AOA7 drawing: Nine Pin Cider + Albany Distilling

ADC Nine Pin composite

Drawing's closed!

This week AOA celebrates our 7th birthday, so of course that means presents. Throughout the week we'll have drawings for fun Capital Region stuff.

The next prize up includes:

+ A gift certificate for two 7-cider flight tastings at Nine Pin Cider Works in Albany

+ Two bottles of rum and a hoodie from Albany Distilling Co.

To enter the drawing, please answer this question in the comments:

"If you could bottle something about the Capital Region, what would it be?"

This could be anything. And, you know, we're not really looking at all too literally. You want to bottle the view from Thacher Park? Sure, why not. We'll draw one winner at random.

Important: All comments must be submitted by 11:59 pm on Thursday, March 26, 2015 to be entered in the drawing. You must be 21 years of age to enter. You must answer the question to be part of the drawing. (Normal commenting guidelines apply.) One entry per person, please. You must enter a valid email address (that you check regularly) with your comment. The winner will be notified via email by 5 pm on Friday and must respond by 5 pm on Monday, March 30.

Comments

I would bottle the apple cider donuts from Indian ladder farm. Yum!

The Saratoga race track

I would bottle our summers because they are the best, but far too short and I need it now.

If I could bottle anything in the Capital Region, it would be the sweet, tantalizing smell that wafts out of the doors of the Cider Belly Doughnut place. I don't even *like* doughnuts that much, but that smell makes me lose any shred of willpower I ever might have had....

Tulips from Spring, the swimming holes from Summer, the foliage from Fall, and a first snow from Winter!

El Loco's frozen margaritas.

I wish I could bottle up some of Sam's Italian Restaurant's amazing red sauce.

I would bottle trivia night at Philly's!!

I would bottle all the Troy 'hater-ade'. Let it ferment for 20 years and then sip it like a fine wine while I look upon a totally revitalized city.

I want to bottle the taste of the McToberfest with a brown sugar rim from the Van Dyke in Schenectady!

Albany water. You don't realize how good you have it until you move to another area that requires you to buy tons of filters because the water is so heavily chlorinated it smells like public pool water.

I would bottle the smell of fresh baked bread that comes from the Freihofer's factory.

I would bottle up all the snow and salt and send it packing for SPRING!

I'd bottle up the view of the Albany skyline from the Patroon Bridge at dusk in autumn.

...mostly because then I could save it to look at while I'm not driving.

gus's hot dog grease

I'd bottle that feeling you get when you have I-90 (between exit 2 and exit 6) all to yourself - usually only happens early in the morning or late at night. Vroom vroom!

The feeling of being in a small city. I wish I could bottle up every familiar face, trusty blogger, and local feeling to take with me wherever my road may lead.

I'll take a bottle of All Over Albany in a brown paper bag, please!!!

We'd make a mint bottling former Mayor Jennings' mysterious orange spray-tanning substance as a Miraculous Revitalizing Youth Elixir.

I would totally bottle the condition of our streets right now. You never know when you need to crack open a can of apocalypse, right?

The water, Albany has the best water in the world.

I would bottle the delicious smell of hot dogs, fries, and burgers cooking at Jumpin' Jacks (opening tomorrow!)

I would bottle the Palace. I love that place.

I'd bottle the lovely smell now on North Pearl Street since Cider Belly Doughnuts opened. Cider Belly's made the whole downtown smell better, imagine that aroma could do wonders for other parts of town as well.

The beautiful fall colors!

The smell of fall and cider donuts.

Indian Ladder Apple Cider Donut Vodka

Pine Bush and Thacher park!

The smell of the [insert disgusting body fluid of your choice here] trees on Lark Street in the spring. My intentions are not honorable.

Corruption.

The smell of rain in the spring. (Real spring, not this fake spring we've been having.)

music from SPAC on a warm summer night!

I would like to bottle the feeling of a perfect June evening in Albany. I will then drink it in February.

I'd bottle the scent of roseshell azalea in bloom. Always a treat to find some while hiking through the pine bush.

If I could bottle one thing about the capital region it would be Tulip Fest. The small moments from Tulip Fest are some of the happiest of my summers.

