According to Aidan Currie, owner of Portland, Oregon–based Swift Cider, Cider is the most American of beverages. As the nation grew, so did the apple orchards. Apples were pressed into cider each...
Apple Tales with Darlene Hayes This is a tale about a group of apples that is not very familiar to most people: crabapples. Throughout history, they’ve been thought of as thoroughly hard, sour,...
The more you speak to professional cidermakers, the clearer it becomes that the occupation isn’t an easy one. Hard work, high risks, huge stress and loads of other anti-perks can make the job a...
From the classic Crisp Apple to the vibrant Tropical, Angry Orchard ciders are a standby at retailers across the country. But there’s more to the brand than those national offerings. Angry Orchard...
Polly Dalton is a co-owner and managing member of Upstream Cider, a Stevens Point, Wis., cidery focused on crafting wild fermented ciders from organically grown local apples. Dalton and her partner...
Apple Tales with Darlene Hayes McIntosh is such a familiar apple in the United States, we tend to forget that it came from farther north in Canada. It got its name from John McIntosh (1777-1845),...