By Nick Thomas Headquartered in the scenic Rocky Mountains, Denver’s Stem Ciders celebrates heirloom apple varieties and old-school, artisanal cider styles. The label’s Banjo cider variety comes in a 750-ml bottle with a rustic, chic label that’s individually...
By Nick Thomas Using exclusively Pacific Northwest fruit juice, Bend, Oregon’s Atlas Cider Co. is the brainchild of the husband/wife duo Samantha and Dan McCoy that churns out deliciously crisp ciders, often featuring different fruits apart from apples. Like the next...
By Nick Thomas If you only know Sonoma for its wine industry, you’re missing out on a blossoming beer and cider culture. Take the aptly-named Sonoma Cider for example, which was named one of “The Hottest Startups of 2013” by Forbes magazine and boasts rustic-titled...
By Nick Thomas Photography by Grace Schrater I’d be lying if I said baking bread wasn’t my “white whale” of the kitchen. Many, many frustrating and tireless hours were spent trying to unlock the mysteries of something that seemed so fundamentally simple with such a...
By Nick Thomas Photography by Grace Schrater Punxsutawney Phil may have seen his shadow a couple weeks ago, but the West Coast didn’t seem to get that memo—sorry, East Coast. Spring has sprung early on the left in a relatively sunny and mild Washington, and for some...
