Cider Chat episode 306 Arjen of Elegast Cidery

306: Ciders for Every Season | Elegast Cidery, Netherlands

Elegast Beginnings Co-Founder & Maker Arjen Meeusem of Elegast shares his story of living in Portland, Oregon and how a stop at Reverend Nat’s Hard Cider to taste the cider inspired him to find out more about this niche market and its viability to make cider in the Netherlands. Arjen and his business partners began … Read more

048: Heleen Nobel & Eelco Huizinga | Appels en Peren, Netherlands

Who is Appels en Peren Appels en Peren is the first retail store in Amsterdam selling only Apple and Pear products from the Netherlands and European countries such as France, Germany and the UK. In this week’s chat we speak with Heleen Nobel one of the proprietors of the ciderwinkel & Eelco Huizinga who works … Read more

024: Leonard Koningswijk | Bear Cider, Netherlands

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

Cider Chat Episode 002 Wouter Bijl of CiderCider Rotterdam Netherlands

002: Wouter Bijl | CiderCider, Rotterdam NL

One glass at a time at CiderCider Wouter Bijl’s opened CiderCider in 2009 online and then as the first cider store for the Netherlands. The Dutch can now proudly proclaim cider has arrived. Proost! This Cider Chat goes back and forth to the US to the Netherlands discussing the range of the ciders available, the … Read more