Apple Tales with Darlene Hayes The highway north from San Francisco winds its way through car dealerships and commercial districts, eventually opening up to vineyards, narrowing from eight lanes to two as it passes out of farmed land and into the shadow of giant...
Detroit Farm and Cider’s Progressive Programming Imagine yourself in a city of 4.3 million people, navigating the densely populated concrete jungle, suddenly coming upon a 4-acre idyll, chock-full of blooming fruit trees and wandering farm animals, buzzing bees,...
Coming across a bottle of perry is not as common as finding plentiful options for beer, wine and cider. Although it’s a drink that’s been around for more than a century, not too many producers are making it. And let’s face it, many people that see it in the store...
Apple Tales with Darlene Hayes So many of the apple varieties that come up in conversation when talking about cider have long histories, occasionally well documented, but more often not. GoldRush is different. It is a thoroughly modern fruit, the product of focused...
With every new year comes new ideas, new resolutions and new goals. For cidermakers, I’m sure that also includes new ciders to produce, and possibly new apple varieties to try. Each month in “InCider Insights,” I put forward one question to three cidermakers so we...
Cucumber Agave Light Cider Austin Eastciders | East Austin, TX Looking for something low-ABV, light and ready to quench your thirst? Austin Eastciders has combined hard cider with cucumber juice and a hint of organic agave for the ultimate refresher. This light...
Apple Tales with Darlene Hayes By Darlene Hayes There are a handful of apple varieties originating in England whose names quicken the heart of a cidermaker. One of these is Foxwhelp. It came as quite a disappointment, then, to discover that the apple maintained...
In this regular column, I pose a single question to three cidermakers in an attempt to discover the similarities and differences between artists of the same craft. If you’re anything like me, the fact that we’ve made it through to the end of this tumultuous year...
I spend a lot of time thinking about apples and what happens when you ferment them. I’ve literally spent years seeking out ciders made from a single variety hoping that I can begin to understand that particular apple, attempting to determine what aromas and flavors...
New York Dry Cider Original Sin Cider, New York, NY Made to commemorate Original Sin's 25th anniversary and appearing on shelves just before Independence Day, this modern cider pours a pale straw color from its red, white, and blue can. Fermented with Champagne...
