In September, 20 cider industry aces — from writers and certified professionals to restaurant buyers and tenured judges — sat to analyze over 300 North American-made ciders across 13 different categories. Eighteen states and three provinces were represented and...
There’s still time to find the perfect gift for the cider lover in your life. If they happen to be a bit of a bookworm, these reads will combine two of their favorite activities: reading and cider. From literature aimed at the new home cidermaker to the seasoned...
In 1763, the British government proposed a measure that would tax the production of cider to compensate for the nation’s unprecedented debt. Cider-producing areas, like the legendary West Country, were less than pleased with this bill passing and the offense...
Calling all you ugly and inedible apples out there! Yeah, you might have some lumps and russeting, you lack crunch and aren’t seen on the grocery store shelves, and you’re a little picky about where, when and how well you grow, but know you have a home...
Cider is bound to no particular season, but nothing gets us fully tuned in to the colder seasons like apples with some extra spice. Cideries across the country are fully embracing the peak of fall with some Chai ciders — or as some are more endearingly called,...
The New Year won’t ring in any changes in labeling on cider containers. At least not in 2018. The Alcohol & Tobacco Tax & Trade Bureau (TTB) gave the cider industry a Christmas present by postponing for a year a labeling rule that would have required...
Apples in your glass and apples on your plate. Longdrop Cider Co. in Boise, Idaho, makes an aromatic, semi-dry cider called Over Yonder, featuring Idaho-grown Jonathan apples. Its fruit comes through well enough to play up the sweet-tart apple slivers in this...
Ever the audacious experimenters, the team at Reverend Nat’s in Portland, Oregon, riffed on a New England-style strong cider with the Winter Abbey Spice. Second fermented on an abundance of raisins, dark muscovado sugar, cinnamon and nutmeg, this seasonal release...
As the old adage goes, sharing is caring, thus drinking is giving. Spread holiday cheer this year with cider as your vessel of jubilance in these gifts for the cider and beverage lover in each of us. HOME IS WHERE THE CIDER IS Got the fruit and the...
Contrary to popular belief — or maybe it’s the quintessential snowcapped Rocky Mountains imagery — Colorado has pretty mild winters. Additionally, and unrelated in any other sense than the following cocktail recipe, Colorado is also just one state away from...
