From the Chicago Tribune – Nowwadays, hard cider, an alcoholic beverage, shows up on menus everywhere. Made from the fermented juice of tart apples (and/or other fruit), this pleasingly acidic, slightly bubbly beverage pairs beautifully with food and proves easy sipping. This fall, I’m incorporating hard cider into my cocktail hour and my cooking. Reportedly […]
After some delays, Sonoma Cider‘s taproom — the three-year-old cidery’s first brick-and-mortar post — is set to open Oct. 20. The Sonoma Cider Taproom & Restaurant, off of the square near downtown Healdsburg, will seat 60 people indoors and have room for another 35 outdoors, on a dog-friendly patio with a fire pit. It’s the […]
Ciderfest! 5th Annual Colorado Hard Cider Fest at Delicious Orchards, home of Big B’s Fabulous Juice and Hard Ciders. Featuring the Members of Rocky Mountain Cider Association: Big B’s, Colorado Cider Compan, Snow Capped Cider, Stem Cider, Wild Cider, C Squared Cider, and more ! All day Music includes Folk , Bluegrass, Americana, Folk Rock […]
Blue Bee Cider has been working on moving their urban cidery from Manchester to Scott’s Addition and now this weekend, they’re ready for their grand opening. The new spot is in the old Richmond stables building at West Clay Street and Summit Avenue. It’s a beautiful, unique spot and Blue Bee invested more than $1 […]
Following the indie ethos and popularity of craft beer and spirits, craft hard cider is having a moment around the metro area — offering fresh, bright, often complex and sometimes funky tastes of local and regional apples. That’s most evident in the recent opening of two new cider companies, Treehorn Cider in Marietta and Urban […]
To highlight what’s happening in the fast-changing world of Minnesota cider, the Minnesota Cider Guild is hosting the first-annual Cider Fair. On Sunday, October 23, cidermakers from around the state will gather together at Minnesota Harvest Orchard to pour samples, educate drinkers on how craft cider is made, and vie for drinkers’ votes for the […]
Join Angry Orchard on Saturday, October 15th Walden, NY for cider, music, and more at our first annual Angry Orchard Harvest Fest. Get an insider’s look at the history of cider and learn more about the cider making process with the Angry Orchard cider makers, who are constantly innovating and pushing the boundaries of what […]
Sonoma Cider, the award-winning brand crafting distinctive, certified organic hard ciders, is pleased to announce the addition of three new ciders to its portfolio The Imperial, a full-bodied, barrel-aged-and-fermented cider with rich whiskey sweetness and The Winter Mix 4-Pack, comprised of two ciders, The Sleigh & The Cutter. Whether served alongside a holiday […]
North Shore Cider Company will open at 707 Howard St. later this year and will sell craft cider in bottles and growler fills for off-premises consumption. The cider will be fermented and bottled on location, said the owner Chris Collins. Additionally, the space will contain a tasting room for potential buyers. The cider brewing would […]
The new popularity of hard ciders is linked to the farm-to-table and the locavore movements. The term “artisanal” is often applied to today’s ciders. Cider snobs search for the best single-tree and tree-to-table ciders. They also flock to cider tastings to share the same terms of terroir, base-notes and aroma that apply to wine tasting. Magazines like Bon Appetit and Esquire are giving hard cider cred […]
