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Sex(ism) in the cidery was a panel discussion moderated by, Franklin County CiderDays committee chair April Woodard on November 3, 2018. The goal was to take the larger context from the MeToo Movement to the cidery community. The aim is to create an egalitarian, inclusive cider community and beyond. These industry leaders shared personal stories and provided actionable steps to thwart sexism. In order of who speaks on the panel Emily Ritchie - Executive Director of the Northwest Cider Association Follow on Twitter @nwcider Pat Knittel Wrangletown Cider, Humbolt, California Follow on Twitter @WrangletownCo Jana Daisy-Ensign cofounder of Pomme Boots Society & National Sales & Apple Ambassador at Finnriver Farm & Cidery Follow on Twitter @janadaisye Ellen Cavalli - Titled Shed Ciderworks, Sonoma Ciderworks Follow on Twitter @EllenCavalli Mentions in this chat MeToo Movement Malus - a zine created by Ellen Cavelli CiderCon 2019 - February 5-7, 2019 Chicago Cider Week - February 1th - 9th, 2018 Chicago Cider Summit Please Help Support Cider Chat Please donate today. Help keep the chat thriving! Find this episode and all episodes at the page for Cider Chat's podcasts. Listen also at iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher (for Android), iHeartRadio , Spotify and wherever you love to listen to podcasts. Follow on Cider Chat's blog, social media and podcast Twitter @ciderchat Instagram: @ciderchatciderville Cider Chat FaceBook Page Cider Chat YouTube Ask for the following ciders - By supporting these cidermakers, you in turn help Cider Chat Kurant Cider - Pennsylvania : listen to Joe Getz on episode 14 Big Apple Hard Cider - NYC : listen to Danielle von Scheiner on episode 35 Oliver's Cider and Perry - Herefordshire/UK ; listen to Tom Oliver on episode 29 Santa Cruz Cider Company - California : listen to Nicole Todd on episode 60 The Cider Project aka EthicCider- California Albermale CiderWorks : listen to Chuck Shelton on episode 56 Cider Summit : listen to Alan Shapiro founder of this cider fest on episode 75. Ramborn Cider Co. Luxembourg. Big Fish Cider Co. Virginia Tanuki Cider Co. Santa Cruz California episode 103 Ross on Wye Cider and Perry, UK Process and Analytical NMR Services - John Edwards provides analytics of cider - stay tuned for his Chemical Fingerprints workshop coming up on Cider Chat Ironbark Ciderworks, Claremont, California Join the #ciderGoingUP Campaign today!

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 that was started by his father. That was back in the late seventies when Colin was just in college. Today the orchard and farm stand is a testament of love and perseverance. There is a cider garden outdoors from the tasting room with ample seating at picnic tables. This is a family friendly scene where you can also stop and pick up a pie or meats on your way home from work. Listen to their story and the future of Apple Falls Cider Company. 1937 Orchard tractor - called Cockshutt . Notice the fenders built so that the wheels won't hurt the trees. Contact Apple Falls Cider Company Website: https://www.applefallscider.ca/ Telephone: 613 242-8433 eMail: [email protected] Address: 1633 County Rd 3, Carrying Place, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada Mentions in this Chat Alex Kroh's episodes on Cider Chat 090: Eve's Cidery - Orchard Walk | New York 091: Into the Ciderhouse w/Eve's Cidery | New York 096: Finger Lakes Cider House (Kite and String) | New York Please Help Support Cider Chat Please donate today. Help keep the chat thriving! Find this episode and all episodes at the page for Cider Chat's podcasts. Listen also at iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher (for Android), iHeartRadio , Spotify and wherever you love to listen to podcasts. Follow on Cider Chat's blog, social media and podcast Twitter @ciderchat Instagram: @ciderchatciderville Cider Chat FaceBook Page Cider Chat YouTube Ask for the following ciders - By supporting these cidermakers, you in turn help Cider Chat Kurant Cider - Pennsylvania : listen to Joe Getz on episode 14 Big Apple Hard Cider - NYC : listen to Danielle von Scheiner on episode 35 Oliver's Cider and Perry - Herefordshire/UK ; listen to Tom Oliver on episode 29 Santa Cruz Cider Company - California : listen to Nicole Todd on episode 60 The Cider Project aka EthicCider- California Albermale CiderWorks : listen to Chuck Shelton on episode 56 Cider Summit : listen to Alan Shapiro founder of this cider fest on episode 75. Ramborn Cider Co. Luxembourg. Big Fish Cider Co. Virginia Tanuki Cider Co. Santa Cruz California episode 103 Ross on Wye Cider and Perry, UK Process and Analytical NMR Services - John Edwards provides analytics of cider - stay tuned for his Chemical Fingerprints workshop coming up on Cider Chat Ironbark Ciderworks, Claremont, California Join the #ciderGoingUP Campaign today!

In this episode author of "The New Cider Makers Handbook" Claude Jolicoeur presents an overview of his trip to Kazakhstan in August of 2017. This presentation was recorded at the 24th Annual Franklin County CiderDays on November 3, 2018. Claude had a power point of slides from this trip, but do note that his descriptions fill in the void of not being able to see the photos. We begin in the Tian Shan Mountains of Kazakhstan. Locations: Lee-Alatau National Park Almaty to Sarkand was a 5 hour drive. Claude states that one of the main reason he was there was to see the Largest Apple in the World. This tree's diameter is over 1 meter (3 feet). This trip was design to both be a study of the areas apples and to create a documentary film Also on this trip was Andrew Lee - author Ryan Burk - head cidermaker at Angry Orchard Peter Mitchel - provides a curriculum on cider making. Take Aways from this presentation There are apple trees everywhere. Looking at Claude's photos you can see trees in the distance as one would see bush and sage brush in the desert. Every where you saw a tree, it seemed to be an apple tree. The apples though wild, meaning that they are not be cultivated or spray, produced what looked like flawless apples Horses are also found through the area, as horseback riding is quite popular Cannabis Sativa can be found growing everywhere Coming out in 2019 is the documentary film of this trip. Stay tuned. Please Help Support Cider Chat Please donate today. Help keep the chat thriving! Find this episode and all episodes at the page for Cider Chat's podcasts. Listen also at iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher (for Android), iHeartRadio , Spotify and wherever you love to listen to podcasts. Follow on Cider Chat's blog, social media and podcast Twitter @ciderchat Instagram: @ciderchatciderville Cider Chat FaceBook Page Cider Chat YouTube Ask for the following ciders - By supporting these cidermakers, you in turn help Cider Chat Kurant Cider - Pennsylvania : listen to Joe Getz on episode 14 Big Apple Hard Cider - NYC : listen to Danielle von Scheiner on episode 35 Oliver's Cider and Perry - Herefordshire/UK ; listen to Tom Oliver on episode 29 Santa Cruz Cider Company - California : listen to Nicole Todd on episode 60 The Cider Project aka EthicCider- California Albermale CiderWorks : listen to Chuck Shelton on episode 56 Cider Summit : listen to Alan Shapiro founder of this cider fest on episode 75. Ramborn Cider Co. Luxembourg. Big Fish Cider Co. Virginia Tanuki Cider Co. Santa Cruz California episode 103 Ross on Wye Cider and Perry, UK Process and Analytical NMR Services - John Edwards provides analytics of cider - stay tuned for his Chemical Fingerprints workshop coming up on Cider Chat Ironbark Ciderworks, Claremont, California Join the #ciderGoingUP Campaign today!

Teaching Cider Making is fairly straight forward: Have on hand: Fresh pressed apple juice A carboy or some sanitized vessel to hold the juice, with enough room for it to ferment and not bubble over. An airlock to release CO2 and keep out Oxygen That is the basics, but in truth there is more to consider before you start publicizing your Cidermaking workshop. When Matthew Somerville reached out to me in September 2018 to speak with me on a cidermaking course he was setting up in his area of Ontario (Port Perry), I gladly jumped at the chance to have a chat. The Skype call " data-medium-file= "https://i0.wp.com/ciderchat.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Matthew-Ria.jpg?fit=300%2C221&ssl=1" data-large-file= "https://i0.wp.com/ciderchat.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Matthew-Ria.jpg?fit=840%2C619&ssl=1" /> The Skype call This episode features that conversation as we discuss all the particulars of setting up a cidermaking course for non professionals. Matthew Somerville and Andy Paul own Two Blokes Cider in Port Perry and Toronto, Canada. Port Perry is a 1 hour drive from Toronto They are newly licensed in 2019. To prep for that moment they planted 2000 apples trees – cider varieties- in 2015 on a family farm. What follows below is an overview of tips from our conversation. The goal of Cidermaking 101 The goal: Make cider making as simple and attainable as possible. Basics of what to have on hand Recommend 2 demos – one with dry yeast and the other liquid ( recommend sweet mead and making a cyser, by adding up to 3 pound of honey per 5 gallons – the new makers will be pleased with the results. I have found this to be a fail safe cyser to make during demos) Have 2 glass carboys pre filed with cider (half filled, so it can be easily moved after the workshop to your cellar) Have airlocks pre sanitized and enclosed in a ziplock bag. If adding honey (as I usually did with one batch) have a sanitize funnel to make pouring the yeast. Have cider on hand for folks to taste and to discuss what you did last year to make that cider. Having a taste of cider will definitely elicit questions. Options on set up pick your own apples and press on site do a bulk pressing and prepare the cider before hand by setting up the ph and sulfite before the course begins. – Ria's favorite way to go – don't worry about the ph and don't worry that the cider is cool. It won't be absolutely perfect but that is the beauty of cider. Use the fresh pressed juice on hand, plop in the yeast and spend a bit of time on primary fermentation and the first initial racking. Yeast: Pick a yeast that leaves a bit of residual sugar. Recommend 2 yeast for a demo Sweet Mead Yeast – buy it in liquid form And 71B Be prepared post the workshop for incoming emails as the new cidermakers go home and begin wondering if what they are doing is right. Final Goal: Have people wanting to keep coming back to cider. Matthew's inspirational read for cider making Craft Cider: How to Turn Apples into Alcohol. Main tips to glean from this chat Keep it simple Avoid getting too technical Entice the newbies to make it not only once but again and again. Mentions in this Cider Chat Nigel and Natasa O'Connor of Militsa Apple Cider www.militsa-cider.com Apples used for cider in Cat Militsa Apple Cider: Kathista Lortico

Dave Carr makes cider using wild yeast and oak barrels (primarily). Raging Cider and Mead is based in San Marcos, California, which is about 15 minutes in land from Oceanside and based in San Diego County, California. Dave Carr Raging is an urban cidery with an orchard based twist, which means Dave is bringing apples from the mountain region to the east and pressing it on site at the San Marcos location. What can you expect from apples that are dry farmed? Read: no irrigation, hot weather, dry climate. Expect a very high brixs, which relates to a dense amount of sugar lending a potential for a quite high alcohol by volume with the cider made. Raging Cider in short 100% wild ferment Dave does not rack the cider off its lees. He leaves what would be called the gross lees in the barrel. Using the technique called Bâtonnage he will then work with the lees stirring it in through out the ferment and while it is conditioning and some of the barrels he leaves the cider to ferment in place on top of the lees. What to expect at the Tasting Room You will see a wall with around 24 barrels of cider It opens on Thursday through Sunday. Contact Raging Cider and Mead Website: www.ragingcidermead.com/ Telephone: 760-801-8711 Address: 177 Newport Dr suite b, San Marcos, CA 92069 Please Help Support Cider Chat Please donate today. Help keep the chat thriving! Find this episode and all episodes at the page for Cider Chat's podcasts. Listen also at iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher (for Android), iHeartRadio , Spotify and wherever you love to listen to podcasts. Follow on Cider Chat's blog, social media and podcast Twitter @ciderchat Instagram: @ciderchatciderville Cider Chat FaceBook Page Cider Chat YouTube Ask for the following ciders - By supporting these cidermakers, you in turn help Cider Chat Kurant Cider - Pennsylvania : listen to Joe Getz on episode 14 Big Apple Hard Cider - NYC : listen to Danielle von Scheiner on episode 35 Oliver's Cider and Perry - Herefordshire/UK ; listen to Tom Oliver on episode 29 Santa Cruz Cider Company - California : listen to Nicole Todd on episode 60 The Cider Project aka EthicCider- California Albermale CiderWorks : listen to Chuck Shelton on episode 56 Cider Summit : listen to Alan Shapiro founder of this cider fest on episode 75. Ramborn Cider Co. Luxembourg. Big Fish Cider Co. Virginia Tanuki Cider Co. Santa Cruz California episode 103 Ross on Wye Cider and Perry, UK Process and Analytical NMR Services - John Edwards provides analytics of cider - stay tuned for his Chemical Fingerprints workshop coming up on Cider Chat Ironbark Ciderworks, Claremont, California Join the #ciderGoingUP Campaign today!

In this episode 150 The Nose visits the Cider House Recording studio and helps Ria look at "What is possible" in the coming year. With now a 150 episodes there is a lot to review and reminiscence after meeting so many wonderful people all around Ciderville. Please share a big tip of the glass to commercial makers and businesses that support the Cider Chat #ciderGoingUP Campaign. If not for their support, this podcast would not be able to keep it going forward. Here are the current members of the ciderGoingUP Campaign! Kurant Cider, Pennsylvania Ironbark Cider, California Ross on Wye Cider and Perry, UK Ramborn Cider Company, Luxembourg Find out what goals Ria is setting for the coming year with the Totally Cider Tours and The Talking Pommes. Mentions in this Chat New England Cider Tour : November 1st Please Help Support Cider Chat Please donate today. Help keep the chat thriving! Find this episode and all episodes at the page for Cider Chat's podcasts. Listen also at iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher (for Android), iHeartRadio , Spotify and wherever you love to listen to podcasts. Follow on Cider Chat's blog, social media and podcast Twitter @ciderchat Instagram: @ciderchatciderville Cider Chat FaceBook Page Cider Chat YouTube Ask for the following ciders - By supporting these cidermakers, you in turn help Cider Chat Kurant Cider - Pennsylvania : listen to Joe Getz on episode 14 Big Apple Hard Cider - NYC : listen to Danielle von Scheiner on episode 35 Oliver's Cider and Perry - Herefordshire/UK ; listen to Tom Oliver on episode 29 Santa Cruz Cider Company - California : listen to Nicole Todd on episode 60 The Cider Project aka EthicCider- California Albermale CiderWorks : listen to Chuck Shelton on episode 56 Cider Summit : listen to Alan Shapiro founder of this cider fest on episode 75. Ramborn Cider Co. Luxembourg. Big Fish Cider Co. Virginia Tanuki Cider Co. Santa Cruz California episode 103 Ross on Wye Cider and Perry, UK Process and Analytical NMR Services - John Edwards provides analytics of cider - stay tuned for his Chemical Fingerprints workshop coming up on Cider Chat Ironbark Ciderworks, Claremont, California Join the #ciderGoingUP Campaign today!

