By: Kara Newman
When a chill starts to creep into the air, a hot cider drink is just what’s needed to warm fingers and toes. Opt for off-dry or sweetened ciders to build…
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Your Home Cidermaking Checklist
Have you ever wondered if you could make cider at home? Maybe you’ve had a few flats of surplus apples and thought you could put them to use in some…
New Seeds for a Historic Farm at Bryant’s Cider
Bryant’s Small Batch Cider in Bryant, Virginia, stands for a long line of tradition, family and legacy. Jerry Thornton, the owner and founder of Bryant’s, grew up on his family’s…
Review: Citizen Cider For Shore Gose-Style
Because apple is incredible amiable, it lends itself to a lot of flavors — some borrowed from the beer world, some from the wine. In For Shore from Vermont’s Citizen…
Q&A with Jared Fackrell of Capitol Cider House
The Capitol Cider House is the newest cidery to Washington, D.C. Serving house ciders in addition to guest ciders, mead, wine and beer, Capitol Cider House focuses on locally produced…
Recipe: Aerlume’s Pear Salad + Dragon’s Head Perry
It might have been a croissant in Paris that convinced Chef Maggie Trujillo to don the white jacket and sharpen her knives, but it was the pear in Washington state…
When Squash Met Apple: 5 Pumpkin Ciders for Autumn
We are revisiting our favorite pumpkin ciders this week because fall means apple and pumpkin season — separately and teamed up. The two seem to seam together, probably because both…
Batch to Batch with Wisconsin’s Brix Cider
Breaking into the cider industry is no easy feat. From deciding what orchard to choose apples from or company to buy juice from, to figuring out the vibe and feel…
Review: SARO Cider Ardennes
A joint operation of friends and family, SARO Cider launched in late 2018 as Nebraska’s first cider-only producer. With influences from beer but a devotion to the apple, the wide…
5 Harvest Season Cider Fests for All
Summer may be over, but the fun is only getting started in the cider community. Events are springing up like plump apples at harvest as autumn begins and the opportunity…