“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
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
Tandem Ciders is the result of two hearts …Coming together in one spot of Ciderville (the east coast) and finding their way to Michigan. Tandem Cider Story In the late 1990’s Dan Young who was the co-owner and brewer at The People’s Pint in Greenfield was full on with the craft beer scene. It was … Read more
Nicole and Rafe Ward of Forgotten Ciders Celebrated 3 years of cidermaking in April of 2017. This Michigan cidery has over 1000 variety of apples growing on 16 acres, many of which are cider varieties and red fleshed to boot! Rafe’s Grandfather Douglas Eastman and Uncle John Eastman started planting apples trees 30 years ago … Read more
Shea Comfort began dabbling in home brewing in 1996. This History of Art and Philosophy major didn’t choose to become a Yeast Whisper. Some names can’t be chosen, they just come along. Having read extensively the books of the day he is, suffice to say, a self taught technical yeast expert. “You realize you have … Read more
Jeppe Gents opened Fejø Cider in 1999. He calls himself a “cider farmer” having founded his cidery on an island 200 kilometers south of Copenhagen. You can take a 15-minute ride on a ferry to the island and visit this celebrated cidery. Fejø is an orchard based cidery with 18 hectares or approximately 44 acres … Read more
Mattie Beason’s passion for cider led him to open Black Twig Cider House in 2016. This new cider bar is located in Durham, North Carolina right across the street from Duke University. A good location is a key factor as you need the foot traffic to help build the draw that you need to be … Read more
Araújo Monte, Lda Meet the makers of Portugal’s first commercial cidery for the country that borders Spain and its million of Sidra drinking fans. The Scientist behind Araújo Monte Marlene Sofia Sousa Araújo whom I speak to in this chat, with the help of Anzu Fernandez as translator, was trained to be a scientist. When … Read more
Luis Ravina Pisaca’s title is enology or enologist, which means he is responsible for the cidermaking at Posma cidery in Tenerife, one of seven islands in the Canary Islands that are located in the Atlantic Ocean off the northwestern coast of Africa. Posma has been producing cider for 4-5 years. Luis was attending the International … Read more
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