Sign up for the New England Cider Tour November 1st! The first Franklin County CiderDays began as a one day event on the first Saturday of November. The year was 1994. It has been held on the first weekend of November every year since for the past 24 years. Much has remained the same, except that the event itself has evolved into a 3-day program. Listen to episode 046: Going to CiderDays to get even more tips not mentioned in this episode. This episodes provides you with key tips to consider when attending CiderDays: Do you need Transportation? Yes! You definitely need a car to attend CiderDays. Franklin County is located in Western Ma - which is 75 miles to the west of Boston. Folks can fly into Logan airport, Manchester Airport in New Hampshire, the Providence Rhode Island airport and Bradley Field Airport in Ct. Any of these airports will drop you into a region where you can plot your own map to CiderDays. Want low stress? Fly into Bradley Field (BDL). I recommend flying into Bradley Field in Connecticut (BDL) , because it is the close by and provides an easy drive up to Franklin County. Why waste time when there is a glass of cider waiting for you? It's an easy one hour drive up interstate 91 to Franklin county. Lodging Lodging in Franklin County (FC) I recommend that you take a good look at a map and decide which side of the Connecticut River you would like to end up on and then google motels, B&B and check out airbnb. There are plenty options available, but don't delay as CiderDays can bring in over +3000 people over the course of one day. Below are some off the beaten trails and yet good picks. The Inn at Crumpin Fox - Bernardston. MA (FC) Stump Sprouts Guest Lodge and Cross Country Ski Center -Buckland, MA (FC) Centennial House B&B, Northfield MA (FC) French King Restaurant and Motel Erving, MA (FC) Northampton is located in Hampshire County as is Amherst. Both are big college town and are pretty fun little eclectic cities with excellent coffee shops, beer bars. In Northampton find the Dirty Truth which is holding a cider event on Friday night (November 2) and Sierra Grille. The Sierra Grille has two dedicated cider taps. Food options Breakfast - Denny's 469 Bernardston Rd, Greenfield, MA 01301 - This is not the chain restaurant also by the same name. Greenfield Market and COOP : 144 Main St, Greenfield, MA 01301-3210 West End Pub - Shelburne Falls Blue Rock - Shelburne Falls Black Cow - Turners Falls - 127 Avenue A, Turners Falls, MA 01376 Hager's Farm Market - Shelburne Falls - an easy stop as you are driving up from Greenfield to Shelburne Falls Community Center Shelburne Falls Coffee Roasters Apex Orchard - newly built apple store and picnic area with a spectacular view east to Mount Monadnock in New Hampshire. Hawks and Reed Performing Arts Center - situated in the center of Greenfield. Prime location for Friday night events. Stop by for the cider schmooze. Cider will be sold by the glass. Have treat at Mo's Fudge Factory - Shelburne Falls Making Cider and Finding Cider Making: From Boston heading west on Route 2 (recommended)… pick up cidermaking supplies at NFG Home Brew Supply Shop. They are open Thursday 3-8, Friday 9-2 and Saturday from 10 - 3. NFG Home-brew Supplies is a family run home-brew shop in Johnny Appleseeds birth place - Leominster, MA. They have an online catalog and very competitive prices. From New York City and Connecticut's Bradley Field Airport Beerology , Northampton, MA Drinking West County Cider new Tasting Room is located right across the street from Apex Orchards. There are two taps of West County Cider in the Tasting Room. Imagine that! Want to find a local cidery in this spot of Ciderville? Check out Cydermarket LLC Local Package Stores that sell cider Stan's Liquor Mart - Athol MA is a bit far out from Greenfield, but is an easy stop if you are traveling from Boston to Greenfield. Stan's has one of the largest selections of ciders and ice ciders in the area. Ryan & Casey's Liquor Store - Greenfield, MA will have Cider and Calvados tasting on Saturday 12-3pm. Look to the schedule for more info. Overview of Pro Tips and Business Mentions Recommended hike in Shelburne area: High Ledges (approximately 1 hour back and forth) Coming up from Northampton or Pittsfield, Ashfield's Elmer Store serves food and has wifi. Cider Competition Bring your homemade cider and enter the CiderDays Amateur Cider Competition. Please Help Support Cider Chat Please donate today. Help keep the chat thriving! Find this episode and all episodes at the page for Cider Chat's podcasts. Listen also at iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher (for Android), iHeartRadio , Spotify and wherever you love to listen to podcasts. Follow on Cider Chat's blog, social media and podcast Twitter @ciderchat Instagram: @ciderchatciderville Cider Chat FaceBook Page Cider Chat YouTube Ask for the following ciders - By supporting these cidermakers, you in turn help Cider Chat Kurant Cider - Pennsylvania : listen to Joe Getz o

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 his school locker and the cider began to ferment. Now-a-days they split their time traveling to India, Nepal, and Thailand making jewelry. This lifestlye provides them the ability to manage their own time which really helps with the seasonal demands of cider making. Four years ago they began the process of starting up a commercial cider making operation at their home. The Tasting Room open in May 2018. I visited with my Canadian host Ryan Monkman of Fieldbird Cider in June of 2018. We sat down in the Kees and Margarets living room and then moved to the Tasting Room next door. From May 31st to December 31st you can visit the Tasting Room on Saturday and Sundays from 11-6pm. There is a window that allows viewing into the cidery. We tasted the full compliment of Kings Mill Ciders, which are all available via their online store. All the ciders made are 9% alcohol by volume (ABV), unless listed below Premium Premium Dry Hopped Ginger Hopped Ginger Russet Heritage - 9.8% Scrumpy - 8.2% Arrested Development -10% Ice Cider - 8.5% MFL Sctumpy - 8.1% Contact Info for Kings Mill Cider Inc. Website: http://kingsmillcider.ca/home eMail: [email protected] Address: 596 Kings Mill Road Stirling, Ontario KOK 3EO Canada Telephone: 613-395-4079 Tasting Room Saturday & Sunday 11am - 6pm Online Cider Store http://kingsmillcider.ca/store Mentions in this Chat New England Cider Tour November 1st Elegast Cidery & Distillery - Netherlands cidery and distillery Please Help Support Cider Chat Please donate today. Help keep the chat thriving! Find this episode and all episodes at the page for Cider Chat's podcasts. Listen also at iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher (for Android), iHeartRadio , Spotify and wherever you love to listen to podcasts. Follow on Cider Chat's blog, social media and podcast Twitter @ciderchat Instagram: @ciderchatciderville Cider Chat FaceBook Page Cider Chat YouTube Ask for the following ciders - By supporting these cidermakers, you in turn help Cider Chat Kurant Cider - Pennsylvania : listen to Joe Getz on episode 14 Big Apple Hard Cider - NYC : listen to Danielle von Scheiner on episode 35 Oliver's Cider and Perry - Herefordshire/UK ; listen to Tom Oliver on episode 29 Santa Cruz Cider Company - California : listen to Nicole Todd on episode 60 The Cider Project aka EthicCider- California Albermale CiderWorks : listen to Chuck Shelton on episode 56 Cider Summit : listen to Alan Shapiro founder of this cider fest on episode 75. Ramborn Cider Co. Luxembourg. Big Fish Cider Co. Virginia Tanuki Cider Co. Santa Cruz California episode 103 Ross on Wye Cider and Perry, UK Process and Analytical NMR Services - John Edwards provides analytics of cider - stay tuned for his Chemical Fingerprints workshop coming up on Cider Chat Ironbark Ciderworks, Claremont, California Join the #ciderGoingUP Campaign today!

What do you do before a cider tour sets sail from Paris to Normandy? You take in the city of lights, sounds and sights. River Tour by Eiffel Tower This episode is a Cider Chat Live recording - I had limited time, so this one day excursion what the perfect fit. I began the day by visiting Montmartre. It is located within walking distance from my hotel. Montmarte overlooks Paris and is one of the highest points in the city - in the Dome, which I climbed …all 300 steps up and down, you are higher than the Effiel Tower. The fee to climb the Dome is 6 euros. If you have difficulty with stairs this is not a good choice. There is a courtyard nearby filled with artist and the Salvador Dali Museum is nearby. The fee is 14 euros and the audio assist is an additional 3 euros. An early evening walk along the Champs-Élysées and a cruise through the courtyard of the Louvre, and then onto Pont Neuf to catch a river boat tour along the River Seine. The Vedettes du Pont Neuf boat tour is an hour long and cost approximately 14 euros.Make reservations online and get the same tour for 10 euros. I highly recommend this tour, as it is not a crowded boat and takes you along many of the major attractions. Go on the evening tour and see the Eiffel Tower sparkle on the hour every hour until 1 am. If you would like to find out more about Totally Cider Tours - go to the Totally Cider page at ciderchat.com

Cider Touring 2018 Netherlands | CCLive Mini clips of travels and tips while in Amsterdam in September. Anne Frank's house A visit to Apples en Peren in Amsterdam Then on to the Vondelpark to visit the Medlar tree Medlars have crowns Bicycling around Amsterdam I like renting from Star Bikes, located by Amsterdam Centraal. Nice location and best of all they allow you the ability to drop you bike off after hours. They might size you up and decide if you are the right fit to trust with the bike so act smart. Other rentals require a drop off time of 7pm. A recording from the Ferry boat behind Amsterdam Centraal - free both ways. The Ferry leaves every six minutes. Every 12 minutes after midnight. Take it for a ride just for the fun of it. New Fictional Cider book: Hard Cider by Barbara Stark-Nemon 2018 release date of October Published by She Writes Press. Story of Abbie Rose Stone, a fictional character who lives in Michigan. Abbie is delving into cidermaking and while navigating family life. Stark-Nemon's style is descriptive and witty, blending real life characters into the story, yet using pseudonyms that kept this reader engaged trying to figure out just who she was writing about. Give to your favorite cidermaker and by a copy for yourself! Cider Chat Live is a mini version of Cider Chat and is posted in almost real time.

Andy Sietsema comes from a long line of apple growers in the Grand Rapids area of Michigan. He is a fourth generation farmer and now a professional cidermaker at Sietsema Cider. Since launching the cidermaking operation in 2013, the family's cider mill and orchard runed by Andy's parents in the town of Ada has closed operations as of 2018. When news broke on the closing it swept out into the newsphere quickly, but anyone who was really listening, would not have been surprised. Farming is hard work and being an orchard based cidery can be a tough way to make a living, while cider is still trying to get a leg hold in the drink market. Way before the orchard closed Andy was already working on a Tap Room at a new location in the town of Cedar Springs just north of Grand Rapids. The night before this episode was to go live, Andy wrote that the landlord pulled the plug on the Cedar Springs location. I replied, that even so I still suspected he was going to raise a glass of Maggie's Reserve on September 21st. I wanted to run with this episode, because I like the story. A Big Part of Sietsema's Story Andy makes cider made with Michigan apples. He is proud of that and should be considering his lineage in the apple scene in Michigan. He has culinary varieties primarily for his base cider. For his heritage cider conditioned in wooden beer barrels it is a blend of 20 different cider varieties. That cider is aged for a year and is named for his daughter - it is called Maggie's Reserve. Maggie's Reserve is a fully bodied cider that stopped me in my tracks at first sip. Frankly, I was pleasantly surprised to finally taste a cider that had character and depth, having had one too many modern ciders that week in Grand Rapids while attending the Great Lakes International Cider and Perry Competition (GLINTCAP). At 10.5% it also kicked my ass. I don't know if it was the fact that I was drinking it on tap or that I got to enjoy it with Andy while enjoying small plates at Grand Rapids farm to table restaurant Soverngard. I drank a lot of ciders while in Grand Rapids, but Maggie's Reserve is the most memorable. Listen to the podcast to hear a part of Maggie's story. Ciders by Sietsema Orchards, In can's Traditional Dry (6.9%) Slightly Sweet (6.9%) Hopped (6.9%) Lemongrass (6.9%) Released yearly on September 21st in Tribute to Maggie Sietsema Maggie's Reserve (10.5%) barrel aged for one year Contact Sietsema Orchards Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sietsemacider/ Mentions in this Chat Susanna Forbes new book Cider Insider

New England is comprised of 6 states, Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Connecticut and is home to some of the United States' oldest commercial cideries. In what is known as western Massachusetts, the annual cider fest known as Franklin County CiderDays, takes place on the first weekend of November each year. This year is the 24th annual and takes place on November 2-4, 2018. Cider Barrels outside at Farnum Hill, New Hampshire[/caption] To kick off CiderDays and welcome so many travelers from around the globe, I am offering a cider tour to New Hampshire and Vermont on November 1st. Cuz - why not share my passion of all the amazing cider options in this region. This episode details the tour with stops at: Farnum Hill Eden Specialty Cider Stowe Cider Fable Farm Fermentory will offer a tour of their cider cave and host a Cider Dinner with Teddy Weber of Tin Hat Cider. Sign up for the New England Cider Tour and Cider Dinner Contact [email protected] for more info. Go to New England Cider Tour for even more info of the cidermakers we will be visiting. Mentions in this Chat E.J Scott Orchard has apples for sale macs, cortlands, macoun, spencers, red and golden del, galas, honey crisps, jonagolds, fujis, empires, spys, mutsus, cameos, and greenings. Contact Colin Scott about the apples and for anyone interested in cold storage or just space. He has 19000 square ft in one room and 9000 square ft in the other that he will rent to one business not multiple. Colin will be teaching grafting at CiderDays on Sunday November 4th. Listen to Cat Fleming episode 142 SoCal Irreverence at Ironbark | California Please Help Support Cider Chat Please donate today. Help keep the chat thriving! Find this episode and all episodes at the page for Cider Chat's podcasts. Listen also at iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher (for Android), iHeartRadio , Spotify and wherever you love to listen to podcasts. Follow on Cider Chat's blog, social media and podcast Twitter @ciderchat Instagram: @ciderchatciderville Cider Chat FaceBook Page Cider Chat YouTube Ask for the following ciders - By supporting these cidermakers, you in turn help Cider Chat Kurant Cider - Pennsylvania : listen to Joe Getz on episode 14 Big Apple Hard Cider - NYC : listen to Danielle von Scheiner on episode 35 Oliver's Cider and Perry - Herefordshire/UK ; listen to Tom Oliver on episode 29 Santa Cruz Cider Company - California : listen to Nicole Todd on episode 60 The Cider Project aka EthicCider- California Albermale CiderWorks : listen to Chuck Shelton on episode 56 Cider Summit : listen to Alan Shapiro founder of this cider fest on episode 75. Ramborn Cider Co. Luxembourg. Big Fish Cider Co. Virginia Tanuki Cider Co. Santa Cruz California episode 103 Ross on Wye Cider and Perry, UK Process and Analytical NMR Services - John Edwards provides analytics of cider - stay tuned for his Chemical Fingerprints workshop coming up on Cider Chat Ironbark Ciderworks, Claremont, California Join the #ciderGoingUP Campaign today!

