David and Robert Cordtz are the father-and-son team behind Sonoma Cider in Healdsburg. The elder Cordtz, David, was a veteran winemaker before he teamed up with Ace Premium Craft Ciders in the early 1990s to become the first modern-day commercial cider maker in California. Robert has worked in the industry since he was a teenager. […]
Angry Orchard today announced the introduction of Easy Apple, the newest less sweet, easy-drinking cider from the leading U.S. cider maker1. Easy Apple offers drinkers a refreshing hard cider option in the Angry Orchard core collection that’s both lower in calories and sessionable. The cider will be introduced in 6-packs in select states beginning in […]
Apple season is underway, which means apple trees are raining bushels, and farmers market stands are filled with a new assortment of heirloom varieties every week. But many apples never make it to market because they’re undersized or oversized, misshapen, or blemished. Complete Story
Swift Cider entered all three of their flagship ciders in this year’s Great Lakes International Cider and Perry competition (GLINTCAP). There was a record level of participation this year, making GLINTCAP the world’s largest cider competition with 1,003 ciders entered in 20 different categories. When all the score sheets came in, Swift walked away with […]
Fall is the truest season for hard cider. It’s apple harvest season, for one, and it’s also time to warm yourself up in advance of impending winter. But in recent years, the cider options have reached such a number and such a high level of quality that it can be hard to know what to […]
A year ago, when Megan and Nathan Hall first took over Kennebec Cider Co., they hoped to grow the small, local operation and maybe even expand it into an industrial space in Portland, with a tasting room to draw a regular crowd. Complete Story
Due to the success of last year’s ciders at the U.S. Open Beer Championship, the U.S. Open has started a new championship. In October, the 2016 U.S. Open Cider Championship will be held in Oxford, Ohio just a couple hours drive from the Johnny Appleseed Museum in Urbana, OH. Website Call for Entries This year, […]
To those who wish to branch out from tradition, try the Ginger Habanero. Originally a seasonal flavor that Urban Tree Cidery had when they first opened, it became so popular that it earned a place as one of their staples. The combination of ginger and habanero created a spicy kick in the throat, but it […]
Paso Robles’ Tin City complex now offers four categories of libations with the opening this week of Tin City Cider Co. The taproom at 3005-A Limestone Way — filled with corrugated tin, long communal tables and old orchard ladders hanging overhead — will be open seven days a week, serving cider flights, pints and to-go […]
Seattle is the nation’s largest cider market, Ritchie said, and Portlanders drink the most cider per capita. A retired Cornell University cider expert, Ian Merwin, once estimated that people in Oregon, Washington and California drink 80 percent of the hard cider consumed in the U.S. Speakers at the U.S. Complete Story
