Sweating is a process of holding fruit postharvest in storage conditions that allow the apples to soften and ripen in preparation for cidermaking. The difference between sweating and simply storing apples, explains Spencer Morris of Sowams Cider Works Company in...
After more than 35 years of educating and advising cidermakers around the world, Peter Mitchell will retire in the new year. Mitchell’s renowned, advanced-level Cider Institute of North America (CINA) course for commercial producers — Science, Practice and...
In 1984, Amy and Gary Manoff started Manoff farm, which has become Manoff Market Gardens & Cidery, in New Hope, Pennsylvania. By 2018, inspired by a Penn State University Extension cider tour in England, the married team acquired a winery license in order to...
At The Farm and Fisherman Tavern, the locavore restaurant in the Philadelphia suburb of Cherry Hill, Danny Childs manipulates apples for The Farm and Fish House Punch, a crowd-pleasing batch cocktail that appears in his newly released seasonal cocktail book, Slow...
A conversation with Whole Foods’ Mary Guiver As Whole Foods’ principle beer category merchant, Mary Guiver is responsible not only for the performance of the supermarket chain’s craft, domestic and imported beer quality standards and sales, but also for its...
Featuring organic gin and an aromatic dry-hopped New England cider, the Anoche Spritz is a love letter to beverage traditions of the Northeast United States and Spain — and a nod to Anoche Cider & Spirits founder Erika Colby’s background in the beer industry....
The first time Cyrstie Kisler and Eric Jorgenson, co-owners of Finnriver Farm & Cidery in Chimacum, Washington, learned about the B Corporation certification, it was from a customer who also happened to be a social purpose initiative business consultant. That...
Elisabeth Osmeloski, co-owner of Scion Cider Bar in Salt Lake City, has worked in marketing for over two decades. She sat down with Cidercraft to share how her experience can translate to action for cider businesses, from developing branding that attracts the right...
Along with celebrating by popping a special bottle, here are five gift ideas sure to satisfy a cider-obsessed (or even cider-curious) mom. From drinkware with style to apple-themed toys, these gifts will make Mother’s Day memorable. Elevate mom’s drinking...
Expert advice on cider tree selection, sourcing, planting, maintaining and harvest In Virginia and Maine respectively, orchardists Diane Flynt of Foggy Ridge Cider and David Buchanan of Portersfield Cider carry a wealth of knowledge about nurturing apple trees....