There is Perry 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 orchards. The 100 acre farm is located in the souther region of Georgian Bay. They planted over a 1000 apples varieties of the cider making kind. While those dwarf apple trees are growing: read not yet producing as it takes around 3-5 years to really start getting apples. This enterprising couple is scrumping apples, and discovering "Lost Orchards" in their surrounding area. From what Mark tells us this area of Canada has a lot of heritage apples trees. Mark works up a yearly rental agreement with landowners to pick the apples. And there are also lots of pear trees and they are tannic enough to make some mighty fine Perry. Mark works full time at a vineyard and part time on Windswept. All the cider are bottle conditions "Partly because we love the bubbles and because we don't have the equipment to do otherwise." Find Windswept Orchard Ciders Visit their online store -link is below local farmer's markets -in Toronto at Wynchwood Barn Contact for Windswept Orchard Cider Website: https://windsweptcider.com/ Online Store: https://windsweptcider.com/collections/all-products Address: Meaford, Ontario Mentions in this chat 098 Jérôme Dupont (1970-2018) | Domain Dupont, FR 141 Cider Lunch at Heartwood Farm & Cidery | Ontario Ryan Monkman - FieldBird Cider Totally Cider Tour: Normandy Ross Cider Festival August 31 - September 2, Ross on Wye, England. Eric Lewandowski - Designed Windswept Labels. Check out his website CiderDays November 2-4 Please Help Support Cider Chat Please donate today. Help keep the chat thriving!

Ironbark Ciderworks in Claremont, California opened its Tasting Room doors to the public in November of 2017. The large inviting Tasting Room has conical stainless steel tanks to one side and room for musicians to another, in the back. The front room has tables and chairs and a hot pink bar. There is also outside seating which offers a perfect place to sit and take in the dry, arid air of this southern California oasis. Find ample parking, a brewery across the parking area and a distillery. This cidery has a definite feminine touch. The pink hues, pink chairs and as Cat says, "We like curves." Cat considers Ironbark to be a safe space for women and everyone. On the Cider House Rules by the bar it states - No misogynist, homophobic or transphobic behavior is allowed. "We have to had to have people leave" says Cat. This Australian born, statuesque woman makes me believe that asking someone who is mean spirited to leave would be no problem. But dealing with unruly behavior is not why we are meeting - so in step with her inviting hospitality Cat offers up straight away giant flight of ciders The first cider served was called Duchess-(7.5%) made with black tea "Twinning" that they import just for this tea. They have a base cider, filter and then steep the tea. A Specially Poured Flight for this chat The Duchess - (7.2%) - made with Twinning Tea Passionista (8.4%) - light, straw, carbonated. Made with passion fruit Hoppelganger (7.5%) - An IPA "doopleganger" Sassy Simpson (8%) Black currant juice fermented with apple juice and once fermented steeped with Black Currant tea. Twilight (9%) - made with Blueberries Anais (7.2%) Volcano (7.5%) Jamaica (7.5%) Hoptropica (6.9%) Zang- made with 200 pounds of fresh ginger was out while I was there, but Cat says, "It is everyone's favorite." I gravitated towards the Twilight. How Cat got into Fermenting She is gluten intolerant allergic to yeast and sulfites And, does not like sugar in cider Ace Cider's "The Joker" is what got her into making cider. Fermentation Practices at Ironbark Ciderworks 10 barrel Tanks No sulfites No sugar Ferment dry They use the same yeast for all the ciders The juice is from Washington State. They get a cider blend and granny smith to mix in an manage the acid level in Ironbark Cider. Once fermented they filter the cider to remove the yeast. "Duchess [made with tea] is a good breakfast cider" says Cat Contact for Ironbark Ciderworks Website: https://www.ironbarkcider.com/ Facebook page is currently the best place for up-to-date news Address: 1420 N. Claremont Blvd. Suite 107B Claremont, CA 91711 Telephone: 909-292-5384 Mentions in this Chat Best Buy Brewing - Ironbark get their tanks from this resource Totally Cider Tour: Normandy, France September 23-29, 2018 Please Help Support Cider Chat Please donate today. Help keep the chat thriving! Find this episode and all episodes at the page for Cider Chat's podcasts. Listen also at iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher (for Android), iHeartRadio , Spotify and wherever you love to listen to podcasts. Follow on Cider Chat's blog, social media and podcast Twitter @ciderchat Instagram: @ciderchatciderville Cider Chat FaceBook Page Cider Chat YouTube Ask for the following ciders - By supporting these cidermakers, you in turn help Cider Chat Kurant Cider - Pennsylvania : listen to Joe Getz on episode 14 Big Apple Hard Cider - NYC : listen to Danielle von Scheiner on episode 35 Oliver's Cider and Perry - Herefordshire/UK ; listen to Tom Oliver on episode 29 Santa Cruz Cider Company - California : listen to Nicole Todd on episode 60 The Cider Project aka EthicCider- California Albermale CiderWorks : listen to Chuck Shelton on episode 56 Cider Summit : listen to Alan Shapiro founder of this cider fest on episode 75. Ramborn Cider Co. Luxembourg. Big Fish Cider Co. Virginia Tanuki Cider Co. Santa Cruz California episode 103 Ross on Wye Cider and Perry, UK Process and Analytical NMR Services - John Edwards provides analytics of cider - stay tuned for his Chemical Fingerprints workshop coming up on Cider Chat Ironbark Ciderworks, Claremont, California Join the #ciderGoingUP Campaign today!

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 horses. Val inspired the family to worked towards a "regenerative farm" and in short order Brent got into orchard care with nut trees and maple trees and of course soon enough apples and cider making. Kat Scott came on board in 2017 and is also on this chat. This recording was made while I was touring Ontario cideries with Ryan Monkman of FieldBird Cider. We recorded this conversation during lunch at the farmhouse - and it is an absolute pleasure to share a piece of that day on the farm with you Ciderville. Apples Trees at Heartwood's Orchard Bulmers Normand Kingston Black Michelin Dabinet Harry Masters Jersey Chisel Jersey Heartwood Cider Production Currently producing 15,000 liters (3,963 gallons) Cidery 600 Square feet There are 4 large tanks that are each 6000 liters (1585 gallons) Tasting Room was built in the Summer of 2018. It is a well appointed room about 23' X 14' with custom wood tables and walls, and an outdoor sitting area. Contact Heartwood Farm & Cidery Website: http://heartwoodfarm.ca/ Telephone: +1 416 527 4352 Address: 5438 Second Line Acton, ON L7J 2L9, Canada Mentions in this Chat Totally Cider Tour to Normandy France September 23-29 Mid Atlantic Amateur Cider Championship Listen to 124: No Input Apples at Big Fish Cider Co. | Virginia Judges from Big Fish, Castle Hill & Albemarle Ciderworks Listen to episode 11 Castle Hill Cider - on how they bury clay vessels called "Keveri" for making cider Listen to episode 56 with Albemarle Ciderworks - maker Chuck Shelton. Ryan Monkman, FieldBird Cider Listen to his chat Please Help Support Cider Chat Please donate today. Help keep the chat thriving! Find this episode and all episodes at the page for Cider Chat's podcasts. Listen also at iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher (for Android), iHeartRadio , Spotify and wherever you love to listen to podcasts. Follow on Cider Chat's blog, social media and podcast Twitter @ciderchat Instagram: @ciderchatciderville Cider Chat FaceBook Page Cider Chat YouTube Ask for the following ciders - By supporting these cidermakers, you in turn help Cider Chat Kurant Cider - Pennsylvania : listen to Joe Getz on episode 14 Big Apple Hard Cider - NYC : listen to Danielle von Scheiner on episode 35 Oliver's Cider and Perry - Herefordshire/UK ; listen to Tom Oliver on episode 29 Santa Cruz Cider Company - California : listen to Nicole Todd on episode 60 The Cider Project aka EthicCider- California Albermale CiderWorks : listen to Chuck Shelton on episode 56 Cider Summit : listen to Alan Shapiro founder of this cider fest on episode 75. Ramborn Cider Co. Luxembourg. Big Fish Cider Co. Virginia Tanuki Cider Co. Santa Cruz California episode 103 Ross on Wye Cider and Perry, UK Process and Analytical NMR Services - John Edwards provides analytics of cider - stay tuned for his Chemical Fingerprints workshop coming up on Cider Chat Ironbark Ciderworks, Claremont, California Join the #ciderGoingUP Campaign today!

Niagara College has two locations in Ontario, Canada. This chat features the Niagara-on-the-Lake campus which has a fully licensed winery on site (which is what is needed to make cider in Canada). It is here that past student and now the onsite winemaker, Gavin Robertson, works with students making cider to sell at the college's Tasting Room. The course work is very experiential in that there is a small high density cider apple orchard on the campus, all the equipment needed to make cider and a program that teaches students the ins and outs of commercial cidermaking. The annual cider yield is around 5000 cases of wine and now cider too! In fact, per Dan who was serving that day while I was on site in the Tasting Room "Cider is what everyone is asking for when they visit [the Tasting Room]. The main brand at this campus is called: Cider 101. Additional programs offered at Niagara College culinary sciences at Niagara on the Lake College chef brewmaster program distillation program enology post grad program horticulture cannibus growing business - July 2018 Canada opened up recreational and medicinal marijuana. Gavin also runs a virtual cidery and speaks about the set up of this business. He calls t Garage D'or Cider and has only draft accounts. The following establishments are a good bet for finding Garage D'or ciders on tap. Merchant Ale House in Saint Catherines, Ontario Kully's , Saint Catherine In Toronto Garage D'or occasionally pours at: Wvrst - toronto @wvrstbeerhall Birreria Volo - toronto Contact Gavin Robertson eMail: [email protected] 135 Taylor Road, S.S. #4 Niagara-on-the-Lake Ontario, CA LOS IJO Niagara College Teaching Winery Follow Garage D'or Ciders on Facebook Mentions in this chat Totally Cider Tour: Normandy, France September 23-29, 2018 August 3-18 Sonoma Cider Week events August 8th Backyard Cider Salon at Handline Restaurant part of Sonoma Cider Week Help Support Cider Chat Please donate today. Help keep the chat thriving! Find this episode and all episodes at the page for Cider Chat's podcasts. Listen also at iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher (for Android), iHeartRadio , Spotify and wherever you love to listen to podcasts. Follow on Cider Chat's blog, social media and podcast Twitter @ciderchat Instagram: @ciderchatciderville Cider Chat FaceBook Page Cider Chat YouTube Ask for the following ciders - By supporting these cidermakers, you in turn help Cider Chat Kurant Cider - Pennsylvania : listen to Joe Getz on episode 14 Big Apple Hard Cider - NYC : listen to Danielle von Scheiner on episode 35 Oliver's Cider and Perry - Herefordshire/UK ; listen to Tom Oliver on episode 29 Santa Cruz Cider Company - California : listen to Nicole Todd on episode 60 The Cider Project aka EthicCider- California Albermale CiderWorks : listen to Chuck Shelton on episode 56 Cider Summit : listen to Alan Shapiro founder of this cider fest on episode 75. Ramborn Cider Co. Luxembourg. Big Fish Cider Co. Virginia Tanuki Cider Co. Santa Cruz California episode 103 Ross on Wye Cider and Perry, UK Process and Analytical NMR Services - John Edwards provides analytics of cider - stay tuned for his Chemical Fingerprints workshop coming up on Cider Chat Ironbark Ciderworks, Claremont, California Join the #ciderGoingUP Campaign today! Haven't downloaded this chat yet? Here is is again.

New Zealand's Peckham Cider is featured in this podcast episode #139. I was able to sit down with Alex Peckham at CiderCon2018 held in Baltimore, Maryland. CiderCon is the annual trade conference put on by the United States Association of Cider Makers every year. Because I live in the northern hemisphere, I have long been very curious about the apple growing and cidermaking schedule in the southern hemisphere. Here are just some of my questions. When is Apple Blossom season? How long is the growing season? When do they make cider? The answers to many of these questions surprised me. For instance, unlike my region of the world (Massachusetts) where we have a very short window for growing and picking apples for cider - September to November, New Zealanders enjoy an incredibly long apple growing season. Alex also shares tips on how he makes cider working with both cultured an wild yeast. Alex is full of cider knowledge and an absolutely delightful man with wit and insight that helps make this chat a must listen. Who knew that hares could be such a problem in the orchard? January - Summer time in New Zealand Thinning, cleaning and clearing of the orchard as the trees are fully laden with apple February - Picking Cider Apples: Knotted Cornell Muscadet de Dieppe March Kingston Black Kingston Brown April into June Apple harvest continues June Apple pressing begins July Wassail Pruning of apple trees August - September Pruning continues September - October The south island of New Zealand experiences a long blossom time that runs through these two months November Baby apples are growing on the trees December The heat is back on as this region of the world is heading full steam into summer Peckham's Ciders Classic range - which have cider with fruit Good fruit, moderate sweetness with balanced acid, tiny bit of bitterness and astringency Special Release Ciders - one a month special blends High component of wild fermentation Contact Peckham's Cider Website: https://www.peckhams.co.nz/ eMail: [email protected] No Tasting Room at this site Imported into the US by Shelton Brothers Mentions in this Chat Totally Cider Tour: Normandy France - deadline to sign up August 14th. September 23rd - September 29th Whale Rider - I highly recommend this timeless movie filmed in New Zealand that features Maori actors and their tradition. Visting Luxembourg? Listen to episode 129 with Carlos Hein of Ramborn Cider Co. Luxembourg. Heading to the UK late August? Go to the Ross Cider Fest August 31- September 2, Ross on Wye Cider and Perry, UK Process and Analytical NMR Services - John Edwards provides analytics of cider - stay tuned for his Chemical Fingerprints workshop coming up on Cider Chat When In Philadelphia stop in at Kurant Cider's Fishtown tasting room. Please Help Support Cider Chat Please donate today. Help keep the chat thriving! Find this episode and all episodes at the page for Cider Chat's podcasts. Listen also at iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher (for Android), iHeartRadio , Spotify and wherever you love to listen to podcasts. Follow on Cider Chat's blog, social media and podcast Twitter @ciderchat Instagram: @ciderchatciderville Cider Chat FaceBook Page Cider Chat YouTube Ask for the following ciders - By supporting these cidermakers, you in turn help Cider Chat Join the #ciderGoingUP Campaign today! Haven't downloaded this chat yet? Here is is again.

