Peachy Keen: 7 Peach Ciders to Try
It’s peach season! Queen of all stone fruits, these fuzzy, juicy beauts herald the height of summer in all its sticky, sweaty glory. Scoop them up at the farmers market, while you still can, and eat them with gusto! And, when the sun sets, crack open a peach craft cider — it’s their season, too!…
Read MoreNew to the Oregon Cider Community: Peak Light Cider
Peak Light Cider is a new project, recently launched by Sauvie Island farmers, Jen and Travis Lovejoy. For five years, the couple and their three children have been working the land on Columbia River’s largest island, just 10 miles northwest of downtown Portland, Oregon. Their home, Pivot Farm, references the change in their life upon…
Read More7 Hard Cider Seltzers and Light Ciders to try This Summer
Love ’em or hate ’em, hard seltzers are dominating the beverage scene this summer. Low-calorie, low-carb and low-ABV, they speak to a certain day-drinking vibe, maybe by the pool, or after a hike, when you just want to chug something for refreshment and a subtle boozy buzz. The craft cider industry is vying for a…
Read MoreCidermaker Q & A: Tandem Ciders
Malaika Tyson is one half of the blogging duo Cider Soms, which was started as a way to introduce wine lovers to the world of cider. Along with her husband Sean, the “Soms” blog seeks to uncover and explain the complexities of ciders in a fun way. We first discovered Tandem Ciders in 2016 on…
Read MoreEkos and Cider Culture Present: Cider Business School
We are so excited to announce an expansion of our Cider School series, the weekly educational hang-out that we developed during the first few weeks of the COVID-19 lockdown. Through a partnership with Ekos, the game-changing cider management software, we’re taking Cider School to the next level with a four-part series that we’re calling Cider…
Read MoreYonder Cider and The Source Cider Launch in Washington State
Exciting news for the Washington State craft cider community! On June 30, 2020, two new cider projects entered the local fold: Yonder Cider and The Source Cider. Both of these are the brainchildren of Caitlin Braam, a Seattle-based freelance marketer and brand strategist in the beverage space. Her impressive resume includes being the former president…
Read MoreCider School #13: How to Make Cider Seltzers and Light Ciders That Don’t Suck with Molly Leadbetter of Meriwether Cider (Thurs., July 2, at 6 p.m. ET)
It seems like cider seltzers, cider spritzers and light ciders are suddenly EVERYWHERE. Once a small slice of the hard cider-sphere, we’ve seen more and more low-calorie, low-sugar ciders popping up everywhere, from big corporate brands to homegrown craft brands that, not so long ago, might never have imagined that they’d be adding these types…
Read MoreCidermaker Q&A: Blossom Barn Cidery
Malaika Tyson is one half of the blogging duo Cider Soms, which was started as a way to introduce wine lovers to the world of cider. Along with her husband Sean, the “Soms” blog seeks to uncover and explain the complexities of ciders in a fun way. When talking to Jeremy Hall and Erin Chaparro,…
Read MoreCider School #12: Community Empowerment with Charles Rosen of Ironbound Cider (Thurs., June 25, 6 p.m. ET)
If you missed this session of Cider School, you can find a video recording of it here. The cider community is asking some tough questions right now — as are many food and beverage brands — about how to create real change and empowerment in their communities. Part of that work is aiming to widen…
Read MoreCider Week Hudson Valley Carries on with Virtual Programming and Events (June 20–28, 2020)
Clearly, this spring and summer (and who knows, maybe the fall and winter) are looking different than in years past in a lot of ways. For cider fans, one of those differences will be the cancellation and postponement of the cider-themed festivals, gatherings and Cider Weeks that we look forward to each season. Some event…
Read MoreCider School #11: The State of UK Cider with Gabe Cook AKA ‘The Ciderologist’ (Thurs., June 18, at 5 p.m. ET)
Perhaps you know Gabe Cook from his blog, The Ciderologist, or as the author of the book, Ciderology: From History and Heritage to the Craft Cider Revolution. Maybe you’ve seen him speak at a conference or have attended an event that he’s organized, like the recent virtual worldwide cider tasting he put together. No matter how you’ve…
Read MoreElectric Mayhem is CO Cellars’ Newest Cider/Wine Hybrid
CO Cellars, the collaborative space in Burlington, Vermont between ZAFA Wines and Shacksbury Cider, just launched a new cider/wine hybrid that is bound to be some of the most exciting juice of the summer: Electric Mayhem. The name, it seems, is an homage to the psychedelic band, Dr. Teeth and The Electric Mayhem, that frequently…
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