Brewery Ommegang Gets in the Cider Game with Project Cider
It’s all too easy to think of beer and cider in their own separate worlds, with nary an interaction between them. But, things are rarely so tidy, and in the past few years there have been a number of crossover beverages made, including ciders made with beer yeast, beer/cider hybrids, and we’ve seen breweries dipping…
Read MoreWomen Making Waves in the Cider World 15: Graft Cider
There’s a lot to love about Graft Cider, the modern sour cider company that’s based out of Newburgh, New York. Its ciders, ranging from slightly sour and adventurous to totally wild, are such fun, modern expressions of what cider can be. The can design is always eye-catching, and its merch game is beyond on-point. Since…
Read More5 Ciders That Have Us Stoked on 2019 Cider Week Virginia
Virginia is for cider lovers! This is true all year long, but especially during Cider Week Virginia, which takes place in Old Dominion this year, from November 15 to the 24 all across the Commonwealth. With 16 regional farm-made and craft cider makers featured in events in VA, there are so many awesome ways to…
Read MoreThe Best Cider Donuts in the Northeast
As autumn arrives each year, nostalgia sets in, reminding us of all the traditions that make the season so special. Pumpkin carving, apple picking, fall festivals … it’s hard not to fall in love with this season. Autumn also brings back cider donuts! Made from the juices of freshly pressed apples, every sugary bite brings…
Read MoreMeet the Terroir-Driven Ciders of Willow Oaks Craft Cider
For 30 years, Lori Leitzel Rice and her husband, Eric Rice, have been growing fruit at Country Pleasures Farm, the oldest organic farm in the state of Maryland. Inspired by the complex, dry ciders he’d tasted during travels in Europe during his grad school days, Eric had always hoped to make cider from some of…
Read MoreSanta Cruz Cider Company Opens Apple City Tasting Room (Aug. 24)
In Watsonville, California, about 18 miles southeast of Santa Cruz, exciting things are happening! On Saturday, August 24, Santa Cruz Cider Company opened its first tasting room, which it is dubbing Apple City Cider Tasting Room. The name of this comfy, semi-industrial space pays homage to the fact that, a century ago, Watsonville was the…
Read MoreIt’s Time to Gear up for Washington Cider Week (Sept. 5–15)
It’s nearly here: The 9th Annual Washington Cider Week, (which is actually more like a week and a half), takes place from September 5 to 15. This cider extravaganza is organized by the Northwest Cider Association, with events, tastings and more cider fun happening all across the state of Washington. Some of our favorite Pacific…
Read MoreJack’s Hard Cider Launches Rosé Cider
The rosé cider train has left the station and it’s still going at full steam! This summer, more than ever before, we’ve seen new and exciting kinds of this fun, crushable category of cider on shelves. One of the newest rosé ciders to join the fam is Jack’s Hard Cider‘s Rosé. Semi-dry cider and bursting…
Read MoreNew Salem Preserves & Orchards Launches Hard Cider and Opens Cider Garden in Massachusetts
New Salem Preserves & Orchards, tucked amid the rolling hills of historic Western Massachusetts, has earned a reputation for its rich, sweet cider made from heirloom apples from century-old trees. (Its cider donuts are also not to be missed!) New Salem has just announced that it will debut its own small-batch heritage hard cider. This…
Read MoreAwestruck Cider Celebrates 6 Years
It’s been six years since Casey Vitti and Patti Wilcox founded Awestruck Ciders, based in Sidney, New York (about 85 miles east of Ithaca). In the time since, this company has made a name for itself with its handcrafted, complex and unique ciders. Its ciders have regularly shown up in our cider roundups, like our…
Read MoreCider Loves Food: CSA Veggies Pairings
In our monthly column, “Cider Loves Food,” contributor Meredith Collins (blogger extraordinaire at Along Came a Cider) is looking at different cuisines and finding the perfect ciders to help take your meals to the next level. It’s summer: the season of grilling, picnics and lakeside barbeques! Where I live, it’s also the season when a…
Read MoreVirtue Cider Releases 2 New Ciders to Celebrate Chicago, Northcider and Southcider
Virtue Cider is Michigan-proud, through and through (in fact, many of its ciders cite the state in their names). But it’s also got close ties to Chicago, the closest big city to its HQ in Fennville, MI. The Windy City is where Virtue Cider’s founder, Gregory Hall, made his mark on the brewing world at…
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