Richard Liu is the Chair of the Ontario Craft Cider Association and owner of Ironwood Cider and Sunnybrook Winery. This chat was recorded while I was on tour with Ryan Monkman of Fieldbird Cider (Prince Edward County) who sponsored my cider tour of Ontario's craft cidermakers. Richard's Background Richard was born in Taiwan and his family moved to Canada when he was ten. Before buying Sunnybrook/Ironwood he worked in Asia in what he described as the corporate world. He and his wife decided to move back to Canada and start a business to provide their children with a countryside setting. Richard took over the fruit winery Sunnybrook in 2013 and began making cider under the brand Ironwood, which was also part of the original winery. The current facility at Sunnybrook/Ironwood is around 1600 square feet. During the summer of 2018 they are building a 10,000 square foot building for both the winery and cidermaking operations. Behind the tasting room is an orchard of peach trees. The plan is to replant the orchard with pears. Richard and 5 other "guys" started the Ontario Craft Cider Association in 2012. The first chairman of this association was Nick Sutcliffe of Pommies Cider Company in Caledon, Ontario. The Association current membership is around 40 makers. It is the only craft cider association in Ontario Terminology used in this chat and info on Canada for cider drinkers OCCA - Ontario Craft Cider Association VQA - Vintner's Quality Alliance LCBO - Liquor Control Board of Ontario Drinking age begins at 19 in Canada. Key players that the Association has to work with in Canada Ministry of Agriculture Ministry of Finance LCBO - is a government run liquor store where you can find craft cider, beer, wine and spirits Contact Ironwood Hard Cider Website: https://ironwoodcider.ca/home eMail: [email protected] Address: 1425 Lakeshore RoadNiagara-on-The-Lake, OntarioL0S 1J0 Telephone: +1 905-468-1122 Visit Ironwood Store Hours: May 1st through October 31st:Daily 10am – 6pm November 1st through April 30th:Daily 11am – 5pm Mentions in this chat August 24 & 25 Toronto Cider Fest, Ontario | Canada August 31 & September 2 - 2018 Ross Cider Festival - Herefordshire | UK 137: Ontario's County Cider Story | Jenifer Dean 135 Viejo High Pours Fishtown | Philadelphia Nick Sutcliffe of Pommies Cider Company Ernest Cider - Michelle Faris Please Help Support Cider Chat Please donate today. Help keep the chat thriving! Find this episode and all episodes at the page for Cider Chat's podcasts. Listen also at iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher (for Android), iHeartRadio , Spotify and wherever you love to listen to podcasts. Follow on Cider Chat's blog, social media and podcast Twitter @ciderchat Instagram: @ciderchatciderville Cider Chat FaceBook Page Cider Chat YouTube Ask for the following ciders - By supporting these cidermakers, you in turn help Cider Chat Kurant Cider - Pennsylvania : listen to Joe Getz on episode 14 Big Apple Hard Cider - NYC : listen to Danielle von Scheiner on episode 35 Oliver's Cider and Perry - Herefordshire/UK ; listen to Tom Oliver on episode 29 Santa Cruz Cider Company - California : listen to Nicole Todd on episode 60 The Cider Project aka EthicCider- California Albermale CiderWorks : listen to Chuck Shelton on episode 56 Cider Summit : listen to Alan Shapiro founder of this cider fest on episode 75. Ramborn Cider Co. Luxembourg. Big Fish Cider Co. Virginia Tanuki Cider Co. Santa Cruz California episode 103 Ross on Wye Cider and Perry, UK Process and Analytical NMR Services - John Edwards provides analytics of cider - stay tuned for his Chemical Fingerprints workshop coming up on Cider Chat Ironbark Ciderworks, Claremont, California Join the #ciderGoingUP Campaign today! Haven't downloaded this chat yet? Here is is again.

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 2017 when he had a heart attack in his sleep. Jenifer Dean tells the story of County Cider's past, present and future in this walkabout chat with Ria at the onsite location overlooking Prince Edward Bay in Ontario. Historical Facts on Canadian cider Ontario cider had a number of setbacks related to Prohibition, but also due to the Ontario government's "Pullout Program" paying farmers to pull out trees. Unfortunately they had no pay out program farmers to plant trees. County Cider grows a number of cider varieties Kingston Black Dabinet Michelin Yarlington Mill Bulmers Norman Benet Rouge Brown Snout Frequin rogue Ciders at County Cider Modern ciders made in with Fruit essence, such as peach and pear cider. Traditional ciders such as Tortured Path made with a blend of bitter sharp and bitter sweet. Ice cider made by allowing the apples (Ida Red) to freeze on the tree. Visiting County Cider Tasting Room and Retail Store - Open May 12th through October 31st 10:30 a.m. - 6 p.m. Patio Restaurant open 7 days a week 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Contact County Cider Website: https://www.countycider.com/ Address: 657 Bongards Crossroad, Waupoos, ON, K0K 2T0 Find County Cider in Ontario http://www.lcbo.com/lcbo/search?searchTerm=county+cider Please Help Support Cider Chat Please donate today. Help keep the chat thriving! Find this episode and all episodes at the page for Cider Chat's podcasts. Listen also at iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher (for Android), iHeartRadio , Spotify and wherever you love to listen to podcasts. Follow on Cider Chat's blog, social media and podcast Twitter @ciderchat Instagram: @ciderchatciderville Cider Chat FaceBook Page Cider Chat YouTube Ask for the following ciders - By supporting these cidermakers, you in turn help Cider Chat Kurant Cider - Pennsylvania : listen to Joe Getz on episode 14 Big Apple Hard Cider - NYC : listen to Danielle von Scheiner on episode 35 Oliver's Cider and Perry - Herefordshire/UK ; listen to Tom Oliver on episode 29 Santa Cruz Cider Company - California : listen to Nicole Todd on episode 60 The Cider Project aka EthicCider- California Albermale CiderWorks : listen to Chuck Shelton on episode 56 Cider Summit : listen to Alan Shapiro founder of this cider fest on episode 75. Ramborn Cider Co. Luxembourg. Big Fish Cider Co. Virginia Tanuki Cider Co. Santa Cruz California episode 103 Ross on Wye Cider and Perry, UK Process and Analytical NMR Services - John Edwards provides analytics of cider - stay tuned for his Chemical Fingerprints workshop coming up on Cider Chat Ironbark Ciderworks, Claremont, California Join the #ciderGoingUP Campaign today!

This is a mini version of the main podcast this week - as I am super duper busy - so I call this "Cider Chat Live" which is a mini me version of the main podcast - Subscribe to Cider Chat Live too via https://anchor.fm/ciderchat In this episode, Nathan details how he made his winning Ice Cider that launched him into the US based National Homebrew Competition that was held in Portland Oregon at the end of this past June. ******next year's competition takes place in Rhode Island! Nathan Williams is a member of the Boston Wort Processors , a homebrew club. He got the apple juice for his award winning cider from Cider Hill based in Amesbury, Massachusetts. Go the "Mentions in this Chat" below and find the link to Chadd Cook the cidermaker at Cider Hill episode on ice cidermaking. Cidermaking Tips used by Nathan White Labs - 720 Sweet Mead Yeast - because it wouldn't ferment dry He monitors his ciders with a temperature controlled chamber Tilt Hydrometer that floats in the fermenter. You can look at your carboy and can see the current specific gravity Nathan was looking for an ice cider that had clean acidity Mentions in this chat Chad Cook - episode 109http://ciderchat.com/109-ice-cider-w-chadd-cook/ Please Help Support Cider Chat Please donate today. Help keep the chat thriving! Find this episode and all episodes at the page for Cider Chat's podcasts. Listen also at iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher (for Android), iHeartRadio , Spotify and wherever you love to listen to podcasts. Follow on Cider Chat's blog, social media and podcast Twitter @ciderchat Instagram: @ciderchatciderville Cider Chat FaceBook Page Cider Chat YouTube Ask for the following ciders - By supporting these cidermakers, you in turn help Cider Chat Kurant Cider - Pennsylvania : listen to Joe Getz on episode 14 Big Apple Hard Cider - NYC : listen to Danielle von Scheiner on episode 35 Oliver's Cider and Perry - Herefordshire/UK ; listen to Tom Oliver on episode 29 Santa Cruz Cider Company - California : listen to Nicole Todd on episode 60 The Cider Project aka EthicCider- California Albermale CiderWorks : listen to Chuck Shelton on episode 56 Cider Summit : listen to Alan Shapiro founder of this cider fest on episode 75. Ramborn Cider Co. Luxembourg. Big Fish Cider Co. Virginia Tanuki Cider Co. Santa Cruz California episode 103 Ross on Wye Cider and Perry, UK Process and Analytical NMR Services - John Edwards provides analytics of cider - stay tuned for his Chemical Fingerprints workshop coming up on Cider Chat Ironbark Ciderworks, Claremont, California Join the #ciderGoingUP Campaign today!

Viejo is a barrel aged cider made by Joe Getz of Kurant Cider. This cider is a single varietal cider made with Winchester apples. Described on Kurants website as: "a blend of wild fermented ciders created by using some of the best apples we could source in Pennsylvania. The ciders used to blend Viejo were aged for 6-18 months in oak before being used in the finished product. Viejo is a still cider meaning non-carbonated. It's meant to be served with a long pour from great heights to aerate and add effervescence." Joe in the barrel room[/caption] In this chat taste and talk Viejo and follow up with Joe on the opening of the Fishtown taproom, which much like Viejo took over a year to build out. A Porron is used by Kurant Cider for in high pours of cider/sidra A 19th century carriage house was renovated into the new Taproom, which has an upstairs (The Attic) and a main floor serving area. The giant garage door rolls up and the entire taproom opens to the outdoors. Listen to Joe Getz on previous episodes of Cider Chat #14 & #82 Joe carrying cases of Kurant to Ria's car. Hot Dang! Thanks Joe!!![/caption] Fishtown Taproom Hours Monday - Closed Tuesday - Closed Wednesday 4 -10pm Thursday 4 -10pm Friday 4 -12am Saturday 12pm - 12am Sunday 12pm - 9pm Fishtown Address 436 E. Girard Ave Philadelphia, PA 19125 Fishtown Telephone: (267) 928-3620 Website: http://www.kurantcider.com/fishtown/ Please Help Support Cider Chat Please donate today. Help keep the chat thriving! Find this episode and all episodes at the page for Cider Chat's podcasts. Listen also at iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher (for Android), iHeartRadio , Spotify and wherever you love to listen to podcasts. Follow on Cider Chat's blog, social media and podcast Twitter @ciderchat Instagram: @ciderchatciderville Cider Chat FaceBook Page Cider Chat YouTube Ask for the following ciders - By supporting these cidermakers, you in turn help Cider Chat Kurant Cider - Pennsylvania : listen to Joe Getz on episode 14 Big Apple Hard Cider - NYC : listen to Danielle von Scheiner on episode 35 Oliver's Cider and Perry - Herefordshire/UK ; listen to Tom Oliver on episode 29 Santa Cruz Cider Company - California : listen to Nicole Todd on episode 60 The Cider Project aka EthicCider- California Albermale CiderWorks : listen to Chuck Shelton on episode 56 Cider Summit : listen to Alan Shapiro founder of this cider fest on episode 75. Ramborn Cider Co. Luxembourg. Big Fish Cider Co. Virginia Tanuki Cider Co. Santa Cruz California episode 103 Ross on Wye Cider and Perry, UK Process and Analytical NMR Services - John Edwards provides analytics of cider - stay tuned for his Chemical Fingerprints workshop coming up on Cider Chat Ironbark Ciderworks, Claremont, California Join the #ciderGoingUP Campaign today!

What are Medlars? Medlars are pommes. It can be either a tree or a large bush. The small brown medlars are picked in the fall. Because Medlars are eaten in the winter months they were very popular at a time when fruit was not easily accessible during winter months. To Blet a Medlar, means that this pomme is allowed to over ripen to the point of almost being rotten. How to eat a Medlar Wait until the medlar provides a smell of apple and figs - this tell you that the medlar is really ripe peal off the outer layer of skin squeeze off the green tail end. Plop the whole medlar in your mouth or eat with a spoon The Eastern States Exposition annual Cider and Perry competition is now in its 3rd year. The short local name for the exposition is "Big E", which is fair held over two weeks, on the second weekend after Labor Day. In preparation for this year's Big E a wine, cider and perry competition took place. The wine segment has been running for over 13 years! Cider and Perry as noted is now 3 years in the running. This year's judging for the upcoming Big E, took place on June 9, 2018. There were over 50 ciders entered from all five New England states and New York. The judging was held on the ground of the Big E and wine judges were also present, naturally sitting away from the cider judges The Big E cider judges for 2018 Charlie O'chowski - Founding members of CiderDays Mark Gryska - CiderDays Competition Director April Woodard - Wild Child Cellars Curt Sherrer - Millstone Cellars and Wild Child Cellars Emily Kovach editor of Cider Culture, an online cider publication. Ria Windcaller, Cider Chat Producer and Host Big benefits for medal winners All medal winners are displayed in the Wine and Cheese Barn during The Big E exposing New England Ciders to a potential audience of over 1.8 million Fairgoers. Wine and Cheese Barn participants are able to sell and promote their ciders with one-on-one direct sales. All winners entering 2 or more ciders will be able to sign up for a day to sell ciders in the Barn for the day. Eastern States Exposition takes care of all the busy work, maintaining your inventory, setting up your display in the shop, and ringing up all your sales for the day! Cider Makers will be expected to pour, sample and build relationships with patrons. The Best is Show judging was recorded during this competition and is featured on this episode of Cider Chat. The winner was Redfield cider produced by West County Cider, Massachusetts. Maker, Field Maloney is featured on episode 1 of Cider Chat Please Help Support Cider Chat Please donate today. Help keep the chat thriving! Find this episode and all episodes at the page for Cider Chat's podcasts. Listen also at iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher (for Android), iHeartRadio , Spotify and wherever you love to listen to podcasts. Follow on Cider Chat's blog, social media and podcast Twitter @ciderchat Instagram: @ciderchatciderville Cider Chat FaceBook Page Cider Chat YouTube Ask for the following ciders - By supporting these cidermakers, you in turn help Cider Chat Kurant Cider - Pennsylvania : listen to Joe Getz on episode 14 Big Apple Hard Cider - NYC : listen to Danielle von Scheiner on episode 35 Oliver's Cider and Perry - Herefordshire/UK ; listen to Tom Oliver on episode 29 Santa Cruz Cider Company - California : listen to Nicole Todd on episode 60 The Cider Project aka EthicCider- California Albermale CiderWorks : listen to Chuck Shelton on episode 56 Cider Summit : listen to Alan Shapiro founder of this cider fest on episode 75. Ramborn Cider Co. Luxembourg. Big Fish Cider Co. Virginia Tanuki Cider Co. Santa Cruz California episode 103 Ross on Wye Cider and Perry, UK Process and Analytical NMR Services - John Edwards provides analytics of cider - stay tuned for his Chemical Fingerprints workshop coming up on Cider Chat Ironbark Ciderworks, Claremont, California Join the #ciderGoingUP Campaign today!

