Meet one half of the family team at Botanist and Barrel Botanist and Barrel is a family owned and operated cidery based in North Carolina. Kether Smith and brother Lyndon and their respective spouses Derick McGuffey and Amie Fields make the magic happen at this eclectic cidery with two locations. They began selling cider commercially … Read more
It’s time to make your Cider Notes for 2024 The list of cider notes can be quiet long, but in this episode we are going to make it doable and easy for you. In this Cider Chat on Cider Notes Past Cider Making Episodes Equipment needed for Cider’s Secondary Ferment Find a complete list with … Read more
Discover Kordick Family Farm and Baba Yaga Hear from Dorsey and daughter Brittany, the mother and daughter team at Korkdick Family Farm with Baba Yaga as their guide. Dorsey is a long time apple fan and even attended Peter Mitchell’s cidermaking courses in the UK early on making her one of the first American’s to … Read more
The Tasty Southern Ciders of James Creek Cider House A cider dinner recording from CiderCon2019 in Chicago with Ann Marie and David Thornton of James Creek Cider House in Cameron, North Carolina. The main featured chat begins at 17 minutes into this chat. Before this main feature hear an email from a Russian cidermaker, helping … Read more
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