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The Meaning of Farmhouse Cider
The word “farmhouse” is ubiquitous in today’s cider industry, and many cidermakers would argue that it’s overused, even bastardized. The term’s origin stems from traditional cidermaking days when cider was made on a farm and its adjacent orchard was where its fruit...
Nine Pin Cider: Farm Cidery Revitalizes Albany’s urban core
As New York’s first farm cidery, Albany-based Nine Pin Cider isn’t required to be located on a farm, but it is required to source 100% of its apples from the Empire State. The vast majority of the cidery’s fruit comes from Nine Pin’s partner farm, Samascott Orchards,...
Red-Fleshed Ciders to Sip This Valentine’s Day
Roses are red and violets are blue, but did you know there’s red-fleshed cider apples out there for you too? While we traditionally think of cider apples in a varying palette of green, yellow or red skins, these apples are truly special in their own way. Red-fleshed...
BLAKE’S HARD CIDER LAUNCHES ITS FIRST NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE, SORTA POP, PROBIOTIC SODA
New low calorie, low sugar, gluten and caffeine-free Sorta Pop available beginning mid-January at independent grocers in SE Mich. ARMADA, Mich. Jan. 16, 2023 – Leading craft cidery, Blake’s Hard Cider (BHC), announces the debut of Sorta...
The Takeaway on Takeout
Cider+Takeout: how to make the perfect home-front pairings As much as we all love dining out, many drink menus look a little lean when it comes to apple-based offerings. Granted, you can surely find a lovely glass of wine or a well-crafted beer for most dishes. But...
The Most Memorable Ciders I Drank This Year
From cozy days at home to lucky finds during Northeast adventures, these are the cider moments that stand out to me from the past 12 months. I slide a Beaver Brook Farm butterflied chicken in the oven to roast and start looking for a bottle to crack — thankfully,...
InCider Insights with Lee Reeve – Volume 14
Some of us are born into our line of work, some of us get to choose. But in both, the idea of “in another life, I would have been…” always exists. I still remember as a child being determined to become a pirate enjoying a life of sailing the seven seas. Imagine my...
Imperial Ciders Are on the Rise – Thanks to 12-Ounce Cans*
*Among other things Imperial cider, generally considered cider with an ABV of 8% and above, is gaining in popularity. In fact, the style is currently performing as a Top 5 Total Beer Style. (Cider gets included in beer styles by wholesalers and retailers so it’s...
Northern Spy: A Very New York Apple
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 homes and reputations for themselves in any number of other places — like Newtown Pippin — but even though...
4 Questions With Carlo DeVito, Author of ‘Drink the Northeast’
Carlo DeVito is one of the hardest working people in the drinks industry. When he’s not pinch-hitting for wineries that need his expert help in the cellar, or visiting regions throughout the United States to film his Great American Winery Stroopwaffle series, the...