Attention Cider Makers! Understand Your Cider's Chemical Fingerprints John Edwards presented "Cider's Chemical Fingerprints" at the United States Association of Cider Makers (now referred to as the American Cider Association) annual conference in Baltimore Maryland (CiderCon) in February 2018. The full title of this workshop was The Complex Fingerprint Analysis of Cider and other Alcoholic Beverages by Quantitative NMR Spectroscopy. Cider's Chemical Fingerprints Power Point Sync with Audio Watch the YouTube video of John's presentation complete with power point. What is NMR and how it is used with Cider's Chemical Fingerprint Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) spectroscopy is an analytical chemistry technique used in quality control and research for determining the content and purity of a sample as well as its molecular structure. What can NMR Spectroscopy do for Cider? Interested in nutritional labels? Wonder what the cost is to do an analysis and get your own label? Have a stuck fermentation? Trying to set up a baseline for tracking terroir? Need help analyzing cider or other beverages? NMR can do all of the above, albeit not all of this is now being done with cider. However in the wine industry NMR is used to track vintages and terroir, so it is perhaps just a matter of time. Contact info for John Edwards Website: Process NMR Associates eMail: [email protected] Telephone: (845) 240-1177 Address: 84 Patrick Lane, Suite 115, Poughkeepsie, NY 12603-2936 In this Cider Chat Cider Chat in the News Cider Culture – Resources to Up Your DIY Cider Education Please Help Support Cider Chat Please donate today. Help keep the chat thriving! Find this episode and all episodes at the page for Cider Chat's podcasts. Listen also at iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher (for Android), iHeartRadio , Spotify and wherever you love to listen to podcasts. Follow on Cider Chat's blog, social media and podcast Twitter @ciderchat Instagram: @ciderchatciderville Cider Chat FaceBook Page Cider Chat YouTube Join the #ciderGoingUP Campaign today!

Bâtonnage is a winemaking technique that is also used in Cidermaking. It involves raking the lees or what is seen as the heavy particulars of yeast cells that fall out of solution and down to the bottom of the barrel during primary fermentation. Bâtonnage is all about stirring the lees back into solution. Makers like Ryan Monkman of FieldBird Cider and Lee Baker of Keint-He Winery and Vineyards discuss and demo this technique in this episode #132 Go to Cider Chat YouTube Channel and view clip Ryan demonstrating the stirring in of the lees - Bâtonnage. Key topics discussed in this chat What is Malolactic Fermentation: The sounds of cider and what it is telling you during fermentation Barrel Cellar design Comparison between two barrels to manage the barrel One did not go through Malolactic fermentation (MLF) manage the ferment by adding sulfur to stop the MLF from happening. The other did go through malolactic fermentation. Managing the Lees | Lees contact What does lee contact on the cider provide? Bâtonnage What to do when Film Yeast appears in your barrel or carboy Find the full show notes for Episode 495 at CiderChat.com Direct Link at: https://ciderchat.com/podcast/132-batonnage/ Listen to wherever you get your podcasts and don't forget to subscribe so you never miss what's coming next in Ciderville. Prefer to watch? Find Cider Chat on YouTube for more cider stories, orchard adventures, and global cider culture. 💛 If you love what you're hearing, please consider supporting Cider Chat. Your support helps keep the podcast on the air and makes it possible to share more conversations like this one.

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 tight grain and flavor profiles that lend the tannin qualities often sought in a cider barrel. From the classic wide belly barrels to oval shaped vessels, the shape of wooden barrels have changed very little over time. Quality control over the wood used and the intricacies of heat, stave bending, and maintenance of cider barrels continues to evolve. This episode 131 was recorded in Saint Catharine, Ontario during a dinner chat with Ryan Monkman of FieldBird Cider, Thierry Lemaire of Nuance Winery Supplies and Louis of Radoux, a cooperage based in Santa Rosa California and France. All three men have extensive knowledge on barrel use with wine. As the cider market continues to grow and both the consumer's and cidermakers interest in ciders fermented or stored in oak increases, barrel maintenance is undoubtedly a hot topic and a key market for these specialist in the art of oak barrel cooperage and fermentation. As we enjoy a bottle of Ryan's FieldBird cider over dinner the four of us discuss oak barrel selection and maintenance, which in short narrows down to the broader topic of Barrel Skills. Whereas the wine industry has been working with oak barrels for centuries, cidermakers particularly in the US and Canada, are only now gaining speed with cider post Prohibition. Key topics in this chat: Finding the right oak barrel for your cider Barrel Maintenance: Cleaning a barrel Storing a barrel - wet or dry storage - burning a sulfur disk Leaky barrels - mechanical (cooperage) or maker mismanagement? Using Wax on a barrel to stop evaporation Buying a new barrel Contact Info for the guest in this episode Thierry Lemaire Website: Nuance Winery Supplies eMail: mailto:[email protected] Address: 15 Lloyd Street St Catharines, ON L2S 2N7 - Canada Telephone: +1 905-225-0114 Louis Zandvliet Website: Radoux Address: 480 Aviation Blvd. Santa Rosa, CA 95403 Telephone: (707) 284-2888 Ryan Monkman FieldBird Cider Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fieldbird.cider/ Please Help Support Cider Chat Please donate today. Help keep the chat thriving! Find this episode and all episodes at the page for Cider Chat's podcasts. • Listen also at iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher (for Android), iHeartRadio , Spotify and wherever you love to listen to podcasts. Follow on Cider Chat's blog, social media and podcast Twitter @ciderchat Instagram: @ciderchatciderville Cider Chat FaceBook Page Cider Chat YouTube Ask for the following ciders - By supporting these cidermakers, you in turn help Cider Chat Kurant Cider - Pennsylvania : listen to Joe Getz on episode 14 Big Apple Hard Cider - NYC : listen to Danielle von Scheiner on episode 35 Oliver's Cider and Perry - Herefordshire/UK ; listen to Tom Oliver on episode 29 Santa Cruz Cider Company - California : listen to Nicole Todd on episode 60 The Cider Project aka EthicCider- California Albermale CiderWorks : listen to Chuck Shelton on episode 56 Cider Summit : listen to Alan Shapiro founder of this cider fest on episode 75. Ramborn Cider Co. Luxembourg. Big Fish Cider Co. Virginia Tanuki Cider Co. Santa Cruz California episode 103 Ross on Wye Cider and Perry, UK Process and Analytical NMR Services - John Edwards provides analytics of cider - stay tuned for his Chemical Fingerprints workshop coming up on Cider Chat Ironbark Ciderworks, Claremont, California Join the #ciderGoingUP Campaign today!

Cider Voices from Grand Rapids Cider Week and the Great Lakes International Cider and Perry Competition On the evening of May 14th Joby Willson, Mark Gryska, Charlie Olchowski and William Grote and myself headed out in a big old van to Grand Rapids, thanks to Mike Beck who invited us and hosted us throughout the week. Beck who he is lovingly called by all manages GLINTCAP and hires a team of people to run the program. Look to the GLINTCAP link to see the whole team. Once we arrived in Grand Rapids the guys stayed on one side of the river at their flat and I got to hang out with Michelle McGrath, Executive Director of the United States Association of Cider Makers, Michelle Pagona aka The Brew Babe and Darlene Hayes, author of Cider Cocktails; Another Bite of the Apple. That evening we headed to Uncle Johns Hard Cider for dinner. Nicole Ward of Forgotten Ciders (listen to Nicole and Rafe Wards chat #74), Brian and Ambrosia from Chicago's cider bar The Northman, Helen Thomas "Weston" of Weston Cider, UK and Bob Chaplin both came over from the UK to judge. Helen is the Chairwoman for the National Cider Maker Association in the UK and Weston Ciders. Bob runs the Royal Bath and West Cider Competition. It was an amazing evening riding about the orchards and tasting ciders in their inviting tasting room. Mike and Dee are quite the hosts and I highly recommend you visit their cidery in Saint John's, Michigan. Wednesday May 16th began with a Cider Tour of West Michigan Makers Stop 1: Cider n Donuts @ Peoples Cider Stop 2: Cider n Shopping @ Robinette's Orchards & Cider Mill Stop 3: Cider n Lunch @ Vandermill/GR Stop 4: Cider n Blossoms @ Ridge Cider Stop 5: Cider Sipping @ PUX Cider That evening it was Judges Training led by Charles McGonegal Listen to two chat with Charles: 83 -on his Wisconsin cidery AEppelTreow Winery and #84 on the Element of Cider | Sensory Analysis Thursday and Friday was dedicated to Judging of the Ciders Saturday was the Gillett Bridge Cider Fest in Grand Rapids Mentions in this chat Bottle Share June 8th 5-9pm Spoke and Spy Ciderworks, Middletown, Connecticut. James Creek Cider House - Moore County, South Caroline Huon Vally Mid-Winter Fest July 13-July 15, 2018 - Prize for spinning a story via the Story Tellers Cup 031: Sam Reid, Willie Smiths Cider | Tasmania and President of Cider Australia 59: Hugh McKellar - Australian Cider Writer at Real Cider Reviews and on episode 059 088 Tasmainia Patrick Meagher - Simple Ciders Please Help Support Cider Chat Please donate today. Help keep the chat thriving! Find this episode and all episodes at the page for Cider Chat's podcasts. Listen also at iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher (for Android), iHeartRadio , Spotify and wherever you love to listen to podcasts. Follow on Cider Chat's blog, social media and podcast Twitter @ciderchat Instagram: @ciderchatciderville Cider Chat FaceBook Page: https://www.facebook.com/ciderchat/ Cider Chat YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-ycYg46higvb5lH8C-WGXQ Ask for the following ciders - By supporting these cidermakers, you in turn help Cider Chat Kurant Cider - Pennsylvania : listen to Joe Getz on episode 14 Big Apple Hard Cider - NYC : listen to Danielle von Scheiner on episode 35 Oliver's Cider and Perry - Herefordshire/UK ; listen to Tom Oliver on episode 29 Santa Cruz Cider Company - California : listen to Nicole Todd on episode 60 The Cider Project aka EthicCider- California Albermale CiderWorks : listen to Chuck Shelton on episode 56 Cider Summit : listen to Alan Shapiro founder of this cider fest on episode 75. Ramborn Cider Co. Luxembourg. Big Fish Cider Co. Virginia Tanuki Cider Co. Santa Cruz California episode 103 Ross on Wye Cider and Perry, UK Process and Analytical NMR Services - John Edwards provides analytics of cider - stay tuned for his Chemical Fingerprints workshop coming up on Cider Chat Ironbark Ciderworks, Claremont, California Join the #ciderGoingUP Campaign today!

Carlo Hein has always loved cider. That cider love and perhaps his work in renovation and sustainable energy spurred him and his friends to start a cidery. Upon noticing the fallen fruit and neglected apples trees in his area of Luxembourg. He realized, "We need to save these orchards" And so he did. Ramborn Cider Co began selling cider in 2015 and is Luxembourg's only cidery. To make cider he first called Peter Mitchell, who is renown worldwide for his classes on cidermaking. Carlo asked Peter if he would help Ramborn. Peter replied that first you must take my course and then we will discuss making cider for Ramborn. Today Peter Mitchel still consults to Ramborn Cider, which undeniably lends a good amount of UK profile to each of the ciders. What is the traditional word for cider in Luxembourg? Viez Where did the name of the cidery come from? Rambo is an apple known in France and Sweden and in Luxembourg. Like so many wonderful cider blends, Ramborn Cider Company is part Rambo apple and the town "Born". Upon further research Carlo found that David Morrel the author of the book "First Blood" which inspired the movie Rambo was looking for a name for the main character protrayed by Slyvester Stallone in the movie. Morrel's wife came in from the market and said why not use an apple name! The rest is history and all this goes to show you that once again the apple provides the bases for so many good stories throughout history. With Ramborn being the only cidery in the country the support is massive from both the locals and the government. Visting Ramborn The 1781 barn at Ramborn is original. The architecture is based upon the style that is classically Marie Thersea of Austria, the country that once ruled this area. There is a center square courtyard and the barn that housed a cidery and distillery has been turned into a cinema. Taking a Tour of Ramborn The tour is 1 1/2 hours long and includes a movie that you can hear a short clip of in this podcast. The movie does play in different languages. The tour brings you through the production area and the farm. Ramborn Cider can accommodate up to 140 people per time. There is also a walking tour through the time. There is no tasting room, but upon request there is a dinning area that can be reserved for group dinners. Ramborn Cider Company - Ciders Original - flagship cider Farmhouse Somerset Blend Perry Avalon 2015 Hopped Cider Cascade Erbachhofer - single Variety Kingston Black - Single Variety Contact for Ramborn Cider Company Website: https://ramborn.com/en/about/ Telephone: +352 26 72 92 04 Address: 23, Duerfstrooss L-6660 Born Luxembourg Twitter: @RambornCider Facebook Instagram Mentions in this chat Ontario Craft Cider Week June 1th - June 8th Ryan Monkman - Fieldbird Cider Totally Cider Tour: Normandy France September 23 - 29, 2018 Please Help Support Cider Chat Please donate today. Help keep the chat thriving! Find this episode and all episodes at the page for Cider Chat's podcasts. Listen also at iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher (for Android), iHeartRadio , Spotify and wherever you love to listen to podcasts. Follow on Cider Chat's blog, social media and podcast Twitter @ciderchat Instagram: @ciderchatciderville Cider Chat FaceBook Page: https://www.facebook.com/ciderchat/ Cider Chat YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-ycYg46higvb5lH8C-WGXQ Ask for the following ciders - By supporting these cidermakers, you in turn help Cider Chat Kurant Cider - Pennsylvania : listen to Joe Getz on episode 14 Big Apple Hard Cider - NYC : listen to Danielle von Scheiner on episode 35 Oliver's Cider and Perry - Herefordshire/UK ; listen to Tom Oliver on episode 29 Santa Cruz Cider Company - California : listen to Nicole Todd on episode 60 The Cider Project aka EthicCider- California Albermale CiderWorks : listen to Chuck Shelton on episode 56 Cider Summit : listen to Alan Shapiro founder of this cider fest on episode 75. Ramborn Cider Co. Luxembourg. Big Fish Cider Co. Virginia Tanuki Cider Co. Santa Cruz California episode 103 Ross on Wye Cider and Perry, UK Process and Analytical NMR Services - John Edwards provides analytics of cider - stay tuned for his Chemical Fingerprints workshop coming up on Cider Chat Ironbark Ciderworks, Claremont, California Join the #ciderGoingUP Campaign today!

