To learn how to make cider, Spike Carter got in touch with Andy Brennan of Aaron Burr Cidery in Wurtsboro, New York, who makes small-batch craft hard cider that is on the menus of some of the most acclaimed restaurants in New York City. The two hit it off, and Carter went to New York […]
Cider Week NYC may be held in the fall, but this year its organizers are hoping to showcase the ways the locally produced alcoholic beverage can be enjoyed year round. “It’s traditional in other parts of the world to enjoy cider with things other than a chilly fall day, a woolly sweater and a pork […]
When Ryan Burk was growing up in Walden, New York, apple orchards were his playground. He never once thought that they would one day become his office, too. Burk is the head cider maker at Angry Orchard. He oversees the process of taking apples and turning them into the hard cider that people across the […]
A Pittsburgh group named A Few Bad Apples has three missions. The first is to teach people the lost skills of making use of homegrown fruit.The second is to support local nonprofits.And the third? Make lots of homemade cider — then drink it. The group ventures all around the city and countryside to find fruit […]
Portland, Oregon: Swift Cider, an urban craft cidery, has grown their distribution by partnering with Kendall’s Pioneer Distributing of Kelso, Washington. After five years of selling cider in Oregon, Swift will now be available in ten southwestern Washington counties: Clark, Cowlitz, Grays Harbor, Klickitat, Lewis, Mason, Pacific, Skamania, Thurston and Wahkiakum. The new partnership between […]
Crispin Cider Company is committed to bringing the very best hard cider to fans seeking unique, authentic flavors. Now in its seventh year, the cider company is proud to announce an extension of its barrel-aged program with Bourbon Char, a bourbon cask-aged hard apple cider finished with a smoked maple syrup. The limited release is […]
Redhead Ciderhouse was established in 2014 by its two founders, Josh Raboin and Joe Burnham IV. Located at Burnham Orchards in Berlin Heights Ohio where the apples are picked, pressed, fermented and packaged all on site. Josh formed a friendship with Joe while working on the farm as a teenager. During this time Josh’s father […]
Love apples? Then, drink apples! Gather with fellow apple enthusiasts, hard cider aficionados, fermentation zealots, craft beverage fanatics and hard cider revolutionaries at the home of the American revolution at Boston’s first hard cider festival, Pour The Core: Boston. At Pour The Core: Boston, you and your friends will gather in Boston’s Theatre District and […]
Tom Schwartz is afraid he will run out of calendar before he runs out of juice. The long-time fruit producer is embracing the growing market for cider with a little kick. He wishes he were a few decades younger. “There’s a lot of opportunity out there, which is why I need to be 25. But […]
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 […]
