The 8th Annual Oregon Cider Week is Here (June 20–30)
Now in its 8th year, Oregon Cider Week is happening from now until the end of June! After nearly a decade of running this celebration of Oregon’s incredible cider community and industry, the crew at the Northwest Cider Association knows a thing or two about putting together a successful cider week. They’re upping the ante…
Read More8 Ciders Perfect for Summer Nights
Hot days, chill nights: Summer is cider season, through and through. After a day of adventuring (or doing nothing at all), there’s nothing quite like cracking open a cold cider to help restore your energy. For times like these, we turn to craft cider’s spritzy, fun side — we love serious ciders, too, but when…
Read MoreWhat’s the Best Part of PA Cider Fest? 3 Cider Makers Weigh In
You might already be planning your trip to this year’s PA Cider Fest. It’s scheduled for Saturday, June 22, from noon to 4 p.m. at Jack’s Hard Cider, just outside of Gettysburg, PA. The Fest is honestly one of the best times we have all year, seeing old friends, making new ones, and enjoying being…
Read MoreWoodchuck Partners with Appalachian Trail Conservancy to Raise Money for Open Areas
More and more these days, businesses are stepping up to the plate to help do their part to tackle the issues facing our society and our planet. Craft cider makers are among these conscientious companies, often throwing their weight behind initiatives and nonprofits, and giving back to the community in ways, big and small, like…
Read MoreShacksbury Releases ‘Shorts’—The Cutest Little Hard Cider Seltzer
Shacksbury has outdone itself with the launch of a brand-new, summer-ready hard cider seltzer, Shorts, ready to crush in the cutest little 8-ounce can we ever did see: Shorts is what Shacksbury calls an “early-morning, weekend-brunch, day-drinking, post-workout, pre-dinner, just-put-the-kids-to-bed, ‘I’ll take one more’ kind of cider.” Bright, citrusy and hibiscus notes, tiny bubbles, zero…
Read MoreCider + Food Pairings are Made Easy with Angry Orchard’s New App
We have been touting the pleasures of pairing cider and food pretty much ever since our publication began. Of course, cider and cheese are a brilliant match, but we’ve taken it way further, offering you recipes and all kinds of pairing suggestions, from tacos to sushi to CSA veggies. And while pairing food and cider…
Read MoreStart Planning for the 2019 PA Cider Fest (June 22)
Back again for its fourth year, and one of the best annual cider events on the East Coast: It’s the PA Cider Fest! Slated this year for Saturday, June 22, from noon to 4 p.m., this wildly crowd-pleasing event will offer over 65 varieties of cider from over 25 producers from PA, including Hale &…
Read MoreLearn About Pét-Nat Ciders with Botanist & Barrel
Pét-nat: What is it and why is it popping up on bottles of wine and cider everywhere? Besides from being a fun phrase to say, it’s really a description of a method that can create carbonation in alcoholic beverages without the addition of extra yeast and sugar. For wine or cider to be bubbly, most…
Read MoreRedfield Cider Launches Cider Club
Since opening in January 2019 in Oakland, California, Redfield Cider has been bringing amazing cider to the beverage-curious in the form of a bar, bottle shop and podcast. The passion for craft cider that owners Olivia Maki and Mike Reis make cannot be contained, and they mean to share even more amazingness via Redfield’s new…
Read MoreWho Took Home GLINTCAP Awards? We’ve Got the Master List
GLINTCAP (Great Lakes International Cider and Perry Competition), a bit like the Golden Globes of the cider world, took place between May 15 and 18, 2019, in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The entries, which are numerous, are judged using “blind” panels, meaning each entry was identified by a randomly-assigned registration number, and judges are only shown…
Read MoreWoodchuck Hard Cider Releases Next in its 802 Collection, Kinda Cloudy
Woodchuck has just released the second in its 802 Cider Collection, an ongoing orchard-to-glass series the company launched in late 2018. The series is a love letter to Vermont (802 is the state’s area code). This new cider is called Kinda Cloudy, an unfiltered, semi-sweet variety, with a medium-bodied mouthfeel and notes of refreshing apple,…
Read MoreBellingham, WA’s Lost Giants Cider Co. Celebrates 1 Year (June 15)
A year in the business is a big milestone for any cider company, large or small. Lost Giants Cider Co., in Bellingham, Washington, will celebrate this monumental day for their upstart with an anniversary party on Saturday, June 15, 2019. From noon to 9 p.m., Lost Giants will welcome its fans to enjoy some new…
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