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Wild Child Cellars Plans Incredible Cidery and Community Space in Turner’s Falls, Mass.
Time to start packing your bags: We’ve got the details on the incredible cidery space that Wild Child Cellars is opening in Turner’s Falls, Massachusetts later this year. It will be housed in a 20,000-square-ft. paper mill built in 1880 and, once open, this will be the kind of place that your cider dreams are…
Read More8 American Cideries Where You Can Host a Gorgeous Wedding
Perhaps you’ve been to a wedding at a winery, farm or brewery, but have you ever been to a wedding at a cidery? As more cideries open their doors in America and compete for a share of the craft beverage market, some have decided to rent their facilities as unique wedding venues offering an unexpected…
Read MoreUK Cider Sessions: Susanna and James Forbes of Little Pomona
Hans Edwin Winzeler, a cider maker with Pennsylvania-based Ploughman Cider, is currently spending a 10-month sabbatical in Herefordshire, England. Through employment or volunteering with local producers this season, Hans is able to see firsthand what methods, techniques and practices they use. He’s also gotten to know a few of these cider makers, and he is…
Read MoreCiderlicious Announces New Cider Garden in Springfield, OR
Ciderlicious, a cider vendor that sells local and regional ciders from a cart in downtown Eugene, Oregon, is expanding its offerings and has just announced a new cider garden set to open in Springfield, Oregon. Although the exact location remains under wraps, news of the second, significantly upgraded Ciderlicious Cider Garden is attracting interest from the…
Read MoreGet to Know Haykin Family Cider in Aurora, Colorado
Talia and Daniel Haykin opened the Haykin Family Cider tasting room in Aurora, Co. (about 12 miles west of Denver) on February 1 of this year. When it comes to making cider, these two aren’t messing around; their majority single varietals, with no adjuncts or added sugars, have nabbed a bunch of prestigious awards and developed a…
Read MoreSupreme Core Ready to Open D.C. Cidery This Spring
D.C.-area cider lovers and visitors are already blessed with great craft cider options (props to Anxo and the forthcoming Capitol Cider House) and they are about to welcome another: Supreme Core Cider is all set to open its tasting room in the Arboretum neighborhood this April. Founders William Sullivan and Kyle Crosby spent over a year looking for…
Read MoreNow Open: Acreage, the New Cider House and Eatery from Stem Ciders
Last February, Stem Ciders announced a $7 million expansion (no biggie) to construct a huge new facility in Lafayette, Colorado, about 12 miles east of Boulder. A big part of the excitement of this news was that this wasn’t all for production — a beautiful eatery, inspired by the cider houses in Basque Country would…
Read MoreUK Cider Sessions: Julian Temperley of Somerset Cider and Brandy Company
Hans Edwin Winzeler, a cider maker with Pennsylvania-based Ploughman Cider, is currently spending a 10-month sabbatical in Herefordshire, England. Through employment or volunteering with local producers this season, Hans is able to see firsthand what methods, techniques and practices they use. He’s also gotten to know a few of these cider makers, and he is…
Read MoreCider Travels: Drinking Cider in Charlottesville, Virginia
Cider drinkers owe a great debt to Virginia. As the site of the first permanent settlement in the New World, early settlers quickly planted apple trees so they could make hard cider, since barley and hops for beer were much more difficult to cultivate. Years later, some of the most important people in Virginia’s —…
Read MoreCider Culture’s Guide to CiderCon 2018: Where to Eat, Drink and Hang in Baltimore
The countdown is ON, folks: With less than a week until CiderCon 2018, it’s time to start finalizing all of our travel plans. In between packing (remember to save room to bring some bottles home!) and texting with friends about where and when you’re meeting up, check out our guide for our favorite spots to…
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