Drink: Cherry pie, in the form of cider

Summer is always ripe for cherry pie.

But this year, I'm excited about the one that's pouring on draft: Cherry Pie, the cider. This wickedly good blush of sweet-tart dry cider comes from Stone & Key Cellars in Montgomeryville, the eight-month-old custom crush winery from the owners of Keystone Homebrew Supply that's also become one of the state's innovative new cideries.

S&K's initial cider series ferments a blend of up to 17 apple varieties from Solebury Orchards to complete dryness followed by a variety of vivid finishes, including a funky wild yeast for "Untamed," or the oaky vanilla of brandy barrels.

The Cherry Pie, though, is sure to be S&K's big hit, with a dose of Michigan Montmorency cherries that evokes a juicy kriek lambic, but made from Bucks County apples. In perfectly tuned balance, a pink draft of Cherry Pie might as well say: Pucker-up and kiss.

- Craig LaBan
Stone & Key Cellars Cherry Pie apple cider, from $4.50 to $8.50 a glass at many locations, including S&K Cellars, which also sells a 64-ounce growler, $24, (435 Doylestown Rd., Montgomeryville), Molly Molloy's (Reading Terminal) and Johnny Brenda's.