By: Darlene Hayes
Apple Tales with Darlene Hayes There are a handful of apple varieties that just say “New York” to me, and Northern Spy is one of them. Some apples have made…
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4 Questions for Beth Demmon, Author of ‘The Beer Lover’s Guide to Cider’
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…
A Food and Cider Experience: Discover the Bounty of the Hood River Valley at The Gorge White House
The Hood River Fruit Loop maps more than 25 agricultural destinations throughout Oregon’s Hood River Valley, from u-pick farms and fruit stands, to wineries, breweries and flower fields. The bounty…
Goldwin Chaider Cider Cocktail Recipe
Brisk mornings and autumn leaves. It’s time for warmer sips, and one of my favorite ciders to experiment with are the still ciders. South Hill Cider’s Goldwin is an exceptional…
Baldwin: What’s in a Name?
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…
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…