By Nick Thomas Hello, and welcome to our first Regional Roundup where we highlight five ciders from a specific region of North America. For our first region, we’re covering cideries located in Hudson Valley, New York. Aside from the temptation to make a cheap Big...
Vancouver Island is quickly becoming a fountainhead of British Columbia cideries—its newest being Tod Creek Craft Cider., owned and operated by cider maker Chris Schmidt on his orchard and farm near Prospect Lake. After spending five years restoring and renovating the...
Yeast expert turned cider maker unites his local community By Nick Thomas You’ve got to stick with what you know. It didn’t take long for basketball star Michael Jordan to realize he made a horrible mistake in the early 90s when attempted a stint in baseball....
by Bill Bradshaw As a species, our default setting for apples is love. It’s easy to understand why they represent desire; their crisp, colorful, juiciness has always seduced us. A more scientific analysis reveals which component parts give us flavor, structure and...
By Bill Bradshaw The best way to learn about cider is dedicated practical and theoretical research I tend to call drinking, reading and making. Sampling as many as you can (responsibly) both locally and internationally will give you a great appreciation of what...
By Pete Brown The most fascinating aspect of observing America’s cider renaissance—especially for a Brit such as myself—is how little Americans are aware of their cider heritage. The first wave of craft cider makers have to explain what the drink is before they can...
By Leesy Latronica For Sonoma Valley area food and beverage buffs, winemaking is in the air they breathe. So when Motorcycle Wineries cider and wine distributor Troy Carter joined forces with Old World Winery mastermind Darek Trowbridge to bottle a small-batch cider,...
As part of the East Coast cider week surge of the harvest season, Vermont steps in to showcase their cideries, connecting the cider makers to the trade and the consumer from November 14-23 for Vermont Cider Week. The Green Mountain State offers this time while its...
By Nick Thomas The American cider industry is booming just about everywhere, but this apple biz is especially booming just outside of The Big Apple in New York’s countryside. The state is ranked nationally as the second largest producer of apples with 29.5 million...
By Nick Thomas Photo by Rachel Brown When it comes to breaking the mold with Saturday-morning pancakes, spatula-wielders typically play with the recipe’s solid ingredients and add little treasures such as blueberries or chocolate chips to the batter. The results,...
