How Ice Cider is Made Ice Cider is made by freezing fresh pressed apple juice. The first element to freeze in the process is the water that is naturally occurring in all apples to a less or greater degree. As the water freezes, the pure liquid apple juice (sans the water) is extracted and then … Read more
Sign up now for Totally Cider Trip to the UK in April 2018!! – Come along with Ria, the Producer and Host of Cider Chat, as we travel through Somerset and Herefordshire in the UK visiting makers and drinking cider along the way! The trip begins in Bristol, UK on Wednesday April 25 and runs through … Read more
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
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
Gypsy Circus Cider Company founders and makers, Stephanie & Aaron Carson, are helping to put cider on the map in Tennessee. They have two facilities with one dedicated to barrel aging ciders and the main production site which is also the location for their Gypsy Circus Taproom. The cidery opened for business in April of … 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
Chuck Shelton of Albemarle Ciderworks & Vintage Virginia Apples weighs in on blending and single apple variety ciders and the complexity of cidermaking. This Virginia cidery is a family run business on a farm that was purchased by the Shelton Family. Today the business side of the cidery is managed by his sister Charlotte, while … Read more
Apple songs and sing-a-longs helps put a rhythm to the work day and marks Wassail celebrations around the world. This week’s chat we begin with a fun Apple Song led by David Gott, who has worked as a pruner and maker of fresh pressed Sweet Cider. David’s banjo style and ability to lead a group … Read more
Mike Schilling delves into the joy of letting a cider go wild, stopping fermentation, double pitching yeast and funky/sour cider. This chat was recorded before a live audience at Beerology in Northampton Massachusetts on Friday November 4, 2016. Mike and his wife Jordana Starr who co-own the store invited cidermakers traveling to CiderDays to stop … Read more
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