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Northeastern Cider Conference

Save the Date for the Northeastern Cider Conference (March 23–25)

By Emily Kovach / January 3, 2020 /

A brand new conference is coming to New York State: The Northeastern Cider Conference. It will be held from March 23 to 25, 2021 in Albany, New York, and will bring together producers and cider makers from across the region for a series of workshops and the chance to build networks and share knowledge. The…

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CiderCon 2020

CiderCon 2020: It’s Go Time

By Emily Kovach / December 11, 2019 /

With the New Year quickly approaching, it’s time to start making your plans for CiderCon 2020! It’s all going down from January 28 to 31 in Oakland, California, and we can hardly imagine a better city to explore while concurrently taking a deep-dive into the craft cider movement at the industry’s premier annual conference. It’s…

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Learn About Pét-Nat Ciders with Botanist & Barrel

By Emily Kovach / November 27, 2019 /

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…

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cooking with cider

How to Cook With Cider in Every Dish on Your Holiday Table

By Emily Kovach / November 11, 2019 /

You’ve done your research on the best ciders to pair with your Thanksgiving dinner, from easy and light welcome drinks to post-dessert sips that combat the dreaded 7 p.m. drowsiness. You raided your local bottle shop for a range of crowd-pleasing cider treats, from sessionable, dry-hopped cans for your craft beer-obsessed BFF, to off-dry sparklers…

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The Northern Spy

Cider Travels: The Northern Spy Restaurant & Bottle Shop in Durham, NC

By Emily Kovach / November 5, 2019 /

There are so many reasons to travel: to experience new people and places, of course; to get out of your comfort zone and daily patterns; to commune with nature or immerse yourself in a totally different culture from the one you’re accustomed to. If you are a craft cider fan, you’ve got even more incentive…

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ROOTSTOCK

Capitol Cider House, ANXO Cidery and Supreme Core Cider Plan Epic Cider Celebration: ROOTSTOCK (November 16)

By Emily Kovach / September 20, 2019 /

Ready for a cider party? Three Washington, DC cideries, Capitol Cider House, ANXO Cidery and Supreme Core Cider are joining forces to organize a shindig for cider fans that’s going to be truly epic: ROOTSTOCK, a celebration of Mid-Atlantic cider and music! It’s planned for Saturday, November 19, from 1 to 4 p.m., at Hook…

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Project Cider

Brewery Ommegang Gets in the Cider Game with Project Cider

By Emily Kovach / September 6, 2019 /

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…

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Cider Week Virginia

5 Ciders That Have Us Stoked on 2019 Cider Week Virginia

By Emily Kovach / September 4, 2019 /

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…

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Santa Cruz Cider Company

Santa Cruz Cider Company Opens Apple City Tasting Room (Aug. 24)

By Emily Kovach / August 21, 2019 /

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…

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Certified Cider Professional Program

It’s Time to Gear up for Washington Cider Week (Sept. 5–15)

By Emily Kovach / August 12, 2019 /

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…

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Angry Orchard App

Cider + Food Pairings are Made Easy with Angry Orchard’s New App

By Emily Kovach / June 5, 2019 /

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…

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PA Cider Fest

Start Planning for the 2019 PA Cider Fest (June 22)

By Emily Kovach / May 31, 2019 /

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 &…

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