LOVE LOVE LOVE THIS PLACE!
Can you tell I really love this place? If you haven't guessed already, I do.
I had heard many things about RCC through Charlotte blogs and other social media, so once I noticed a Groupon for this place I finally had the perfect excuse to go visit. The groupon included a brewery tour, two glasses of cider, and two logo glasses (FYI, the brewery tours are free for anyone). We enjoyed the brewery tour and learned a whole lot more about cider than I thought already knew. After we ordered a flight just to get an idea of everything we had. The Cherry Trolls cider really is as good as everyone says. Nice and fresh with a sweet ending. The jalapeno/pineapple one had a surprising amount of jalapeno flavor in it, yet without the heat. The blackberry one was good without a lot of sweetness to it, which was wonderful as well. The coffee one just wasn't for me, but if you love coffee you'll definitely enjoy it.
After our flight we went back up to order our drinks. I ordered the earl grey and while it sounds strange to use tea in a cider it was absolutely fantastic. If you're a tea drinker you'll enjoy it as much as I did. Fair warning, you might want someone else to drive you there that isn't planning on drinking. Before I knew it I was more tipsy than I planned on being. I drank everything way too fast. Then again everything was so delicious it's hard to take your time drinking.
I'm very much a wine person and not at all a beer person. For once it was nice to enjoy the brewery scene without being the person not drinking. The service was top notch and the atmosphere was very casual and welcoming. I'm planning on visiting again soon, there's still a lot of ciders I wasn't able to try.