Cider Culture Virtual Happy Hour #3: Co-Hosted with Greg Hall of Virtue Cider (Friday, April 3, 5 p.m. ET)
This Friday, we are back with our third installment of Cider Culture Virtual Happy Hour! This round will be hosted by Greg Hall, Virtue Cider‘s founder, who is also known for his 20-year tenure as Goose Island’s brewmaster prior to Virtue Cider’s launch. To prepare for the change from brewmaster to cider maker, Greg took…
Read MoreLearn to Make a Whiskey Cider Sour Cocktail with Jennie Dorsey of Schilling Cider House
Have you been mixing up some drinks at home these days? Yeah, us too! Playing bartender can be a fun outlet for creativity, especially if you’ve got some pro tips to help you along. We asked Jennie Dorsey, Chief Cider Curator at Schilling Cider House Portland and all-around cider queen, to share a favorite…
Read MoreCastle Hill Cider Partners with Blue Ridge Area Food Bank
We’ve always admired how community-minded so many craft cideries are, and we are not at all surprised to see so many of the brands we love kicking it into overdrive amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. One of the most recent bits of good news we’ve heard is about Castle Hill Cider in Virginia creating a new…
Read MoreCider School: 5 Questions to Ask When Buying Cider, Hosted by Eleanor Leger of Eden Specialty Ciders (Thurs., April 2)
Last week, we shared our commitment to using Cider Culture’s platform to help support and uphold the craft cider community through the COVID-19 health crisis. In the days since (though it kind of feels like an eternity), we’ve been doing our damnedest to share resources for cider makers and consumers, alike, and to provide virtual…
Read MoreCider Culture Virtual Happy Hour is Back with Andrew Blake of Blake’s Hard Cider (Friday, March 27, 5 p.m. ET)
Last week, we hosted our first Cider Culture happy hour via Zoom and it was awesome! What a good feeling to see peoples’ faces, make some new friends, and chat with the cider makers whose products we love so much! We’re going to try to make it a weekly gathering, every Friday at 5 p.m.…
Read More6 Ciders Made with Beer Yeast
Apples are the stars of the show when it comes to making craft cider; the characteristics of the fruit determine so much when it comes to the flavor of the liquid. But, yeast is nearly just as important to the process — after all, without yeast, fermentation is impossible, and it’s both the flavor and…
Read More4 Resources to Ramp Up Your DIY Cider Education
As much as we might wish we could take a six-month sabbatical from regular life to immerse ourselves in cider education at Cornell, Penn State Extension or The Beer & Cider Academy, alas, it isn’t realistic for many of us. Luckily, there are plenty of resources out there to help us become better cider consumers,…
Read MoreWant to Support Cider Makers? Buy Their Cider Online
Right now, cider makers are struggling. This is a clear and unfortunate truth in the wake of the rapidly escalating COVID-19 crisis across the world. There is another truth that we bet you’re feeling: the need for a drink. Perhaps more than one. We feel you (big time)! Over the past week, more and more…
Read MoreJoin us for Virtual Cider Happy Hour with Ben Wenk of Ploughman Cider (Friday, March 20, 5 p.m. ET)
Friends! We’re gathering tomorrow, Friday, March 20, 5 p.m ET, for a virtual cider happy hour after one hell of a week. Our dear friend Ben Wenk of Ploughman Cider will join us as a co-host! Here’s the deal: We’re hosting the happy hour through Zoom, a popular video conferencing website. You don’t need to…
Read MoreAmerican Cider Association Releases COVID-19 Resources for Cideries
The American Cider Association (formerly called USACM) is mobilizing to help cider makers react to this unprecedented situation which is creating economic uncertainty for everyone. In an effort to provide information specific to its members in the cider industry, ACA has: Launched a COVID-19 resource page, which will be updated daily. It includes resources such…
Read MoreWe’re Creating Virtual Plans to Support the Cider Community
Well, it looks like none of us will be going out to cidery tasting rooms or cider bars for awhile. And that is a serious blow, not only to our social lives but to the makers and producers who rely on us to pursue their passions and livelihoods. The economy of craft cider, which has…
Read MoreCelebrate Women’s History Month with Craft Cider
March is Women’s History Month, an excellent 31 days in which media attention turns intentionally to cover the literally infinite ways women have contributed to every aspect of our society and our world. While in some ways, it would be pretty cool if special months like Black History Month and Women’s History Month were more…
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