When it comes to cider in British Columbia, the 20 producers behind the Farm-Crafted Cider Association make small-batch ciders with 100 percent BC apples, most of which they grow themselves. In addition to a number of initiatives, the group strives to make a...
Adding apple to your cooking repertoire is a great way to breathe new life into the most simple recipes. Whether that is the fruit itself, raw sweet apple juice, cider or apple cider vinegar, the apple must profile carries a lot of weight when it comes to flavor....
Dinner out on the town is often incomplete without a cocktail. If you’re in the Portland, Oregon, area in search of good libation but with a cider twist, Trifecta Tavern should be on your list. The name Ken Forkish, owner of Trifecta, should be familiar to Portland...
From community drives to trail preservation and bear conservation, many cideries are doing a little more than just serving up alcohol to their community. If you’ve been looking to get behind a cause, start in the western part of the country and find out which of...
Buy in, load up, #drinkcider: these are the six picks from the Cidercraft staff, from our cider fridge to yours. West Avenue Cider House North by West Chris Ackerman, Revenue Manager “I was introduced to West Avenue’s North by West ice cider at our CIDERCRAFT...
This is the second cider to come from acclaimed Hood River, Oregon, brewery Double Mountain, and from an estate orchard, nonetheless. The brewery — a serious producer of fruit beers also from estate or Columbia Gorge-area farms — grows, presses and ferments Newtown...
Something about April showers leading to May flowers, here’s a handful of cider-focused affairs to add to your calendar during this potentially soggy yet floral season. Hopped Cider Fest | Portland, OR | April 14 The details are still coming together but...
Pork and apple, like peanut butter and jelly, are the perfect pair. At Black Twig Cider House in Durham, North Carolina, Executive Chef John Eisensmith shares his secrets in this match made in culinary heaven with his Asian Apple Pork Dumpling. Eisensmith states...
From a homebrew competition in Reno, Nevada, to the commercial stage, Fran Toves took her medalling cider recipe back home to Auburn, California, to launch Common Cider Co. in 2014. Since then, Toves and team have been fermenting fresh-pressed, local apples with...
Pretty, effervescent and primed for warmer weather, rosé cider is set to be the drink of spring and summer 2018. Because of its Instagram aesthetic and affable sessionability, rosé wine, and indirectly influenced cider, has been gaining popularity, according to...
