Angry Orchard Introduces Easy Apple

Angry Orchard introduced Easy Apple, the newest less sweet, easy-drinking cider from brand. Easy Apple offers drinkers a hard cider option in the Angry Orchard core collection that's both lower in calories and sessionable. The cider will be introduced in 6-packs in select states beginning in August 2016, including: Washington state, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, Arkansas and Rhode Island. Easy Apple will also be available nationwide in the Angry Orchard Fall Orchard Sampler Variety Pack.

With Easy Apple, drinkers will experience a hard cider that not only nods to traditional English dry ciders but also delivers a balanced flavor profile that will appeal to a wide range of drinkers, whether they're fans of popular ciders like Angry Orchard's flagship, Crisp Apple, or looking for a new easy-drinking alcoholic beverage to try, company officials say. Easy Apple is less sweet, sessionable and refreshing, while delivering on the complexity of higher ABV ciders in terms of body and mouthfeel.

Easy Apple (4.2 percent ABV) is crafted with a blend of culinary apples including Braeburn, Fuji, Gala and Granny Smith, and bittersweet apples like Bisquet, Dabinett, Frequin Rouge and Harry Masters Jersey. This less sweet, easy-to-drink hard cider is apple-forward in taste and unfiltered, leaving it with a slightly hazy appearance and a refreshingly dry finish.

"Easy Apple is a cider you can kick back with, since it's less sweet and sessionable," says Ryan Burk, head cider maker at Angry Orchard. "It's just as fitting to have for a day outdoors as it is during happy hour, or as part of a night out."

Angry Orchard Easy Apple will be available in 6-packs in select markets starting in August 2016 for a suggested retail price of $8.99 – $9.99 (price varies per market). Easy Apple will also be available nationwide as part of the Fall Orchard Sampler, Angry Orchard's seasonal variety pack 12-pack, beginning in August 2016.