By: CIDERCRAFT
What a wonderful world to drink cider in! The variety has never been broader, innovation abounds and traditions carry on. There’s funky Asturian sidra, bittersweet-based sips from Normandy, Québécois ice…
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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…
Cocktail Recipe: Pimm’s Cider featuring Stem Ciders
Drinking light and low is all the rage right now. Lower in alcohol, sessionable but with all the same flavor as a high-octane beverage, low-proof cocktails — also known as…
Finding the Joy of Cider with Author Jeanette Hurt
Jeanette Hurt swears 2019 is the “year of cider.” Being an author of numerous culinary and beverage books, Hurt’s prediction is backed in research and experience. With titles like “Drink…