In the cider judging circuit, the descriptors for the clarity of cider range from brilliant, bright and clear to dull, hazy and cloudy. But how important really is the transparency of that lovely,...
Cloudy or Clear?
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Newtown Pippin: An American Export Conquers the World
Apple Tales with Darlene Hayes The global trade in fresh fruit amounts to about 80 tons a year with a value of roughly $75 billion. This mass globalization of the fruit trade is relatively modern...
InCider Insights with Lee Reeve – Volume 10
Each month I pose one question to a trio of cidermakers to compare similarities and differences between creators of our favorite drink. We’ve covered a good range of topics: cidermaking challenges,...
Travel Maine in Search of Foraged Cider
Cidermakers across Maine are leading the way when it comes to foraged cider, sourcing forgotten fruit along the rocky coast, through longstanding farmlands, and along neighbors’ fences. Here are...
Bringing Back the Bubbs!
Cidermakers are rediscovering the long, delicious history of pét nat ciders At the tip of the hip cultural sphere in beverages sits “pét nat,” short for pétillant naturel — a French term that...
Does Wildfire Smoke Affect Cider Production?
After years of increasingly severe wildfires in major wine regions such as Sonoma, Napa and Mendocino counties in California, and in the Adelaide Hills of Australia (among others), the concern about...