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
Put Cider in the Penny was recorded at SILO Distillery in Windsor, Vermont in August of 2019. I had been wanting to catch up with Nicole LeGrande Leibon, every since she moved on from making cider at Farnum Hill Cider in Lebanon, New Hampshire. She arrived at SILO to make cider in late 2018. She … Read more
Off to Popelouchum with Randall But before our Popelouchum Safari, an exciting new estate vineyard, we delve into a wee bit of news to kick off this episode 188 Two New Cider Zines We begin with an overview of Graftwood and Full Juice, two new cider zines out of UK. Graftwood is a subscription based … Read more
“We Want More Cider” was clearly the take away heard from cider enthusiasts attending the annual Hard Core Cider Tour held in Santa Cruz, California June 27, 2019. Sipping Syndicate’s Albert Martinez spearheaded the Hard Core Cider Tour five years ago in 2014, offering a tasting event … Read more
“Just Fucking Fermented Juice” is splayed out in big white letter across the back of Krista Scruggs’ black hoodie. The slogan both amuses and taunts gawkers. Krista wore the hoodie with slogan while attending the annual United States Association of Cider Makers conference in Chicago in January of 2018, called CiderCon. I don’t know if … Read more
Who are the Pomme Boots? The Pomme Boots Society was founded in 2015 an organization for women working in the cider industry. The first meet up of Pommes Boots was at CiderCon2016 held in Portland, Oregon. This episode was recorded at the Pomme Boots meeting held at CiderCon2019, an annual cider conference hosted by the United … Read more
The feature on cider judging in this week’s episode begins at 9:43 minutes. The 7th annual BigE Cider and Perry competition took place on June 8, 2019. There were 6 cider judges and this episode features the judging of the Best in Show. Cider Panel A Ria Windcaller Mike … Read more
Normandy Cider Trail Tips Annie Sargent is the Producer and Host of a fantastic and informative podcast for anyone thinking about traveling to France called “Join Us in France Travel Podcast“. In this episode, Annie and I do duel recordings to share with both of our podcast audiences. I get to share my passion for … Read more
Straw pressing Cider at Sandford Orchards with Barny Butterfield in Devon. This chat was prerecorded at CiderCon2019. Barney shared his cidermaking history and how farm hands, were paid with the means to make cider as part of their wages. He said that they weren’t necessarily paid with cider, but instead given the supplies and tools … Read more
The Cider Insider | 100 Craft Ciders to Drink Now Enter to win a Free Copy of The Cider Insider by Susanna Forbes. One lucky cider fan will receive a signed copy of this book featuring a “100 Craft Cider to Drink Now”! This giveaway will be held on May 22, 2019 to May 28, … Read more
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