Inherently American, hard cider is a tradition deeply rooted in New England, tracing back to the 17th century when some of the earliest introduced crops in the English-speaking settlements were...
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6 Very Berry Ciders for August Sipping
Among the many highlights summer cuisine brings, berries are among the most eagerly awaited. As these days usher the return of peak-season for strawberries, blackberries, raspberries and...
Floréal Cider: Naturally Born in the Shadow of Mount Hood
To be guided by nature: this is Nate Ready’s modus operandi when it comes to Floréal Cider. With fruit cultivated from biodynamic farming methods, the cider is comprised of apples from living soils....
Op-Ed: Cider, to Sell Direct or Broker a Distributor
Based in Sacramento, California, Two Rivers Cider is a medium-sized operation, producing about 60,000 gallons of cider annually, selling in kegs, cans and bottles to wholesalers. We were a one-man...
Refresh Your Summer with Cider-Seltzers
If summer were to take the form of a drink, no doubt it’d be a cider-seltzer. Though we learned that hard seltzer is the No. 1 competitor of cider right now, a few producers are embracing the...
A Matter of Glass: Drinking Vessels for Orchard Ciders
Essay contributed by Ambrosia Borowski, Louisa Spencer and Stephen Wood “What glass should we use for your cider?” As cidermakers at Farnum Hill Ciders, we hear this all the time from restaurants...