cream and Angry Orchard Traditional Dry Hard Cider  for breakfast; some chewing tobacco and a glass of water for lunch (don’t mix); and a large glass of Sierra Nevada Ruthless Rye IPA with… well, we don’t know. We’re eating pork right now and it goes great with that.

And have a happy Easter!

Follow Christopher on Twitter

PREMIUM ARTICLE: Subscribe To Keep Reading

Sign up

By subscribing you agree to our Terms of Use

You're signed up!

Sign up

By subscribing you agree to our Terms of Use

You're signed up!
Sign up

By subscribing you agree to our Terms of Use

You're signed up!

Sign up

By subscribing you agree to our Terms of Use

You're signed up!
Sign up

By subscribing you agree to our Terms of Use

You're signed up!

Sign Up

By subscribing you agree to our Terms of Use

You're signed up!
Sign up

By subscribing you agree to our Terms of Use

You're signed up!
Sign up

By subscribing you agree to our Terms of Use

You're signed up!
BENEFITS READERS PASS PATRIOTS FOUNDERS
Daily and Breaking Newsletters
Daily Caller Shows
Ad Free Experience
Exclusive Articles
Custom Newsletters
Editor Daily Rundown
Behind The Scenes Coverage
Award Winning Documentaries
Patriot War Room
Patriot Live Chat
Exclusive Events
Gold Membership Card
Tucker Mug

What does Founders Club include?

Tucker Mug and Membership Card
Founders

Readers,

Instead of sucking up to the political and corporate powers that dominate America, The Daily Caller is fighting for you — our readers. We humbly ask you to consider joining us in this fight.

Now that millions of readers are rejecting the increasingly biased and even corrupt corporate media and joining us daily, there are powerful forces lined up to stop us: the old guard of the news media hopes to marginalize us; the big corporate ad agencies want to deprive us of revenue and put us out of business; senators threaten to have our reporters arrested for asking simple questions; the big tech platforms want to limit our ability to communicate with you; and the political party establishments feel threatened by our independence.

We don't complain -- we can't stand complainers -- but we do call it how we see it. We have a fight on our hands, and it's intense. We need your help to smash through the big tech, big media and big government blockade.

We're the insurgent outsiders for a reason: our deep-dive investigations hold the powerful to account. Our original videos undermine their narratives on a daily basis. Even our insistence on having fun infuriates them -- because we won’t bend the knee to political correctness.

One reason we stand apart is because we are not afraid to say we love America. We love her with every fiber of our being, and we think she's worth saving from today’s craziness.

Help us save her.

A second reason we stand out is the sheer number of honest responsible reporters we have helped train. We have trained so many solid reporters that they now hold prominent positions at publications across the political spectrum. Hear a rare reasonable voice at a place like CNN? There’s a good chance they were trained at Daily Caller. Same goes for the numerous Daily Caller alumni dominating the news coverage at outlets such as Fox News, Newsmax, Daily Wire and many others.

Simply put, America needs solid reporters fighting to tell the truth or we will never have honest elections or a fair system. We are working tirelessly to make that happen and we are making a difference.

Since 2010, The Daily Caller has grown immensely. We're in the halls of Congress. We're in the Oval Office. And we're in up to 20 million homes every single month. That's 20 million Americans like you who are impossible to ignore.

We can overcome the forces lined up against all of us. This is an important mission but we can’t do it unless you — the everyday Americans forgotten by the establishment — have our back.

Please consider becoming a Daily Caller Patriot today, and help us keep doing work that holds politicians, corporations and other leaders accountable. Help us thumb our noses at political correctness. Help us train a new generation of news reporters who will actually tell the truth. And help us remind Americans everywhere that there are millions of us who remain clear-eyed about our country's greatness.

In return for membership, Daily Caller Patriots will be able to read The Daily Caller without any of the ads that we have long used to support our mission. We know the ads drive you crazy. They drive us crazy too. But we need revenue to keep the fight going. If you join us, we will cut out the ads for you and put every Lincoln-headed cent we earn into amplifying our voice, training even more solid reporters, and giving you the ad-free experience and lightning fast website you deserve.

Patriots will also be eligible for Patriots Only content, newsletters, chats and live events with our reporters and editors. It's simple: welcome us into your lives, and we'll welcome you into ours.

We can save America together.

Become a Daily Caller Patriot today.

Signature

Neil Patel