Mar 30, 2022
Wild, Clean & Free: Harnessing the Beauty of
Wild-Fermenting, Without the Flaws
Was presented at CiderCon2022 held in Richmond, Virginia in
February. The seminar was moderated by Christine Walter of Bauman's
Cider. Three makers shared a taste of their select ciders that are
fermented with wild yeast or what is also...Mar 23, 2022
Tribute to Author and Orchardists Michael Phillips
I spoke with his long time friend Alan Surprenant of Brook Farm Orchard in Ashfield, Massachusetts on a cool March day a little over two week's after the unexpected passing of Michael Phillips. The two men met originally at a New England Organic Farmers Association...
Mar 16, 2022
Farmstead Wyoming's First Commercial Cidery
Ian McGregor who cofounded Farmstead Cider with Orion Bellorado holds the title of being both the first commercial cidery in the state of Wyoming and as of this episode published in 2022 remain the sole cidery in the state. These enterprising makers source their apples from...
Mar 9, 2022
The DOPE Brand
Hannah Ferguson is giving us all a reason to visit Youngstown, Ohio. Her DOPE brand is helping to introduce the city to cider like never before. The bio says that the DOPE brand is about a "Winemaker, Marketing, Event planning, other business services" but this only stays in step wit how she is keeping...
Mar 2, 2022
Blue Bee Cider Founder Courtney Mailey
Courtney Mailey, always knew she wanted to be a farmer of sorts. In the high school she took part in an aptitude test with the result showing that she was to be a farmer. By the way, she was the only kids in her whole class with that goal.
Her journey to cider became more obvious...