Cider won big at the 23rd Annual Home-brew Competition held in Boston and put on by the Wort Processors - a home-brew club. Tom Bell's New World Cider won both Best in Show for cider and placed 3rd in the Best Overall in Show. This means that Tom's winning cider was placed in the final competition for Best Overall with 37 winning beers. Best of Show Winners Circle 1st Maurice Dalton's - Gueze 2rd Matthew Border - German Pils 3rd Tom Bell - New World Cider 4th Brett Smith : Chocolate Raspberry Milk Stout Honorable Mention - Peter Bowers: Specialty Wood Aged Tom's cidermaking tools & techniques for this cider A garbage disposal for grinding up apples Added Pectin Aid Macerated the pressed apples for 24 hours Pressed in a basket press Wild yeast - then EC118 for the bottle fermentation Initial gravity: 1.064 Racked every 10 point drop in the gravity and to separate the cider from the lees Everything was going great until a Pectic Haze showed up For the haze Tom used Scott's Lab Spectrum It didn't take care of the pectin on the bottom, but did clear the cider on the top of the pectic gel. Bottle conditioned with 12 grams of dextrose Here is the link to the crown cap conversation. Many aspects of champagne style cider covered here including links to caps.. Contact for Wort Processor's Home-brew Competition Website: http://www.bhc.wort.org/ Annual Boston Home-brew Competition Wort Processors Mentions in this Chat GLINTCAP - Great Lakes International Cider and Perry Competition Franklin County CiderDays Please Help Support Cider Chat Please donate today. Help keep the chat thriving! Find this episode and all episodes at the page for Cider Chat's podcasts. Listen also at iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher (for Android), iHeartRadio , Spotify and wherever you love to listen to podcasts. Follow on Cider Chat's blog, social media and podcast Twitter @ciderchat Instagram: @ciderchatciderville Cider Chat FaceBook Page: https://www.facebook.com/ciderchat/ Cider Chat YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-ycYg46higvb5lH8C-WGXQ Ask for the following ciders - By supporting these cidermakers, you in turn help Cider Chat Kurant Cider - Pennsylvania : listen to Joe Getz on episode 14 Big Apple Hard Cider - NYC : listen to Danielle von Scheiner on episode 35 Oliver's Cider and Perry - Herefordshire/UK ; listen to Tom Oliver on episode 29 Santa Cruz Cider Company - California : listen to Nicole Todd on episode 60 The Cider Project aka EthicCider- California Albermale CiderWorks : listen to Chuck Shelton on episode 56 Cider Summit : listen to Alan Shapiro founder of this cider fest on episode 75. Ramborn Cider Co. Luxembourg. Big Fish Cider Co. Virginia Tanuki Cider Co. Santa Cruz California episode 103 Ross on Wye Cider and Perry, UK Process and Analytical NMR Services - John Edwards provides analytics of cider - stay tuned for his Chemical Fingerprints workshop coming up on Cider Chat Ironbark Ciderworks, Claremont, California Join the #ciderGoingUP Campaign today!

Matt DeLong grew up making cider and what he once called "Apple Wine". Western Michigan has what is known as the wine trail and there are lots of fruit wines, so it is no surprise that Matt first considered a career in the wine industry. Things started to change around 2009 - 2010 when he noticed a whole lot of ciders in his area of west Michigan popping up. He credits the support of his wife Valerie for helping him hone his vision and open Ridge Cider Company in 2014. The cidery is based in the town of Grant, Michigan in a building that was once used to process onions. Time Line of change for Ridge CiderCo - to Ride Cider LLC Matt teamed up with Bruce Rasch in 2014, one of the largest apple growers in the same region Matt began selling cider commercially in 2015. Not discussed in this chat is that Ridge Cider Co. sold its majority share to RC Investors, in April of 2017. RC is an investment firm owned by Dick Devos, husband of Betty Devos - the current U.S. Education Secretary in the Trump Administration. In this chat we discuss 3 Ridge Ciders - Porch Sittin - notes of vanilla and cinnamon - this is the flagship Raspberry - Hopped Now in Cans Porch Sittin Berries Hopped Matt uses an accordion press - or squeeze box that he bought used from a cider house in Maryland, back in 2014. What would Matt have done differently More definitive plans And know who will be your targeted customers Contact info Ridge Cider Website: http://www.ridgecider.com/about/ email: [email protected] Telephone: (231) 674-2040 Address: smack in the middle of Grant, Michigan Ridge Cider social media: Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/ridgecider/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ridgeciderco/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/Ridgeciderco Mentions in this Chat Cider Chat Live episode 1 :Boston Judging Best in Show Competition https://anchor.fm/ciderchat/episodes/BOSTON--Judging-Best-In-Show-Cider-e1e4hf. Winners of the 23rd Annual Boston Hombrew Competion - A New World Cider won Best in Show for Ciders. This cider moved onto the Best in Show for the entire competition and was awarded 3rd place. First and Second place went to beers. Listen to episode 128 next week and hear Tom Bell telling us how he made his award winning cider that captured Best in Show. Upcoming Competions May 16, 2018 - International Cider & Perry, Hereford UK May 16-19, 2018 Great Lakes International Cider and Perry competition Upcoming Festivals Michigan Cider Week - Cider Chat will be at the Gillette Bride Cider Fest on May 19th - 1-5pm June 9, 2018 The Pressed Fest begins at 2pm - 6pm in Longmont, Colorado Please Help Support Cider Chat Please donate today. Help keep the chat thriving! Find this episode and all episodes at the page for Cider Chat's podcasts. Listen also at iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher (for Android), iHeartRadio , Spotify and wherever you love to listen to podcasts. Follow on Cider Chat's blog, social media and podcast Twitter @ciderchat Instagram: @ciderchatciderville Cider Chat FaceBook Page: https://www.facebook.com/ciderchat/ Cider Chat YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-ycYg46higvb5lH8C-WGXQ Ask for the following ciders - By supporting these cidermakers, you in turn help Cider Chat Kurant Cider - Pennsylvania : listen to Joe Getz on episode 14 Big Apple Hard Cider - NYC : listen to Danielle von Scheiner on episode 35 Oliver's Cider and Perry - Herefordshire/UK ; listen to Tom Oliver on episode 29 Santa Cruz Cider Company - California : listen to Nicole Todd on episode 60 The Cider Project aka EthicCider- California Albermale CiderWorks : listen to Chuck Shelton on episode 56 Cider Summit : listen to Alan Shapiro founder of this cider fest on episode 75. Ramborn Cider Co. Luxembourg. Big Fish Cider Co. Virginia Tanuki Cider Co. Santa Cruz California episode 103 Ross on Wye Cider and Perry, UK Process and Analytical NMR Services - John Edwards provides analytics of cider - stay tuned for his Chemical Fingerprints workshop coming up on Cider Chat Ironbark Ciderworks, Claremont, California Join the #ciderGoingUP Campaign today!

Little Pomona's makers and founders, Susanna and James Forbes have a long history with libations. James worked as a wine buyer and marketer, while Susanna who started in physics became one of the UK's leading libation writers. Her book Cider Insider will be released later this year. James is amazing and with Susanna who also did a spell as drinks editor of Imbibe magazine and as a member of the Guild of British Beer Writers. She used to go by the moniker Drink Britain! In this Cider Chat with Little Pomona From the city to country life in Herefordshire The family of cider makers Stepping out of the box with cider styles The orchard at Little Pomona Little Pomona Ciders There is no doubt that these ciders are stepping out! Read: not your typical UK cider. James' background in wine is certainly influencing the profile of each cider produced. If ever there was a cider that would be worthy of buying one now to drink and 5 more to cellar, Little Pomona is the cidery to choose. Delicate, yet bold, each cider that I tasted during this chat was complex, tannic and not your typical UK cider. Old Man and The Bees - 7.5% wild yeast cider Dabinet Harry Masters Jersey Foxswhelp Ellis bitter The Unicorn - a spontaneous keeved cider We "Shaked it to wake it" and then drank it in this chat! Lovely Art of Darkness (2015) Being released at the London Wine Fair on the 22nd of May 2018 go to (stand DB15) and find C'est Si Bon Bonnes (2016), a single barrel bottling In July 2018 look for Perry Comma, a single barrel bottling in Pet Nat style form the 2017 vintage. The fruit came from a very ancient orchard close to Dymock in Gloucestershire. In August, look for another Pet Nat with a blend of Dabinett (95%) and Ellis Bitter (5%) from the 2017 harvest, called For Those About to Rack. Contact the Fine Cider Company distributes Little Pomona ciders in the UK. Contact Little Pomona Website: http://www.littlepomona.com/ Telephone: +44 1885 410645 Email: mailto:[email protected] Address: Brook House Farm, Avenbury Ln, Bromyard HR7 4LB, United Kingdom Mentions in this chat Tom Oliver Olivers Cider and Perry Mike Johnson - Ross on Wye Cider and Perry Co. Simon Day - Once Upon a Tree Hop Burns and Black - a London shop selling fine cider and craft libations Burough wine and beers - stores Imbibe magazine

Paul Vander Heide opened Vander Mill a cidery based in Spring Lake Michigan in 2008. Some might think that 3000 square feet is a good size for a start up cidery and they would be right. But as Paul reminisces in this chat, they had to expand quickly when they had to move outdoors to continue production. In 2016, a new location was open in Grand Rapids. Both locations have a Tap Room and Restaurant. Vander Mill makes both modern ciders and Heritage ciders. Go to 31:57 in the podcast to hear Paul discuss the question of what is a Heritage apple in the US. At CiderCon2018 Paul was elected as the new President of the United States Association of Cider Makers. He is very optimistic about cider in America and speaks about embracing the diversity of makers in the US, which range from traditional, modern to a blend of both. For Vander Mill the consumers informed this maker on the styles that they make, says Paul " It was the consumer that drove our business into a wide range of styles for Vander Mill. The cidery makes both Heritage and Modern ciders. And while the cider drinker's palate slowly changes towards more subtle notes, Paul is not waiting on planting cider apple varieties. He credits Vander Mill's partnership with a local grower who has put in a large block of cider apples for making the future look quite bright….or…er…full bodied and tannic. :) Find Vander Mill ciders, distributed in: Michigan Wisconsin Ohio Indiana Illinois Draft accounts throughout Michigan and Chicago with a sprinkling of draft accounts throughout the other states Contact Vander Mill Website: http://vandermill.com/ Spring Lake location Telephone: 616-842-4337 Address for Tap Room & Restaurant 14921 Cleveland Street Spring Lake Michigan, 49456 Hours: Sunday Brunch 10-2pm Wed & Thurs 2-9pm Fri 2-10pm Sat 11-10pm 2-4pm snacks, 4pm dinner starts Grand Rapids Tap Room, Restaurant & Production Telephone: 616-259-8828 Address for Tap Room & Restaurant 505 Ball Ave NE Grand Rapids, MI 49503 Hours: Sunday Brunch 9am-3pm Mon-Thurs 11am-11pm Fri-Sat 11am-12am Mentions in this chat 6-degrees of Cider - share the news on the Totally Cider Tour headed to Normandy France September 23-29, 2018 Allan Hyland maker at Door Peninsula Winery who sent a box of 3 ciders to Ria. Mimosa Modern Heritage Virtue Cider - view the unboxing of the Rosé ciders sent to Ria. Please Help Support Cider Chat Please donate today. Help keep the chat thriving! Find this episode and all episodes at the page for Cider Chat's podcasts. Listen also at iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher (for Android), iHeartRadio , Spotify and wherever you love to listen to podcasts. Follow on Cider Chat's blog, social media and podcast Twitter @ciderchat Instagram: @ciderchatciderville Cider Chat FaceBook Page: https://www.facebook.com/ciderchat/ Cider Chat YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-ycYg46higvb5lH8C-WGXQ Ask for the following ciders - By supporting these cidermakers, you in turn help Cider Chat Kurant Cider - Pennsylvania : listen to Joe Getz on episode 14 Big Apple Hard Cider - NYC : listen to Danielle von Scheiner on episode 35 Oliver's Cider and Perry - Herefordshire/UK ; listen to Tom Oliver on episode 29 Santa Cruz Cider Company - California : listen to Nicole Todd on episode 60 The Cider Project aka EthicCider- California Albermale CiderWorks : listen to Chuck Shelton on episode 56 Cider Summit : listen to Alan Shapiro founder of this cider fest on episode 75. Ramborn Cider Co. Luxembourg. Big Fish Cider Co. Virginia Tanuki Cider Co. Santa Cruz California episode 103 Ross on Wye Cider and Perry, UK Process and Analytical NMR Services - John Edwards provides analytics of cider - stay tuned for his Chemical Fingerprints workshop coming up on Cider Chat Ironbark Ciderworks, Claremont, California Join the #ciderGoingUP Campaign today!

Kirk Billingsley has been charmed by cider ever since he was a kid. Coming home from school he fondly remembers being mentored by his dad who had a barrel of sweet cider (non fermented apple juice) outside the family's home in the same county of Highland where he still lives today. In 2015 he opened Big Fish Cider Company after making cider non commercially for 25 years in his home. This chat was recorded at CiderCon2018. Sarah Collins Simmons who works with Kirk also joined us and offered a great perspective on the orchard care of all the trees helping Big Fish make such delicious cider. Big Fish Apples Varieties at the main apple orchard Golden Russet Northern Spy Jonagold Ashmead Kernel Dolgo crab apples In total Big Fish has around 300 trees to pick from. Most, if not all, are heritage trees that were planted over a 100 years ago on farmland that was long forgotten. On any given day they are pressing 250 gallons of cider. Cidermaking technique used at Big Fish: Slow & cold ferment With an occasional bit of back sweetening because the apples are so acid (sweet helps to balance out the acid) Use small 2000 liter and 1000 liter tanks and Oxygen barrier IBC Big Fish has a Tasting Room The room is currently 400 square feet and has 3 tables and 12 chairs This year they are expanding the Tasting Room…maybe there will be 6 tables and 24 chairs. Kirk bought the building a while back. It was built in 1920 and built with wood called Wormy Chestnut Kirk's Cidermaking Tip: Experiment with yeast Look at areas of the world that like the style of cider that you do. Contact for Big Fish Cider Company Website: http://www.bigfishcider.com/ eMail: [email protected] Telephone: 540-468-2322 Address 59 Spruce Street Monterey, VA 24465 Where to stay when visiting Big Fish Cider Co? The Highland Inn Mentions in this Chat March Maple Festival http://www.highlandcounty.org/events/maple-festival/ The second and third weekend of the month each year. Please Help Support Cider Chat Please donate today. Help keep the chat thriving! Find this episode and all episodes at the page for Cider Chat's podcasts. Listen also at iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher (for Android), iHeartRadio , Spotify and wherever you love to listen to podcasts. Follow on Cider Chat's blog, social media and podcast Twitter @ciderchat Instagram: @ciderchatciderville Cider Chat FaceBook Page: https://www.facebook.com/ciderchat/ Cider Chat YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-ycYg46higvb5lH8C-WGXQ Ask for the following ciders - By supporting these cidermakers, you in turn help Cider Chat Kurant Cider - Pennsylvania : listen to Joe Getz on episode 14 Big Apple Hard Cider - NYC : listen to Danielle von Scheiner on episode 35 Oliver's Cider and Perry - Herefordshire/UK ; listen to Tom Oliver on episode 29 Santa Cruz Cider Company - California : listen to Nicole Todd on episode 60 The Cider Project aka EthicCider- California Albermale CiderWorks : listen to Chuck Shelton on episode 56 Cider Summit : listen to Alan Shapiro founder of this cider fest on episode 75. Ramborn Cider Co. Luxembourg. Big Fish Cider Co. Virginia Tanuki Cider Co. Santa Cruz California episode 103 Ross on Wye Cider and Perry, UK Process and Analytical NMR Services - John Edwards provides analytics of cider - stay tuned for his Chemical Fingerprints workshop coming up on Cider Chat Ironbark Ciderworks, Claremont, California Join the #ciderGoingUP Campaign today!

