February might be for cider lovers, but February is also for a Chicago cider takeover. With hordes of cider industry personalities flooding the Windy City for the annual Cider Conference, consumer-friendly and -enjoyed events follow. Cider for all! Chicago Cider Week...
With the NFL play-offs in full swing, tailgating and football fare is far from over. Co-owner and cidermaker Wes Mickel of Texas' Argus Cidery shares his straight-from-Austin rib rub recipe, touting big, smoky flavor and a subtle pinch of fennel that makes it terrific...
When Vincent Sterne started Two Rivers Cider Co. in Sacramento, California, cider was hardly a gleam in the West Coast beverage industry's eye. A longtime homebrewer and certified beer judge, Sterne began producing cider in a region better known for its affinity of...
New England: the birthplace of the United States, the home of our founding fathers and an origin of cider that flourishes today and has for centuries. In the western region of this storied corner of the Lower 48 lies Springfield, Massachusetts, where Soham Bhatt, Jake...
Ring in 2017 with cider, of course, made bubbly and elegant by the traditional French Champagne sparkling wine method, méthode Champenoise. Also known as méthode traditionnelle, the labor-intensive process more complex than it sounds: a secondary fermentation that...
From the “Drowned Lands” of Warwick, New York, comes this feisty applejack from Black Dirt Distillery, part of the Doc's Draft Hard Cider family. Produced from 100 percent Jonagold apples, this brandy is aged a minimum of four years in new charred American oak...
There are 3,175 miles between Cornwall, Vermont, and Herefordshire, England, but Shacksbury Cider manages to bring two apple orchards together despite the distance and ocean in between. The Shoreham, Vermont, cidery has already made a name for itself with its "lost...
What happens when you take fresh-pressed juice and add it to mead? You have now created what is better known as cyser, a hybrid of the anicent fermentation of honey and the equally time-honored production of cider. The trick is to have the right balance between honey...
Cidermakers across North America reflect on expert Peter Mitchell’s industry impact. Before there was a cider revival, when those who imbibed the beverage were few, the first formal cidermaking course taught by cider expert Peter Mitchell was offered at Washington...
The final frontier: visuals for the state of Montana are often illustrated by snow-capped mountains, rushing rivers, lackadaisical bison and burly, bearded men rocking plaid attire at all times. But another image is also cropping up in Montana's picturesque landscape:...
