Carol B. HIllman serving cider in the barn next to the colonial orchard

190: Cider Revitalizes a 1750 Colonial Orchard |MA

Fifty Years of Love to rebuild a Colonial Orchard In 1968, Carol B. Hillman bought a colonial era estate with an overgrown orchard,. This glorious site also overlooks the Quabbin Reservoir, Boston’s water source, in New Salem, Massachusetts. A Historical Home Needing TLC Originally attracted to the home onsite with a fire place in every … Read more

003-Robert Colnes | Building a Cider House

95-years-young and the Cider House he Built! Robert Colnes, of New Salem Preserves wanted to build a cider house for the farm’s bountiful orchard. Little did he know when he started that he was on journey that would take him two years to complete. New Salem Preserves is situated on the edge of the Quabbin … Read more

Cider Chat Episode 001 Field Maloney of West County Cider

001-Field Maloney|West County Cider

Field Maloney of West County Cider Terry, Judith and Field Maloney – American Cider Pioneers West County Cider, of Colrain Massachusetts was one of the very first producers of cider post prohibition in the US, starting back in 1984. Terry Maloney made the cider on the side while continuing to work as head of the … Read more