065: Brian Rutzen | The Northman, Chicago’s 1st cider bar

Brian Rutzen is the Cider Director at Chicago’s first cider bar, The Northman managing 20 taps of cider, 5 craft beers and in total over a 100 options of cider to partake at this 63 seat bar. We chat how The Northman helps patrons understand cider, how it is poured, cellaring cider, cider with food, … Read more

Cider Chat Ep 018 Cider Cocktails book by Darlene Hayes 2nd edition

018: Darlene Hayes | Cider Cocktails, California

You might know Darlene Hayes by her blog All into Cider. There you can find some quick cider cocktail lore and recipes. Yes, Cider Cocktails are hot…again! That’s right, again! Mixing spirits with cider has been favored by farmers to royalty alike (okay, not sure about the royalty, but I know my gramps used to love … Read more