Poiré Fermier is French for Perry Farmer, which is only part of the story for the featured guest in this episode 123. Cidermaker Philippe and wife Marie-Claire Derouault also manage a herd of dairy cows who graze and laze among orchards of apples and pears on their 120 hectares (297 acres) situated in Loré, France. There are 14 Poiré producers in this region of southern Normandy and the Perry they make is known as Poiré Domfront. Here Calvados is made with a base of Poiré rather than cider. The standard is to have up to 70% Poiré in this region's Calvados which has the following appellations an AOC or Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée (since 2002), an AOP(*) or Appellation d'Origine Protégée, is equivalent to the AOC in Europe (since 2006). Pears used in this region Normandy Plant de Blanc - up to 40% of the juice for Poiré must come from this pear. Rouge Vigné Gros Blot Plant Roux De Cloche Gaubert Here the pear trees are hundreds of years old. Notably, Pear trees were already growing in Normandy in the 11th century, before the cider apples arrived via Northern Spain. Come explore this region of France, meet the maker and drink Poiré and Cidre with Cider Chat Host Ria Windcaller via the Totally Cider Tour to Normandy September 23-29, 2018. Philippe and Marie-Claire's farm "Earl du Bois" is on the tour! Reservations at totallycider.com Early Bird Registration ends April 30, 2018 Mentions in this chat Center for Rural Affairs - matching young farmers with farm land Cider Festivals Huon Valley Mid Winterfest - Tasmania - Australia July 13-15, 2018 Cider Expo - Caen, France July 7, 8, 9, 2018 Cider Competitions May 5, 2018 23rd Annual Boston Homebrew (...and cider & mead) Competition May 16, 2018 - International Cider & Perry, Hereford UK May 16-19, 2018 Great Lakes International Cider and Perry competition Ask for the following ciders - By supporting these cidermakers, you in turn help Cider Chat Kurant Cider - Pennsylvania : listen to Joe Getz on episode 14 Big Apple Hard Cider - NYC : listen to Danielle von Scheiner on episode 35 Oliver's Cider and Perry - Herefordshire/UK ; listen to Tom Oliver on episode 29 Santa Cruz Cider Company - California : listen to Nicole Todd on episode 60 The Cider Project aka EthicCider- California Albermale CiderWorks : listen to Chuck Shelton on episode 56 Cider Summit : listen to Alan Shapiro founder of this cider fest on episode 75. Ramborn Cider Co. Luxembourg. Big Fish Cider Co. Virginia Tanuki Cider Co. Santa Cruz California episode 103 Ross on Wye Cider and Perry, UK Process and Analytical NMR Services - John Edwards provides analytics of cider - stay tuned for his Chemical Fingerprints workshop coming up on Cider Chat Join the #ciderGoingUP Campaign today! Please Help Support Cider Chat Please donate today. Help keep the chat thriving! Find this episode and all episodes at the page for Cider Chat's podcasts. Listen also at iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher (for Android), iHeartRadio , Spotify and wherever you love to listen to podcasts. Follow on Cider Chat's blog, social media and podcast Twitter @ciderchat Instagram: @ciderchatciderville Cider Chat FaceBook Page Cider Chat YouTube

Find this episode with photos and show notes and all episodes at the page for Cider Chat's podcasts. Cider enthusiast Michel Dargent hosted Ria at his home in September 2017. Monsieur Dargent is a cider aficionado, making the two night stay at his gîte (bed & breakfast) the perfect stop on Ria's cider tour of Normandy. Listen in on this intimate conversation as we discuss the ancient pear trees in the Domfront region, blood sausage and a very special cidermaker. Monsieur Dargent made the evening dinner with all local products from a nearby farm and served each dish with a cider (cidre) and perry (poiré). Régis Angot, the maker, will be one of the stops on the upcoming Totally Cider Tour to Normandy September 23 -29, 2018. Click here to for reservations. Mentions in this Chat Blog: Wild Child Cellars | #ciderGoingUP in Turners Falls Massachusetts Episode 20: Curt Sherrer | Millstone Cellars, Maryland Graft Cider, New York Cider Competitions: May 5, 2018 23rd annual Boston Homebrew (...and cider & mead) Competition May 16, 2018 - International Cider & Perry, Hereford UK May 16-19, 2018 Great Lakes International Cider and Perry competition Join the #ciderGoingUP Campaign today! Please Help Support Cider Chat Please donate today. Help keep the chat thriving! Find this episode with photos and show notes and all episodes at the page for Cider Chat's podcasts. Listen also at iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher (for Android), iHeartRadio , Spotify and wherever you love to listen to podcasts. Follow on Cider Chat's blog, social media and podcast Twitter @ciderchat Instagram: @ciderchatciderville Cider Chat FaceBook Page Cider Chat YouTube

Tieton Cider Works was founded by Marcus Roberts and is based in Yakima Washington. Tieton works with Harmony Orchards which has 55 acres of cider apples and perry pears. Marcus who takes a scientific approach to making cider and perry, is the General Manager of Tieton Cider Works overseeing both a modern and traditional approach to cider making. In this chat Marcus shares how Tieton using the technique called keeving to make Perry. Why make Keeved Cider or Perry? Keeving provide a sweet profile without needing to add sugar (back sweetening) when bottling. Growing Perry Pears Tieton has eight different varieties of Perry Pears and uses a trellis system for the pear trees. Marcus is testing the old adage "growing pears for your heirs" finding that by using a trellis system for growing in 4 years, the trees grew 12 feet! Tieton plants trees 12 feet across and 5 feet between trees - a 12 x 5 trellis system The limbs are trained down the wire on the trellis system. Picking Perry Pears Color pick the pears. Pick when green- which Marcus says they develop more aroma when stored. Versus picking it "dead ripe" on the tree. Marcus monitors the pear to see if the pear turning yellow on the outside. Once ripe, they must be pressed within 24 hours to avoid the pears turning to mush. Tieton Perry Making methods Macerate over the course of 24 hours - for the tannin structure. Leaves the pulp on the juice. Marcus says, "Some of the tannins are solvable. By leaving tannins on the juice during the process of Maceration the tannins become more supple. This is what we are going for." Once done, Tieton then goes through the keeving process with the perry. Managing citric acid when making perry. Manage the bacterias that produce acetic bacteria by temperature control. Tieton manages it by temperature control. around 34 degrees Fahrenheit. It took 5 months to drop 5 brixs at that temperature. When it the peak time to drink a high tannin Perry. Tannin helps the perry or cider age very slowly can cellar for a longer time and will have the tendency to get better over time. Contact Tieton Cider Works Website: https://tietonciderworks.com email: [email protected] Phone: 509-571-1430 Address: 619 South J Street Yakima, WA 98902 Mentions in this Chat Totally Cider Tour - September 23-29, 2018 - Normandy France Reservations 23rd Annual Boston Homebrew Competition May 5, 2018 Great Lakes International Cider and Perry (GLINTCAP) competition May 16-19, 2018 Ask for the following ciders - By supporting these cidermakers, you in turn help Cider Chat Kurant Cider - Pennsylvania : listen to Joe Getz on episode 14 Big Apple Hard Cider - NYC : listen to Danielle von Scheiner on episode 35 Oliver's Cider and Perry - Herefordshire/UK ; listen to Tom Oliver on episode 29 Santa Cruz Cider Company - California : listen to Nicole Todd on episode 60 The Cider Project aka EthicCider- California Albermale CiderWorks : listen to Chuck Shelton on episode 56 Cider Summit : listen to Alan Shapiro founder of this cider fest on episode 75. Ramborn Cider Co. Luxembourg. Big Fish Cider Co. Virginia Tanuki Cider Co. Santa Cruz California episode 103 Ross on Wye Cider and Perry, UK Process and Analytical NMR Services - John Edwards provides analytics of cider - stay tuned for his Chemical Fingerprints workshop coming up on Cider Chat Join the #ciderGoingUP Campaign today! Please Help Support Cider Chat Please donate today. Help keep the chat thriving! Find this episode and all episodes at the page for Cider Chat's podcasts. Listen also at iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher (for Android), iHeartRadio , Spotify and wherever you love to listen to podcasts. Follow on twitter @ciderchat

Noble Cider in Asheville, North Carolina opened in 2013 after Trevor Baker lost his job in online retail. He wasn't a cidermaker at the time, but he and his wife Joanna both enjoyed drinking cider. After taking a cidermaking course with Peter Mitchell at WSU Mount Vernon, he delved straightaway into getting his own commercial cidery with his wife and business partner Lief Stevens. Noble was started with around 17 grand! Having a "good business plan with a good business model" says Trevor, "Helped us secure an economic development loan of $40,000." Before Noble became fully permitted they juiced apples and froze them in IBC totes, which are large plastic containers used throughout Ciderville around the globe for making cider. The Tasting Room and production facility is a little outside of downtown Asheville, but this summer there will be a brand new Tasting Room right in the heart of the city. Expect 20 taps that include 6 beers and seasonal small batch ciders at the current location Noble makes both modern ciders and traditional ciders. Both can be enjoyed in the Tasting Room and be bought in bottles to go. The modern cider made year round at Noble The flagship cider is a called The Standard Bearer. It is a crisp, dry cider at 6.9% Village Tart - Cherry Cider Spice Merchant - Chai Cider Golden Arrow - Ginger Cider There is a spring seasonal Blueberry with honey and rosemary In 2017 the Noble Team began planting heirloom trees - Harrison, Wickson, Roxbury Russets and others Annual production is around 100,000 gallons a year, up from 2000 gallons the first year. Contact Noble Cider Website: www.NobleCider.com Phone number: 828-575-9622 Address 356 New Leicester Highway Asheville, NC 28806 Mentions in this Chat Spoke + Spy - Middletown, Connecticut cidery with Ron and Kimberly Sansome Ciderthon - April 29th in the UK - a run that includes drinking cider along the way Totally Cider Tours: Normandy September 23-29, 2018 Ask for the following ciders - By supporting these cidermakers, you in turn help Cider Chat Kurant Cider - Pennsylvania : listen to Joe Getz on episode 14 Big Apple Hard Cider - NYC : listen to Danielle von Scheiner on episode 35 Oliver's Cider and Perry - Herefordshire/UK ; listen to Tom Oliver on episode 29 Santa Cruz Cider Company - California : listen to Nicole Todd on episode 60 The Cider Project aka EthicCider- California Albermale CiderWorks : listen to Chuck Shelton on episode 56 Cider Summit : listen to Alan Shapiro founder of this cider fest on episode 75. Ramborn Cider Co. Luxembourg. Big Fish Cider Co. Virginia Tanuki Cider Co. Santa Cruz California episode 103 Ross on Wye Cider and Perry, UK Process and Analytical NMR Services - John Edwards provides analytics of cider - stay tuned for his Chemical Fingerprints workshop coming up on Cider Chat Join the #ciderGoingUP Campaign today! Please Help Support Cider Chat Please donate today. Help keep the chat thriving! Find this episode and all episodes at the page for Cider Chat's podcasts. Listen also at iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher (for Android), iHeartRadio , Spotify and wherever you love to listen to podcasts. Follow on twitter @ciderchat

Find this episode and all episodes at the page for Cider Chat's podcasts. Prevention & Correction of Sulfur-Off Odors in Cider Production was presented by Rebecca deKramer, cider specialist at Scott Laboratories at CiderCon2018. Become an eCiderNews subscriber to download the Power Point Presentation that goes along with this presentation. Click download This chat begins at approximately 9 minutes in. Rebecca presents on the following topics Defining Sulfur-Off Odors Causes of Sulfur-Off Odors Methodologies for preventing Sulfur-Off Odor formation Methodologies for correcting Sulfur-Off Odors What kind of strains of yeast to use Temperature for fermentation How much yeast to use? Chemical Elements impacting cider Sulfur - H2S (hydrogen sulfur) mercaptans from by the break down of certain amino acids if they oxidize, Dimethyl sulfide (DMS) or methylthiomethane is an organosulfur compound with the formula (CH3)2S can be produced. DMS is aromatic and can not easily be removed by copper - Rebekka speaks on the use of copper to remove specific odors The first thing to do for off odor - sulfur aireate the most simplest technique to control off odors? Rack cider off of the gross lees If at the end of fermentation the cider is producing off odors, "simply stirring the gross lees into solution can help." Most common factor contributing to sulfur off odors? the yeast being stressed Rebekka's recommendation - "Have happy yeast. If you have happy yeast, you will have a good fermentation. If you have unhappy yeast they will make your life hell." Orchards that use a sulfur based spray for orchard control. Depending upon the timing of the spray it could leave residual copper on the apple, that can affect the cider. Additional cider and cider yeast considerations The more clarified or concentrated the juice will affect the fermentation as it will have less nutrients for the yeast. Canning cider can make cider suspectible to oxygen as can some screws caps 24:16 - Fermentation Indigenous Fermentations or using wild yeast. Rebekka recommends management via nutrient control, because you do not know what yeast is in the driver seat. "It is a leap of faith" Commercial Pitch - there are numerous options, but make sure to follow the manufacturer's recommendations. If you have no temperature control for fermentation, avoid yeast that require temperature control. Do not under inoculate. The chances are high that you will have a stressed yeast if you do not follow the manufacturer's recommendations. rehydrate dry yeast before pitching - to nurture a happy yeast environment Treat as soon as you start smelling an off flavor Use the Penny Test for finding H2S. Drop a 1984 or earlier penny into a glass of cider and see if it removes the H2S. will H2s or a mercaptan It responds instantly. If it doesn't respond Rebekka says that the cider is likely in a desulfite form treat with asorbic acid to reduce Make sure it is a penny that is as old as 19 Contact Scott Laboratories Website: http://www.scottlab.com/ email: [email protected] Telephone: 707- 765-6666 Mentions in this Chat ciderGoingUp Campaign Ross on Wye Cider and Perry Company John Edwards - Chemical Fingerprints in Cider presented at CiderCon2018 will be posted soon - Stay tuned. John's business: Process and Analytical NMR Services Ask for the following cideries and businesses- By supporting these cidermakers, you in turn help Cider Chat Kurant Cider - Pennsylvania : listen to Joe Getz on episode 14 Big Apple Hard Cider - NYC : listen to Danielle von Scheiner on episode 35 Oliver's Cider and Perry - Herefordshire/UK ; listen to Tom Oliver on episode 29 Santa Cruz Cider Company - California : listen to Nicole Todd on episode 60 The Cider Project aka EthicCider- California Albermale CiderWorks : listen to Chuck Shelton on episode 56 Cider Summit : listen to Alan Shapiro founder of this cider fest on episode 75. Ramborn Cider Co. Luxembourg. Big Fish Cider Co. Virginia Tanuki Cider Co. Santa Cruz California episode 103 Ross on Wye Cider and Perry, UK Process and Analytical NMR Services - John Edwards provides analytics of cider - stay tuned for his Chemical Fingerprints workshop coming up on Cider Chat Join the #ciderGoingUP Campaign today! Please Help Support Cider Chat Please donate today. Help keep the chat thriving! Find this episode and all episodes at the page for Cider Chat's podcasts. Listen also at iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher (for Android), iHeartRadio , Spotify and wherever you love to listen to podcasts. Follow on twitter @ciderchat

