Selecting a Yeast Strain That is Right for You As mentioned in Part 1 of this series, juice clarity, yeast selection and nutrient additions are key to avoiding problematic stinky fermentations. We...
When June hits, it’s time to support and celebrate. June is Pride Month, celebrating the LGBTQ+ community. And while it may have initially began as a way to honor the Stonewall Uprising in 1969,...
The sun is beating down on a hot summer afternoon. What should you reach for? A cider slushie! Cider slushies have boomed in popularity in recent years, and more and more cideries are getting...
Fruited ciders are definitely on the rise, and when the warm weather season hits, it’s all about summer berries. Given the creativity in the cider industry, the options for berry ciders are...
Some stories don’t come that easily, and the Ashmead’s Kernel story turned out to be one of them. Though it has been much loved for a couple hundred years at least, the records that might shed some...
Making great cider certainly has everything to do with how you treat the fruit and how you treat the juice. But Champlain Orchards, located in Vermont, takes it one step further. For Champlain,...