Cider News
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 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 MoreCollabo to Know: Hale & True x Kurant Cider Hop Together
Philly will enjoy its first collaboration between two homegrown urban cideries: Hop Together, a strawberry hopped cider made by Hale & True Cider Co. and Kurant Cider. This cider, born of friendship and cooperation, is set to be released on Saturday, March 7. Hale & True owners Risa and Kerry McKenzie and Kurant owners Mike…
Read MoreQ&A with Christian Annese of Armageddon Brewing
There are so many challenges to starting a new cidery. Of course, one must perfect the process and the product, assemble a team, find a space, raise the capital for equipment and the endless other startup costs …. it only proves, even more, the passion and dedication behind all of the cideries that we know…
Read MoreSwift Cider Celebrates Taproom Grand Opening in Portland, OR
Swift Cider started out in 2015, producing farm-fresh, small-batch cider in Portland, Oregon. In the years that followed, the brand grew into a regionally distributed cider brand that is available in Oregon, Washington and Idaho. Named after Chapman’s Swift, a species of bird known for its playful nature and tendency to swoop through the skies…
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