'Portland Fruit Tree Project' - Apple + Pear + Plums + Quince Brandy

$30.00

An elegant Fruit Brandy distilled from a mix of Apples, Pears, Plums, and Quince harvested from Portland’s urban canopy by the Portland Fruit Tree Project (PFTP). All proceeds from this bottling go to PFTP to support their mission to “increase equitable access to healthful food and strengthen communities by empowering neighbors to share in the harvest and care of city-grown produce”. 375ml 44% abv

An elegant Fruit Brandy distilled from a mix of Apples, Pears, Plums, and Quince harvested from Portland’s urban canopy by the Portland Fruit Tree Project (PFTP). All proceeds from this bottling go to PFTP to support their mission to “increase equitable access to healthful food and strengthen communities by empowering neighbors to share in the harvest and care of city-grown produce”. 375ml 44% abv

A unique tasting brandy with a unique origin. The Portland Fruit Tree Project harvests fruit from Portland’s urban canopy and gets that fruit to food banks and community pantries. Not all the fruit a tree produces is purdy enough fer eating though, as unsprayed trees can sometimes produce sound but blemished or scabby fruit. Enter the 600 year old tradition of turning excess fruit into spirits. I sorted, washed, chopped, and fermented all of the good-tasting but ugly-looking fruit not destined for the pantries and doubled distilled it on a copper bain-marie fruit brandy still. The ferment was a mix of several kinds of Apples, Pears, Asian pears, Plums, and a surprising amount of Quince, which made a one-of-a-kind brandy. The Asian pears and Quince are the lead flavor and aroma notes but I get bits and pieces of different fruits each time I revisit it. Bottled unfiltered at 44% abv, the flavors come alive in cocktails like a Brandy Sour or Stone Fence. 102 x 375ml bottles produced