MCA Pairing Cider and Food

Join Michigan cidermakers and Downtown Market purveyors for an evening of cider and food.  We will pair our world-class ciders with a selection of meats, cheeses, and delicious desserts.  

Come hungry (and thirsty!) and ready to see for yourself how cider just might be the perfect drink.  The evening will include a four-course pairing featuring the MCA’s Downtown Market partners:

• ·         Aperitivo will feature the perfect cheeses that match our Michigan-made ciders.
• ·         Field and Fire Bakery may even take a crack at making bread with cider!
• ·         Aperitivo will also provide a second course of charcuterie.
• ·         Montello Meat Market is in the process of creating three sausages made with sweet, medium, and dry ciders from around the state.
• ·         We will wrap up the event with salted caramels from Grocer’s Daughter and heritage apples for our dessert course.

End the night with a full belly, newfound knowledge of Michigan ciders, and an MCA pint glass.

First Course/3 cheeses

Uncle John’s Russett

Sietsema Yellow Label

VanderMill Hard Apple

Second Course:  Shrimp poached in Sietsema cider with cider reduction

Sietsema Lemongrass

Uncle John’s Rose

Northville Winery Apple

Third Course:  Three sausages made with three different ciders (Sietsema, Tandem Ciders, and Virtue)

Tandem Ciders Pretty Penny

Blake’s Catawampus

Farmhouse Trocken

Dessert Course:  Grocer’s Daughter Salted Caramels with sliced winesap apples

Tandem Ciders Smackintosh

Robinette’s Apple Cranberry

Farmhouse Halbitter