Order a cider at Whip Tavern, save open space
You just might not want to say the cider's name aloud in polite company.
The Whip Tavern near Coatesville, approaching its 10th anniversary, is now serving its own private-label house cider, with some of the proceeds going to preserve open space in the Brandywine Valley.
You just may not want to say the punning name - For Fox Sake - in polite company.
It's an off-dry English style cider made from apples that are grown, pressed and fermented at Big Hill Ciderworks in Adams County. The cider contains no added sugars or flavors. A portion of sales will be donated to the Brandywine Conservancy to preserve open space and the namesake's habitat.
Whip owners KC Kulp and Luke A. Allen decided to commission a house cider in 2013, when Heineken USA felt the need to sweeten its Strongbow cider, the Whip's pour. But first, they stockpiled all the bitter Strongbow they could get their hands on.
The new cider is a collaboration between Kulp and Troy Lehman of Big Hill Ciderworks of Gardners, Pa.
The Whip usually sells at least 700 Imperial pints of cider each month. A donation of 50 cents will go to the Conservancy for each pint.