Some of us are born into our line of work, some of us get to choose. But in both, the idea of “in another life, I would have been…” always exists. I still remember as a child being determined to become a pirate enjoying a life of sailing the seven seas. Imagine my...
I don’t know about where you are, but here in Japan we experienced one of the longest summers I care to remember – and a brutally hot and humid one, at that. I couldn’t wait for the temperatures to cool and catch the crisp fresh scent in the air that signals the...
I’ve been importing cider for the last three years. It’s not a business I intended to start; instead it was instead born out of necessity. Three years has been a very long time, a journey fraught with a lot more bad timing, bad decisions and bad advice. And while I...
The more you speak to professional cidermakers, the clearer it becomes that the occupation isn’t an easy one. Hard work, high risks, huge stress and loads of other anti-perks can make the job a regrettable one for those not up to the task. So why do it? That’s...
Each month I pose one question to a trio of cidermakers to compare similarities and differences between creators of our favorite drink. We’ve covered a good range of topics: cidermaking challenges, preferred apple varieties, even a few behind-the-scenes peeks at the...
