PORTLAND, Ore. — June 3, 2024 — Salem-based craft cider producer La Familia Cider Company has announced the June 5 opening of the La Familia Taproom at 3638 Southeast Hawthorne Boulevard in Portland. This is the company’s second location, joining the La Familia...
Some of us are born into our line of work, some of us get to choose. But in both, the idea of “in another life, I would have been…” always exists. I still remember as a child being determined to become a pirate enjoying a life of sailing the seven seas. Imagine my...
*Among other things Imperial cider, generally considered cider with an ABV of 8% and above, is gaining in popularity. In fact, the style is currently performing as a Top 5 Total Beer Style. (Cider gets included in beer styles by wholesalers and retailers so it’s...
Apple Tales with Darlene Hayes There are a handful of apple varieties that just say “New York” to me, and Northern Spy is one of them. Some apples have made homes and reputations for themselves in any number of other places — like Newtown Pippin — but even though...
Carlo DeVito is one of the hardest working people in the drinks industry. When he’s not pinch-hitting for wineries that need his expert help in the cellar, or visiting regions throughout the United States to film his Great American Winery Stroopwaffle series, the...
When Thanksgiving is over and the refrigerator is full of leftovers, it’s time to get to one of the best parts of Thanksgiving weekend — the meals that can be made with all the deliciousness of the odds and ends that didn’t get eaten on Thursday. What will you...
Who says the essence of cider has to come from an orchard? Some cideries make the beverage from wild fruits and spices harvested from woods, farms and backyards. Here are two cideries that are rethinking what ingredients belong in cider and, perhaps more...
Mixologist Aisling Gammill spent years crafting cocktails behind the bar before making a move to Boise, Idaho. With a degree in culinary arts and beverage management — as well as being a Certified Cider Professional, Certified Specialist of Spirits and Executive...
APPLE TALES WITH DARLENE HAYES Yarlington Mill was named for, obviously enough, a mill in the Somerset village of Yarlington, England. The village grain mill was an important feature in the lives of local residents. Everyone used it, and everyone knew the miller....
I don’t know about where you are, but here in Japan we experienced one of the longest summers I care to remember – and a brutally hot and humid one, at that. I couldn’t wait for the temperatures to cool and catch the crisp fresh scent in the air that signals the...
