Ask Ryan pt 4 feature photo episode 224 Cider Chat

224: Ask Ryan | Quarantine Quad Series, Part 4

What is Flor aka Film Yeast and can the cider be saved? It’s all in Part 4 of the Quarantine Quad Series called “Ask Ryan” with Ryan Monkman of FieldBird Cider, Ontario Canada answering questions from Cider Chat listeners. Plus, Why are FieldBird Ciders so wine like and “How did Ryan get into cider?” Listen Part … Read more

Amelia and Matt - Apple Falls Cider Company

154: Turning Straw into Gold | Apple Falls Cider

Matt Oskamp and Amelia Campbell started Apple Falls Cider Company in 2017. The cider house is situated alongside the farm store at Campbell Orchards located in Prince Edward County, Ontario. Campbell Orchards is owned by Amelia’s parents Colin and Dianne Campbell. When Colin’s father died due to a plane crash, he took on the orchard … Read more

Kees in Tap Room

148: UN Makers at Kings Mill Cider | Ontario

Kees Morsink and Margaret Van Helvoort have traveled the world as United Nations aid workers in Africa where they were fermenting everything from yogurt to mango and even doing some distilling. Cider isn’t new to these two enterprising Canadians. Kees had his first spontaneous ferment forty years ago when he put a gallon of cider in … Read more

143 Mark Skinner

143: Perry & Cider At Windswept | Georgian Bay, CA

There is Perry & Cider being made in Georgian Bay, Ontario! Windswept Orchard Cider is 2 years old (founded in 2016) and is the creation of Mark Skinner,  wife Courtney and their two kids. This couples background is culinary cooking which is part of the inspiration for the cidermaking and their ability to tend to … Read more

Heartwood feature photo

141: Cider Lunch at Heartwood Farm & Cidery | Canada

Val Steinmann and Brent Klassen moved from the city to the 42 acre farm that is now called Heartwood Farm and Cidery in 2004. In the past 14 years, they created pasture and now have a herd of 20 cows each summer. They have planted an orchard and raised pigs, chickens and have two work … Read more

137 Jenifer Dean

137: Ontario’s County Cider Story | Jenifer Dean

County Cider based in Prince Edward County in the Canadian Province of Ontario began selling cider in 1996. It was launched by Grant Howes a formidable man considered the Grandfather of Cider in Ontario. In 2000 Jenifer Dean who had studied winemaking joined up with County Cider. Her husband Grant passed away unexpectedly in January … Read more

131 Cider Barrels, Ryan, Thierry, Louis

131: Cider Barrels with a Cooper, a Maker & Thierry Lemaire

Cider Barrel Maintenance The craft of making an oak barrel is called “cooperage” and the person who applies this craft is called a “cooper”. The skills of this trade have been passed down through the centuries. The tree and the wood chosen to become a barrel has to meet specific criteria, such as having a … Read more

115: Baltimore Speaks Cider | w/Cider fans & Makers

Baltimore Speaks Cider recaps this podcaster’s travel to CiderCon, while at CiderCon and the trip home from CiderCon. I left on Sunday (Day 1) traveling as far as Bethlehem PA. The next day Monday (Day 2) I was set to meet with Joe Getz of Kurant Cider at the Free Will Brewing Company in Perkasie … Read more