The view from Thacher Park on a sunny October day

Rum from Albany Distilling Company and Nine Pin Cider from Nine Pin Cider! Oh wait...Something else?! How about the great music that has been coming to the Palace the past couple years so I could listen to the shows whenever I want.

Autumn

I'd like to bottle its hilly sunsets and the friendliness of our troy neighbors!

I would bottle hudson river water and sell it as weed killer :-)

The smell of the Hudson RIver!

The crummy weather ... And then we can ship that bottle out.

I would bottle up all the snow and turn it into a snow globe!

The perfect location of Albany. Everything is within reach from the Adirondacks and the Catskills to Lake George to NYC/Boston/Montreal. All these locations allow for an abundance of activities such as camping, kayaking, swimming, hiking, snowboarding, skiing and more.

i would bottle the summertime, summertime in the Cap Region brings so much activity and fun, and I wish it would last all year long.

zippy sauce!

The sense of community I feel when I'm out and about in Troy. I'd like to take that with me whenever I choose to leave this area.

DRD

The view of downtown coming in from 787S towards Empire Plaza

I'd bottle up some soft serve from Twist to save for a winter day when it's closed!

I would bottle the rush hour traffic on the Northway between Albany and Clifton Park, then throw that bottle into the ocean and pity the poor municipality that eventually finds said bottle on some (hopefully) faraway beach and opens it.

The tulips in Washington Park which bedazzle the young and the old every year and make one feel good about being alive!

I would definitely bottle up some of Cider Belly's Crazy Monkey donuts... it'd be almost sickeningly sweet to drink, but I'd find a way.

I would bottle the smell of Gus's Hotdogs. That is all..

I would bottle a crisp autumn day where the leaves are at peak color.....the sky is a vivid blue and the smell of apple cider donuts is in the air..............

I would bottle Last Vestige Music Shop in Albany. 25 years and still going strong!

I'd bottle some cider doughnuts to enjoy year round.

I would like to bottle the State Legislature and keep it tightly corked until the mass of self righteous personality whores melds together into a tempered introspective fusion of political sense. Only then should it be opened for consumption.

The wind from atop the ADK high peaks.

In keeping with the distillery theme, I'd like to see another local agricultural product -- maple sap -- incorporated into a boozy libation.

I would totally bottle the experience from all the trail runs you can do in the area: Pine Bush, Thacher, Tawasentha... awesome times.

I'd bottle fall. It's my favorite season, and there's nowhere more beautiful than the Adirondacks that time of year.

I would bottle up the quiet, snowy winter nights in Washington Park and then open it on the hottest day of the summer!

Sidewalks- Albany is such a walkable town. Newer planned communities around the country don't seem to have a pedestrian friendly feel to them.

I would bottle up fall. The leaves, apple picking, pumpkins.

In my bottle you'd find my perfect early fall day in Albany, crisp warm air, the smell of the grill smoking pork ribs from Mulligan Creek Acres, a good book and a nice Whiskey Sour made with Albany Distilling Co.'s Ironweed Bourbon.

I would bottle up Tulip Fest, so I could open it up and feel the warm air and hear the music and excitement

Id bottle up a burger from druthers

I'd bottle the ultra-hot weather we get in August and let a little out every now and then in February.

I would bottle the hollandaise sauce at Iron Gate, and the alive at five concerts in the summer!

The intense aroma of homefries from Cafe Madison during my morning run up and down Madison and Washington!

I'd bottle up the first week of May in Center Square/Washington Park. It's my favorite time of year. There is a renewed sense of optimism, the spring blooms are in full effect and winter is just a distant memory.

the view from Rt 7, going over the hill and heading towards Troy, at night. one of my absolute favorite spots to drive through and admire all the city lights.

If I could bottle one thing about the capital region, it would be summer nights in downtown Troy. All the college kids are gone and the city is perfect for walking around!

I would bottle the smell on my clothes after a warm summer night of grilling on an open fire!

The fun at the Saratoga Race Course.

I would bottle up the warm spring air on the edge of Hang Glider cliff in Thacher park, circling vultures included.

I'd bottle up the water.

