By: Darlene Hayes
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…
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A Decade Celebration for Noble Cider
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…
Book Review: A Grand World Tour in Claude Jolicoeur’s ‘Cider Planet’
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…
InCider Insights with Lee Reeve – Volume 12
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…
Portland’s Swift Cider seeks to reclaim – and define – traditional ciders
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…
Crabapples: Once Unreliable, Now Embraced
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…
InCider Insights with Lee Reeve – Volume 11
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…
Looking for Something Different? The Angry Orchard Cider Club
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….
4 Questions with Polly Dalton of Upstream Cider
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…
McIntosh: The Popular U.S. Apple Born Elsewhere
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…