“There is always something going on” say Nat West at his Reverend Nat Taproom in Portland Oregon. In this Cider Chat Ria met with Nat before she headed over to CiderCon2016 later that same day. This chat provides a tour of the taproom and production space. Discussed are some of his crazy ass fermentations that … Read more
Tom Oliver shares his approach to hopped cider and the best of what the US and UK have to look forward to in the cider market. What he saw in US hopped ciders back in 2013 ignited his desire to try his hand at adding hops to cider to his bittersweet cider. He worked with … Read more
When John Bunker talks or teaches Apple Identification he doesn’t begin with the apple. He always goes back to the root of the tree…unless it is one of the Eric Clapton apples, i.e., you immediately recognize it as a variety that you all ready know. John provides a great metaphor for recognizing apples that you … Read more
Austin Eastciders is helping to make Austin Texas a cider mecca in a land where the apple root faces harsh growing conditions. Aaron Anderson is the R&D Coordinator at this growing cidery. He sat down for a chat with me at CiderCon2016 in Portland Oregon during the United States Association of Cider Makers conference. The … Read more
Keeving Made Simple, but oh so Dandy at Worleys Cider Neil Worley’s makes cider in the area of Great Britain called Somerset. Climb the high hill at the farm and your can see the Bristol Channel. It is a remote location by UK standards and the soil at the farm is only 3 inches in … Read more
Jim Wallace is a cheese maker and cheese tech a.k.a the “Cheese Guru” at New England Cheesemaking Supply in Massachusetts. When not helping the cheese world sort through problematic cheeses, he teaches classes at his home in his cellar where he also ferments wine, beer and cider and has his beloved cheese cave. In This … Read more
Leonard Koningswijk owner/cidermaker of Bear Cider in the Netherlands is turning his country towards cider one palate at a time. The idea was sprouted at his family home in the rural village of Beerze on the border of Germany. (Beerze means bear in Dutch.) Like many cider folk he saw the bounty of apples laden … Read more
Alec Steinmetz, Will Correll and Matthew Meyer are sharing their story of starting an urban cidery in Richmond Virginia: Buskey Cider. Building out a cidery Tips new Cidery Startups? What would you do differently? Add even more time to your extra allotted time. Will says, File the permits and making sure you are good on compliance … Read more
Getting to cider for Gregory Hall, was one part luck and a whole lotta of beer. When his father John Hall founded the Chicago based Goose Island Brewery in 1988, it took only 3 years before Greg was at the helm brewing at “Goose”. Twenty years later in 2011, the brewery would be sold to Anheuser-Busch-InBev. … Read more
Bill Bradshaw is a photographer, an author of three cider books and consider by many to be a Cider Ambassador for UK ciders. I met with Bill at the United States Association of Cider Makers annual conference in Portland Oregon in February 2016. Later that same day, Bill was to present an overview of UK … Read more
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