100: Celebrating 100 Cider Podcast Episodes

“The Nose” is back helping Ria sort through the past year and celebrate this 100th episode of Cider Chat! We delve into wild yeast, terroir, and hear a bit from every single guest on the past 50 episodes of Cider Chat. To listen to episodes 1-50 go to this page. Listen to episodes 51-100 go … Read more

099: Cider, Ètretat, & WWII | Normandy, France

Vincent Godefroy is one smart cidermaker in France. He saw the opportunity to entice tourist visiting the nearby white cliffs of Etretat to his cidery. Vincent and Marie-Clarie Godefroy full service cider destination offers lodging for two adults in a large wooden barrel and the is space for two kids too! The Godefroy’s welcome over … Read more

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098: Jérôme Dupont (1970-2018) | Normandy, FR

The chat with Jérôme Dupont on this podcast episode 98 begins at 8:02 minutes in! The Domaine Dupont Background story The Louis Dupont Family Estate is a 70 acre (30 hectares) orchard that was bought by selling the family’s stock of calvados. In this chat I speak with Jérôme Dupont the great grandson of Jules … Read more

097: Cider Chat Travel in Europe | Normandy

In this chat, I share with you my travels a.k.a reconnaissance for a future travel tourist trips to Normandy. This main chat begins at 12:30 minutes The Travel Begins Before I headed to France I first made a stop in the Netherlands, specifically Amsterdam and the well love park called Vondelpark. Cider Travel Tip: Nearby Amsterdam Centraal … Read more

096: Finger Lakes Cider House | New York

This episode of Cider Chat was recorded by Alex Kroh, cidermaker, roving podcast reporter and super duper nice guy in Ciderville This chat begins with Alex and Melissa and Garett venturing outside to the orchard and the asparagus polyculture planting just south of the cider house. They then walk east down the hill to the … Read more

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095: Cider Making at Home easy as 1-2-3

Making a 1-gallon batch of cider is easy! And a 3-gallon or 5-gallon batch of cider is just as easy to make too! Learn how to make cider at home and begin upping your cider knowledge today. In this episode I cover all the basics on how to make cider at home. Below find the … Read more

094: Discovering Luxembourg w/Ramborn Cider Company

Ramborn Cider Company located in Luxembourg is helping to revive the cidermaking tradition  as the country’s first commercial cidery.  Ramborn offers a range cider styles from Farmhouse,  Somerset Blend (Luxembourg and English cider apples) and a New World hopped cider. Ramborn has an eau de vie which is a apple brandy produced by means of fermentation and … Read more

093: Orcharding & Apple Storage w/Colin Scott | MA

Colin Scott grew up learning how to care for apples on his parents, Edward and Janice, orchard. The orchard was purchased in 1954. Today Colin is running the orchard and sells his apples at the Chelsea Market in eastern MA. E & J Scott Orchard also has apricots, blackberries, blueberries, cherries, grapes, nectarines, peaches, pears, plums, … Read more

092: Brad Glover | Swilled Dog Hard Cider, West Virginia

Swilled Dog Hard Cider is a family owned cidery located in the Shenandoah Valley of West Virginia. Swilled Dog launched in January 2017, and and began selling its wares in March. This is the 2nd cider company to launch in the past five years in West Virginia, the first being Hawk Nob Appalachian Hard Cider … Read more

091: In the Ciderhouse w/Eve’s Cidery | NY

If you missed part I of this chat (episode 90) with Eve’s Cidery, you’ll want to go back and listen as we tour the orchard with Autumn Stoscheck and Ezra Sherman and talk about where their ciders begin. In part II of this chat, we move down to the ciderhouse to talk about: the champagne … Read more