Empyrical Cider - Inversion IV (500 mL)
Empyrical Cider - Inversion IV (500 mL)
Empyrical Cider's Inversion is an elevated Pear Cider, and one of our favorite annual releases from Empyrical. The base cider is made from a bittersharp forward blend of cider apples, including Winesap, Porter's Perfection, Spitzenberg, Golden Russet, and Reine de Pomme. After primary fermentation, the cider is finished a la Methode Traditionelle with an oaked perry blended together with fresh perry pear and comice pear juice.
Inversion IV is the latest vintage of inversion (2024 apples, released fall 2025). It's semi-dry with luscious fruit sweetness and texture. Each prior vintage has been amongst Empyrical's fleet of award winning ciders at the most competitive cider competitions in the U.S. We expect Inversion IV to join the ranks during the coming year's award season.
Adam & Elizabeth from Empyrical craft their cider and perry blends with an immense amount of thought and careful attention to detail. The name of this cider is a perfect example of that.
🍐 A bit of sediment common in any cider or perry made with traditionaly perry pears rests at the bottom of this bottle, and you're encouraged to gently invert the bottle to redistribute the sediment through the cider before pouring.
🍐 In a world full of modern "pear ciders" made to taste like a basic dessert pear and void of complexity, Inversion flips the script. An excellent base cider, blended with a bit of perry pear.
🍐 We think it also epitomizes some of the vision Empyrical has for their orchard and cidery. Very few cider makers are intentional about growing perry pear varieties, while Empyrical has planted more than 400 such trees. Likewise, it's rare that an American cider makers has more than a single traditional perry they release per year - Empyrical not only releases several perry products each year, they have a one-of-a-kind Perry Club that you should make sure to join!
- Dry-to-Sweet Scale: Semi-Dry
- Tannins: Medium
- Acidity: Medium Plus
- 🍎🍐 Varieties: Esopus Spitzenberg, Porter's Perfection, Perry Pears, Golden Russet, and Winesap
- Features: Blend and Pears
- ABV: 8.2%
- Format: 500 mL Bottle
- Shipping available across U.S.
- In stock, ready to ship
- Inventory on the way