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 […]

Hard Cider reveals its secrets only to those who approach it with pure love, for its own beauty.” – Archimedes Alright we give.. Archimedes didn’t say that, but after tasting this new winter seasonal from Blake’s Hard Cider, we think he would. Archimedes, next up in the seasonal category from Blake’s, is made with fresh-pressed […]

Join Citizen Cider and Happy Valley Orchard for the 2016 Ciderfest. There will be apple tastings, apple picking, cider donuts, apple press demos, food trucks and local beer from our friends at Drop In Brewery! Music from the Tenderbellies and Mi Yard Reggae Resident Selectors: Big Dog and Jahson. October 15th from 12 PM – […]

Craft cider will again get its own showcase at the fourth annual CiderFest NC on Oct. 15, which moves this year to the new Salvage Station venue, 468 Riverside Drive along the French Broad River. More than a dozen craft cider and mead makers have confirmed participation in the festival, and more may join in, […]

Hard apple cider — it dates back to Johnny Appleseed and was a colonial favorite. Now, it’s making a comeback. “We started back six years ago in 2010 before cider was doing what it’s doing now, and people thought we were crazy doing it because who’s going to drink cider,” recalls Michelle Larkin. With her […]

The local food movement has a new headliner: craft cider. The fermented, alcoholic beverage has become something of an “it” drink in New York City in the past few years. The reason is two-fold: producers are creating more complex ciders for an audience that craves it, and production is way up in New York state. […]