By: Erin James
The Hemly family has been growing pears outside of Sacramento, California, for nearly 165 years. With six generations of farming experience, the family knows how to work the Bartlett pear,…
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Reviews
Review: Snow Capped Cider Plum Lemongrass
The Williams family has been orcharding in Colorado’s Western Slope since the early 1900s. Five generations later, the family orchards are located at the bottom of Grand Mesa in the…
Review: Honey Moon Mead & Cider Semi-Sweet CiderHead
According to Honey Moon Mead & Cider, a CiderHead is, simply enough, someone who loves cider. Thus, giving the house cider the same moniker of CiderHeads is perhaps foreshadowing its…
Big Pippin Cider Prickly Pear & Orange Blossom
Dear Castle Hill Cider, you had us at the JAY-Z reference. Big Pippin Cider — the new line of quality-committed, modern cider made by the heritage cider-focused Virginia maker —…
Review: Martinelli’s Gold Medal 1868 Old Fashioned Hard Cider
As an American, it should be difficult to drink this cider and not get nostalgic. Martinelli’s Gold Medal 1868 Old Fashioned Hard Cider smells remarkably like its more-famous, nonalcoholic counterpart. According to the juice…
Review: Ross on Wye Cider Medium Dry Still
Apples have been grown and pressed on Broome Farm in Herefordshire since the 1930s. Today, the show at Ross on Wye Cider is run the same way as it was then…
Review: Ragged Hill Cider Co. Rasé
Proudly producing Massachusetts-grown and-made cider, Ragged Hill Cider Co. has only been doing so commercially for less than two years, though co-owner and cidermaker Steve Garwood has been fermenting since…
Review: Windfall Cider Hail Mary Rosé Cider
After launching last year with a singular cider, Windfall Cider is back with a second flagship product: the Hail Mary Rosé Cider. The Vancouver, British Columbia, cidery works with local…
Review: Shoal Hope Ciderworks Empty Barrel
Almost two years ago, the first fermentations for Shoal Hope Ciderworks were bubbling in its Provincetown, Massachusetts, production space. The cidery, which founded in concept two years prior, formally launched…
Review: Yankee Cider Co. Captain Coit
A favorite from last summer, Captain Coit returns for the 2019 sunny season courtesy of Connecticut’s Yankee Cider Co. The cidery is an apple venture from the farm-focused team at…