Seriously, Albany water tastes damn good!

I would bottle up the summer months to use during the winter months.

I'd bottle up that great feeling of history you feel when you walk around the streets of Albany. There's nothing like a good walk around this history-rich city to put things in perspective for you.

I would bottle a crisp dry Fall day with perfect blue skies.....

Summer!

The sound of silence. I'd source it from downtown Albany on a weeknight.

bottle up all the snow!

Mexican Radio's Blackberry Margaritas!!

The friendliness of the residents -- I've lived a lot of places, but the Capital Region has always stood head and shoulders above those other places on the "friendliest" scale.

I would bottle my thoughts about all the great things the City of Albany has to offer and offer a drink to all the naysayers I encounter.

A warm summer night at the Snowman in Troy.

I would bottle a few of those early, optimistic days of spring to get me through the winter.

Cold and snow and send them back to Minnesota

I'd bottle up all the college radio. Pretty good stuff and one of the best things about there being so many universities around here

I'd bottle the sound of the Cohoes Falls when they're at their peak. When spring is in full swing and all that snow melt is rushing down the Mohawk!

I would bottle the scent in the air in mid-September when it starts to feel like fall.

All the live music so I could open for a little listen now and then.

I know it's lame, but I would bottle Spring weather and release it in the Winter (which is, well, very taxing around here).

Our rain. So we can give it to the South West when they run out of water.

Tulips from Washington Park!

It has been really wonderful to read everyone's responses! There has been so much written about fall in Albany and apple cider doughnuts, so I'd like to bottle a summer picnic at Tanglewood.

i would bottle the regional insecurities and forever leave them in a dark cupboard to age and age and age for all eternity.

The smell after a spring rain

The air on a sunny morning, boating around the Sacandaga.

Orange Mango's tofu noodle soup. All day, everyday.

Perreca's tomato pie.

I'd bottle the feeling I get when I see my son running around the backyard in the spring, summer and fall!

I would bottle blue moon ice cream from Moxie's Ice Cream so my boys could have it all year round.

The smell of spring and the sound of peepers.

I'd bottle that time we saw Slender Shoulders at Valentine's and I think maybe they played a Felice Brothers song but I didn't know any Felice Brothers stuff besides Frankie's Gun at the time, and later trying to remember back I can never be sure whether that happened or if my mind just conflated two different songs / experiences into one. But I'm not sure if I'd ever open the bottle, 'cause maybe it's better not to know.

I'd bottle the cherry blossoms that bloom for such a short amount of time in Washington Park.

I would bottle the ice skaters on Buckingham Pond in the dead of winter.

I would bottle the Palais Royale

The Delaware ave neighborhood. So much goodness happening.

Chicken Pad Thai from Thunder Mountain Curry. All day, erry day.

The fact that I run into someone I know every time I go out. I love that!

I would bottle the smell of all 4 seasons at Grafton Lake State Park. Each season there has its own distinct scent and each of them calm my soul.

Nipper. He's the first thing I ever noticed coming into Albany back in 1980 and he's still the best thing I love about our city landscape, besides the Plaza of course.

Capital Region Summers. The winters here are brutal, but the summers are magical, from downtown Albany to Saratoga, and (almost) make up for it.

I'd love to bottle this winter and take it out on a sweltering hot summer day, pop the cork, and just chill.

All the scents and tastes of the Troy Farmer's Market!

The blue cheese dressing from The Ruck. It's perfect.

All the free live music in the summertime!

I would bottle the tulips that set Albany ablaze with color come spring... should be just around the corner now!

Spectrum theater, bar none, the best in the area. (So is their popcorn!)

the tulips! hopefully coming out soon :)

Summer in Saratoga.

the seasonal garden beds in Washington park!

I would bottle up tulip fest. It would be great to be able to uncap the bottle in the middle of fe band enjoy a little spring.

I would bottle up our local breweries and cideries!

I'd bottle up bread from placid baker, cheese from cheese traveler and fish from finn

Apple cider donuts!

The wing sauce from 20 North!

I would bottle up the excitement of summer in the capital district. Ice cream shops opening, drive in movies and talking under the stars.

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