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,...
By Nick Thomas Nestled in the quaint and isolated Yakima Valley region of Washington state, which grows a significant portion of the United States’ hops and apples, Tieton Cider Works has been happily producing cider since 2008. But its apple lineage doesn’t begin...
By Nick Thomas Sometimes you just need to be with your people. There’s no shame in being a craft-beer snob, but there’s been at least one occasion where you spent a solid 10 minutes perusing an extensive beer menu at a restaurant making sure you’re ordering the...
Cider with a Sleepy History Befits from New Cider Law By Nick Thomas As the old Washington Irving story goes, a man named Rip Van Winkle wandered into the woods tracking the origins of a loud, boisterous noise. The source turned out to be a group of men enjoying a...
To all the friends and family of Cidercraft. As you can see, our site is current under a minor re-construction. Since we don't want to have a lapse in your Cidercraft experience, our team is working around the current content while building. You may notice a few...
By Leesy Latronica Michigan meets Saskatchewan, Canada in this lovechild of international terroir from J.K.'s Scrumpy Cider. At its Almar Orchards base, J.K.'s marries fresh-pressed Saskatoon apples (the undercover star of the Canadian prairie land) with Michigan's...
By Leesy Latronica On paper, the first CiderFest NC event began as a modest fall fundraiser. But when word spread that North Carolina would be hosting its first hard cider tasting festival, the concept quickly ballooned into a sold out destination for the whole...
By Nick Thomas Lately, Hollywood seems to have grown bored with building mountains out of its stacks of cash and decided to instead spend said mountains on retelling stories we’ve already heard, but with a crafty new take on the story’s origins. While these origin...
By Leesy Latronica A solid gateway option for both the hop-shy and the cider-wary beer devotee, Doc's Draft Dry Hopped offers a taste of the cidery's award-winning original recipe, further enhanced by a secondary hop kick. About 50 miles from Manhattan, the New...
By Nick Thomas At what point does a fascination cross into the realm of passion (or, maybe a healthy obsession)? Fans of Disney films might cross that line when they saunter back to their Disneyland hotel room after the sun has set adorned with Mickey Mouse ears...
