Craft Hard Cider: Recipes, Tips, and Ideas for Making & Enjoying Hard Cider
Do hard ciders have vintages? Regardless of whether you are legally allowed to define a vintage, like wine, on a bottle of hard cider, my question is really about what impact the “vintage” or year the apple was grown has on a hard cider. If you are using juice from the store, vintage becomes irrelevant … Continue reading The Vintage of Hard Cider
Traditional hard ciders are those made from only apples and pears. No adjuncts, which would be anything that augments the color, flavor, or taste of the hard cider. For me, that includes aging in oak. I’ve set out to taste as many hard ciders as I can from all over the world. I’m not sure … Continue reading My Favorite Traditional Hard Ciders
When you fly halfway around the world to London, what should be your main objective? Drinking hard cider of course! Okay, maybe we wanted to check out a few sites but sampling hard ciders was still top on my priority list. I always say you don’t need to go to the orchard or cidery to … Continue reading London Cider
What do you do when you eat at a great restaurant but don’t get to sample the desserts. You go back! We noticed some interesting desserts on the menu at Feast the other day but didn’t get the chance to try them. So we decided to stop in again and treat ourselves to a couple. … Continue reading A Dessert Feast
I was told you should do something nice for your spouse after 25 years of marriage. I took mine on a hard cider tour in Somerset, England! Well, maybe I took her to a Valentines Day High Tea at Highclere Castle (aka Downton Abbey) and she took me on a West Country Cider Tour. Either … Continue reading West Country Cider Tour
Have you ever taken a hard cider tour? Maybe you are envisioning a walk through the orchard on a fall day before stopping at the barn to buy some apples and a few bottles of hard cider made from a hard cider recipe handed down from 6-7 generations. That would be awesome but it isn’t … Continue reading Phoenix Hard Cider Tour
A Feast at Feast! https://spark.adobe.com/page-embed.js (Click the above link to launch the slideshow) Dinner at Feast is always great but add a 2016 Cidre Bouché Brut from Etienne Dupont and you take it to a new level. Click on the above link to check out all the details. Find more food pairings, hard cider recipes, … Continue reading Hard Cider and Seafood!
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