Founded in Sebastopol, California in 1993, ACE Cider has become nothing less than an expert in the the cider making industry. Begging for a middle ground between over-the-top sweetness and too-tart bitterness, the determined cidery has produced sippers starring...
On April 23, Reverend Nat’s Hard Cider will host the 3rd Annual Hopped Cider Fest in Portland, Oregon. From 12 pm to 9 pm, lap up hopped cider galore - over 36 hopped ciders will be on tap! And the fun doesn’t stop there. During Hopped Cider Fest there will be free...
Doughnuts have always been one of my favorite desserts. But what’s not to like about sweet, chewy, deep-fried dough? While I loved eating the pillowy rounds of sugar-drenched sweetness, the idea of making doughnuts in my own kitchen always seemed off limits. I...
Cidermakers have been looking for unique ways to get craft beer drinkers excited about the cider industry. It seems they have found the way paved with hops. Hopped ciders are an ingenious way of making cider that entertains the palate of both the beer drinker and...
“I never decided to be an apple expert,” says Lee Calhoun (née Creighton Lee Calhoun Jr.), the man who (literally) wrote the book on Southern apples. “I kind of backed into it.” After retiring from the army in 1976, Calhoun and his wife, Edith, put down roots on...
Vander Mill began as a cider mill in 2006 with modest intentions: to create a homey cider-centric gathering place. But the cidery has quickly developed into something larger - about 400% larger than its original production, to be exact. In light of the cidery's...
Over 120 ciders will be available at the third annual Cider Summit San Francisco on Saturday, April 23. The event will highlight both domestic and international ciders. Classic regional favorites and new limited edition ciders will be pourin’ all afternoon. The...
Seasonal restaurant Roots Cafe of West Chester, Pennsylvania knows a thing or two about making magic out of a cluster of seemingly random ingredients. Their ever-evolving menu relies on farm-to-table produce sourced from local farms, and as a result, artistic...
As a farm market, cidery and even shortcake stand, Salem, Oregon's E.Z. Orchards is dedicated to offering the best seasonal specialties to the neighborhood. French inspiration forms the basis for the ciders in which French apple varieties star alongside fellow...
Traditionally from the north of France, pommeaus are aged in oak barrels and combine apple brandy with apple juice to create a bright, refreshing sipper that pairs excellently with dessert or hors d’oeuvres. These cideries have stuck with tradition in order to...
