By: Lee Reeve
With every new year comes new ideas, new resolutions and new goals. For cidermakers, I’m sure that also includes new ciders to produce, and possibly new apple varieties to try….
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4 Questions with Ryan Schmiege of Cascade Lakes Brewing (& Cider)
In 2019, Ryan Schmiege stepped into the role of brewmaster at Cascade Lakes, the Redmond, Ore., brewery located nearly 20 miles from Deschutes Brewery in Bend where he brewed for…
Airlie Red Flesh: It’s What’s Inside That Counts
There is something a little fascinating about red-fleshed apples. Red flesh is so unexpected, especially if the apple’s skin is yellow or green, giving us no hint of what might…
InCider Insights with Lee Reeve, Volume 2
In this regular column, I pose a single question to three cidermakers in an attempt to discover the similarities and differences between artists of the same craft. This month’s question…
4 Questions with Bridget Blacklock of Woodchuck Hard Cider
Thirty years ago, in a two-car garage in Proctorsville, Vermont, the first batch was released of what would become one of the United States’ most recognizable brands of cider, Woodchuck…
Make Your Plans Now to Celebrate Your Local Cideries During Fall Cider Week New York 2021
(Beacon, NY, September 28, 2021) – Fall Cider Week New York 2021 starts Saturday! Produced by the New York Cider Association and featuring 38 cideries across New York state, Fall…
The Kingston Black: Always Popular, Eminently Adaptable
It would be fair to say that if a cider enthusiast knows the name of only one apple that is, and always has been, grown specifically to make cider it…
InCider Insights with Lee Reeve, Volume 1
This week we introduce a new column in which Lee Reeve, owner-operator of inCiderJapan, poses a single question to three cidermakers in an attempt to discover the similarities and differences…
7 Fall Dessert-Inspired Ciders to Sip All Autumn Long
Pumpkin ciders certainly have a place at the table, but there are so many other flavors to enjoy when the season changes to fall. From apple pie to cider donuts,…
Belle de Boskoop: The Belle of Europe
The dedicated enthusiast is well aware that apples come in an almost infinite number of varieties. Most have sprouted, grown, fruited and eventually crumbled back into the earth never having…