Mention the Northern Spy to an apple loving Yankee and their eyes glaze over the same way they might when recalling their…
“The difference between the almost right word and the right word is really a large matter — ’tis the difference between the lightning-bug and the lightning.” — Mark…
At the Chicago Cider Summit in February we shared a botanical print of a rare and recently rediscovered apple and asked folks…
“I keep trying to find reasons not to like this apple and it continues to surprise me. This is an all-American apple discovered on U.S. soil, and a distinctive bittersharp to be…
The number of licensed cidermakers operating in the US has doubled since 2013, but the supply of American apples suitable for classic cidermaking remains lean. How can you size up a hard cider before the first sip?
So a cider has the astringency and bitterness of red wine and the acidity of white wine, with about…
Tastes change. Paging through John Worlidge’s 1678 treatise on cider making I was surprised to see ciderist used to describe…
