By: Molly Allen
As the days continue to get longer, and the sun is shining a bit more, spring is definitely here. It’s such a special time of year as new life begins…
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Cider Made: Cider Brothers
By Peter Holmstrom Photo courtesy of Cider Brothers Lodi, California might not be the first place you’d think of when you think cider. Your mind might go to wine, Zinfandel,…
Cold as Ice: Revolution and Evolution of Ice Cider
By Peter Holmstrom Let’s face it… Not many things are more satisfying than a sweet treats. Is there anything better then an ice-cream cone on a hot summer’s day? Or…
The Many Sides of Cider: Guidelines to Shopping, Buying and Understanding the Taste of Cider
By Eric West It’s a great time to be a cider drinker. Cider is gaining shelf space at shops and markets and is appearing on bottle lists and taps at…
Cider Made: Eastman’s Forgotten Cider
New family-run Central Michigan cidery puts three generations of apple expertise to new financial gain. By Peter Holmstrom Photos courtesy of Eastman’s Forgotten Cider Once you have taken over an…
In Preview: Craft Beverage Expo
If you’re reading this, odds are you’ve thought at least once of how awesome it would be to open a cidery. To pack up the box from the boring 9-5…
Single Varietal Focus: Newtown Pippin
Beverage-making 101: balance is key. For cider, the apples required to produce a quality bevvie must have the appropriate balance of tannins, acidity and (most importantly) flavor. However, this combination…
Here We Come: The Old and New of Wassailing
This story originally ran in our winter/spring print issue. To subscribe to the print issue, click here. By Pete Brown Photos courtesy Slyboro Cider House As we rediscover cider and…
Cider Made: Abram Goldman-Armstrong of Cider Riot!
This story original ran in our current winter/spring issue—for more in-depth stories like this, click here. By Pete Brown Cider has always been a calling for Abram Goldman-Armstrong. “I was…
Regional Round-Up: Columbia River Gorge
By Peter Holmstrom Drinking vacations are the preferred way to travel for beverage enthusiasts, and few places beat out the Columbia River Gorge, straddling the line between Oregon and Washington,…