Beth Demmon may be best known for covering the beer industry as a columnist for San Diego Magazine, in her Substack newsletter Prohibitchin’, and as a freelance beverage writer. But in her upcoming...
APPLE TALES with Darlene Hayes Baldwin sprouted sometime in the middle of the 18th century in Massachusetts, though exactly where depends a bit on which origin story you believe. At the time,...
Noble Cider in Asheville, North Carolina, recently celebrated its 10th anniversary with an event marked with live music, food and cake, door prizes and the release of a new flagship cider. Founded...
There is no better reference book for the small cidermaker than Claude Jolicoeur’s The New Cidermakers Handbook, whether the goal is just to make a few gallons for drinking at home or getting...
I’ve been importing cider for the last three years. It’s not a business I intended to start; instead it was instead born out of necessity. Three years has been a very long time, a journey fraught...
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...