The main chat with Gitche Gumee begins at 12:00 minutes. Please Help Support Cider Chat Please donate today. Help keep the chat thriving! _________________________________ Cider pairs well with food, especially Ethiopian dishes that have spicy overtones. In this chat, Phillip Kelm and I were both attending CiderCon2018 in Baltimore thus the opportunity to dine at Ebenezer's Ethiopian Restaurant and chat cider. This restaurant was chosen because it offered a Bring Your Own Bottle (BYOB) option. I wanted to be able to try Phillip's bottle of Entropy while dining. Phillip begins with a pour of the "wild ferment" Entrophy. We delve into his early beginnings in fermentation science... He started fermenting when he was 16 saying, "I couldn't buy beer, but could buy a beer kit." .. something that Phillip learned in Mother Earth News. He became a mechanical engineer and first worked in the nuclear industry before moving onto brewing. For most of his career he has been setting up brewing systems around the world via his business Gitche Gumee Brewing Services, a worldwide brewery installation & engineering business. He also manages the Palau Brewing Company, home of Red Rooster Beers. Currently he is working on a cidery in India and is a partner at the South Korean cidery, The Hand and Apple. Our dinner was primarily focused around his cidery based in Michigan's Upper Peninsula called Gitche Gumee Ciderworks, where he makes what he called "feral ciders". Apples used at Gitche Gumee Foragers bring the apples to the cidery and Phillip in turns produces cider. He pays .20/pound of apples. They are collecting apples by the ton. Says Phillip, "There is no [apple] pedigree - they are wild chance seedlings." Cidermaking technique used for the Entropy no sulfites no water no yeast no sugar Using French oak barrels. The cider is left to do its own thing in the right environment. Additional cider making notes Select only the best fruit Only the best skin No maceration Rack over the lees By February the cider is out of stainless after it has been racked off the lees at least 2 times already Leave the yeast behind to starve. Managing Wild Fermentation Make sure that the fruit is "solid and ripe" Apples are matured for at least a few days or a week Contact Gitche Gumee Ciderworks Website: http://www.gitchegumeeciderworks.com/ Address: 350 N Lincoln Drive Hancock, MI 49930 Mentions in this chat Threadbare Cider and Mead Totally Cider Tour: Normandy - September 23 - 29, 2018 contact ria@ciderchat. com to reserve your space on this upcoming trip. Ask for the following ciders - By supporting these cidermakers, you in turn help Cider Chat Kurant Cider - Pennsylvania : listen to Joe Getz on episode 14 Big Apple Hard Cider - NYC : listen to Danielle von Scheiner on episode 35 Oliver's Cider and Perry - Herefordshire/UK ; listen to Tom Oliver on episode 29 Santa Cruz Cider Company - California : listen to Nicole Todd on episode 60 The Cider Project aka EthicCider- California Albermale CiderWorks : listen to Chuck Shelton on episode 56 Cider Summit : listen to Alan Shapiro founder of this cider fest on episode 75. Ramborn Cider Co. Luxembourg s Big Fish Cider Co. Virginia Tanuki Cider Co. Santa Cruz California episode 103 Join the #ciderGoingUP Campaign today! Please Help Support Cider Chat Please donate today. Help keep the chat thriving! Find this episode and all episodes at the page for Cider Chat's podcasts. Listen also at iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher (for Android), iHeartRadio , Spotify and wherever you love to listen to podcasts. Follow on twitter @ciderchat

Please Help Support Cider Chat Please donate today. Help keep the chat thriving! Find this episode and all episodes at the page for Cider Chat's podcasts. ______________________________ In 2000 Rob Miller and his family moved to Frederick County, Maryland after having bought the property that is now called Distillery Lane Ciderworks via an auction. With cider on their mind they immediately got to work creating an 11 acre orchard by planting apple trees In 2010, Distillery Lane Ciderworks began selling "hard cider" commercially. Some of the varieties found in the orchard. Tremlett's Bitter Bulmers Norman Porters Perfection Kingston Black Visiting Distillery Lane Ciderworks This cidery does offer tours. Golf flags are set up throughout the orchard where you can stop and read about apple and cidermaking. Stop in an shop - there is a cider store where you can try samples of nearly all the ciders made. Where to find/buy Distillery Lane ciders? Baltimore and DC Virgnina West Virginia Pennsylvania Tour the orchards and stop at any one of the "golf course" flags that have fun apple facts and geology info at each stop Contact for Distillery Lane Ciderworks Website: www.distillerylaneciderworks.com Address: 5533 Gapland Road Jefferson, MD 21755 Telephone: 214-683-7052 Mentions in this chat DayCider in British Columbia - 120 year old pear orchard covering 85 acres. Follow on Instagram @daycider Fenceline Cider 141 South Main Street, Unit C, Mancos, Colorado website http://fencelinecider.com/ Urban Tree Cidery 1465 Howell Mill Rd NW, Ste 100 Atlanta GA 30318 website: http://urbantreecidery.com/ Ask for the following ciders - By supporting these cidermakers, you in turn help Cider Chat Kurant Cider - Pennsylvania : listen to Joe Getz on episode 14 Big Apple Hard Cider - NYC : listen to Danielle von Scheiner on episode 35 Oliver's Cider and Perry - Herefordshire/UK ; listen to Tom Oliver on episode 29 Santa Cruz Cider Company - California : listen to Nicole Todd on episode 60 The Cider Project aka EthicCider- California Albermale CiderWorks : listen to Chuck Shelton on episode 56 Cider Summit : listen to Alan Shapiro founder of this cider fest on episode 75. Ramborn Cider Co. Luxembourg. Big Fish Cider Co. Virginia Tanuki Cider Co. Santa Cruz California episode 103 Join the #ciderGoingUP Campaign today! Listen also at iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher (for Android), iHeartRadio , Spotify and wherever you love to listen to podcasts. Follow on twitter @ciderchat

Find this episode with complete show notes & photos and all episodes at the page for Cider Chat's podcasts. _____________ Rick Moreno opened the doors of Newtopia Cyder in San Diego County California in January 2017. He comes into the trade as an entrepreneur and owner of Tornado Seattle, a bar with a craft beer and spirits focus, also serving cider and food. Say's Rick of his new venture with Newtopia Cyder that is both a cidery with Tastig Room, we are "making our own new American style". He takes an engaging approach to educating and meeting the San Diego beer palate by having a set standard flight of ciders called "Four Core" Rick says, "I created a Four Core (flight of ciders) that hits every part of your palate. We use old world wine processes and blend them with new world beer ingredients" One side of the cidery is flanked with stainless steel tanks for making modern ciders. This variety can be made in 4-6 weeks and usually have a fruit or flavored component. The wall on the other side of the cidery has oak barrels stacked and filled with what Rick calls "Old World Heritage Cider". The Tasting room has ample seating both indoors and outdoors. The taps were purposely design to be a bit high to facilitate a long pour as one would do when pouring sidra. Take home a can or crawler of cider of any of the Four Core Ciders. Join the Member Club and have access to all of the ciders being poured as a take home option. What to look forward to in the coming year from Newtopia Cyder? Distilling an Apple Jack Brandy in March 2019. Expansion into a 4000 square foot building area next door with a meat and cheese parlor too. There are 10 acres not on site but not too far away that is being used to grow cider apples. This location will be used as a destination site for weddings and events. Rick calls the growing Newtopia scene "a compound". The feel though industrial is warm and engaging. Exactly what cider fans want in their cider compound. The logistics low down on Newtopia Cyder Newtopia is Open 7 days a week. Monday-Wednesday 3 PM - 9 PM Thursday-Friday 12 PM - 10 PM Saturday 11 AM - 10 PM Sunday 11 AM - 9 PM 12-15 minute ride from San Diego Airport. Of note: the road that Newtopia is on also has 56 breweries on that same road! Yes there is room for cider! Contact info for Newtopia Cyder eMail: mailto:[email protected] Website: https://www.drinknewtopia.com/ Address: 10045 Carrol Canyon Road. Suite A San Diego, CA 92131 Telephone: 858-929-4305 Mentions in this chat 1. Rack over cider now. If you made cider in the fall and it has gone through primary fermentation any lees that has dropped to the bottom of the carboy will begin to affect the cider by creating off odors and flavors. 2. Place orders now for fruit trees, root stock, and scion wood for Spring plantings and grafting. Sources: Cummins Nursery I am going in on an order w/friend of Ciderville Joby and William. We are ordering a pear rootstock from Cummins Nursery. Stay posted! Fedco - a great resource. The catalogues are beautiful. Fedco's Tree catalogue and also their Seed catalogue is like reading a piece of art. The discount deadline for orders has passed. But you can still place orders until March 9th, except for scion wood. John Bunker who was on both episode 16 - where we talk generally about the trees in the US and episode 28 where he provides great insight on tree identification, is definitely worth a listen Colin Scott of E & J Scott Orchard sells saplings of Apple varieties such as Northern Spy and Redfield, plus more. He is located in western Massachusetts in the town of Buckland. Listen to his episode 93 on Orchard Care and Apple Storage. You will find his contact info on the show notes. If you have a good resource of for fruit trees and root stock out there in Ciderville send me [email protected] and I will share that good news. Ask for the following 9 #ciderGoingUP Campaign sponsors - By supporting these cider makers, you in turn help Cider Chat Kurant Cider - Pennsylvania : listen to Joe Getz on episode 14 Big Apple Hard Cider - NYC : listen to Danielle von Scheiner on episode 35 Oliver's Cider and Perry - Herefordshire/UK ; listen to Tom Oliver on episode 29 Santa Cruz Cider Company - California : listen to Nicole Todd on episode 60 The Cider Project aka EthicCider- California Albermale CiderWorks : listen to Chuck Shelton on episode 56 Cider Summit : listen to Alan Shapiro founder of this cider fest on episode 75. Ramborn Cider Co. Luxembourg. Big Fish Cider Co. Virginia Tanuki Cider Co. Santa Cruz California episode 103 Please Help Support Cider Chat Please donate today. Help keep the chat thriving! Listen also at iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher (for Android), iHeartRadio and where ever you love to listen to podcasts. Follow on twitter @ciderchat

Please Help Support Cider Chat Please donate today. Help keep the chat thriving! Find this episode and all episodes at the page for Cider Chat's podcasts. Listen also at iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher (for Android), iHeartRadio and Spotify or wherever you love to listen to podcasts. Follow on twitter @ciderchat 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 PA. Joe and I sipped on cider and visited the barrel room. From Kurant, I headed straight to Frederick Maryland. That evening I was pulled over by Officer Kind. A fun little story - that I will save for you to listen to in the podcast. Day 3 - I headed to Distillery Land CiderWorks - to record a podcast and also had a chance to see Chuck Shelton of Albemarle CiderWorks in Virginia. After lunch I headed into Baltimore for CiderCon and got ready for that night's dinner recording with Phillip Kelm of Gitche Gumee CiderWorks in Michigan. We went to a BYOB restaurant called Ebenezer's Ethiopian Restaurant. Great food and kind people. Day 3 I had an early morning chat (8:45 am) with Trevor Baker of Noble Cider in Asheville North Carolina. And then a recording with Marcus Robert of Tieton Ciderworks, Washington. That evening I met up with Kirk Billingsley for a chat on his cidery Big Fish Cider Company in Virginia. Day 4 - Thursday was the opening day at CiderCon- Danny Brager of Nielsen did an overview of the cider market. You can go to this YouTube link to listen to last year's presentation on this topic. Then it was time to record with Paul Vander Heide of Vander Mill a cidery in Michigan. Lunch I was again recording, this time with Dan Brown of Cyder Market LLC. Both Danny and Dan's presentations will be posted on Cider Chat's YouTube channel. After lunch I recorded and videotaped John Edwards presentation on Chemical Fingerprints of Cider. Very fascinating. I next ran to Rebbeka deKramer of Scott Lab's presentation on Off Odors in Cider. Again this will be posted on the Cider Chat's YouTube channel. Next I had a chat with Matt DeLong of Ridge Cider in Michigan. And then had dinner with Carlo Hein of Ramborn Cider Company in Luxembourg. Day 4 (Friday) I met and recorded with Alex Peckham of Peckham's Cider in New Zealand. That afternoon I recording with James and Susanna Forbes of Little Pomona Cidery & Orchard in the UK. Friday evening I went to Pour the Core- Baltimore to record mini chats with cider fans - all of which are posted in this episode Saturday it was time to head home, but as I was traveling with the Talking Pommes we had to make a stop along the way at Perryville Maryland. Perry Pear was both emotional and ecstatic. You can hear the Talking Pommes recap at the end of this podcast. I had mini chats with the following cideries and their makers while at CiderCon Heartwood Farm and Cidery in Canada Tod Creek Craft Cider in British Columbia Bryant Cider, Virginia Liquid Alchemy Beverages, Deleware Ask for the following 9 #ciderGoingUP Campaign sponsors - By supporting these cider makers, you in turn help Cider Chat Kurant Cider - Pennsylvania : listen to Joe Getz on episode 14 Big Apple Hard Cider - NYC : listen to Danielle von Scheiner on episode 35 Oliver's Cider and Perry - Herefordshire/UK ; listen to Tom Oliver on episode 29 Santa Cruz Cider Company - California : listen to Nicole Todd on episode 60 The Cider Project aka EthicCider- California Albermale CiderWorks : listen to Chuck Shelton on episode 56 Cider Summit : listen to Alan Shapiro founder of this cider fest on episode 75. Ramborn Cider Co. Luxembourg. Big Fish Cider Co. Virginia

Lee Reeve arrived in Japan in 2003 as an artist from the United Kingdom Today in Yokohama, he is still crafting his magician skills, but his love of cider has led him into Japan's growing cider market. We chat on the current pulse of cider in the country and what Lee is doing to help inspire cider makers and consumers alike. And: What kind of apples are used in Japan to make cider and is this changing. French vs English cider Cider events in Japan Lee sees that cider being package in primarily large bottles 750ML as a deterrent to the general public at large not reaching for cider when it is only packaged in large bottles And, the world "cider" in Japan usually refers to a carbonated alcopop versions of cider. Yet, there are many French cidres (the Japanese do use this kind of spelling widely for cider) available, but as mentioned, Lee being from Scotland means he obviously has a hankering for ciders styles that harken back to his homeland. All this cider love lead Lee to meeting Clive Poole the owner of the Full Monty British Pub and Cider House with 7 draft lines of cider and over 80 bottle option too! Lee and Clive created a working relationship where Lee would write about the cider at the Full Monty and in turn get cider. Along with Kai, Clive's wife, these three entrepreneurs founded the World Cider Experience and now have the magazine InCiderJapan. What is InCiderJapan? - a media, promotion, consulting company - also an importing and retailing cider related good and merchandise. - InCiderJapan is a quarterly magazine with the first edition being this winter's edition of InCiderJapan. The goal of InCiderJapan magazine is three fold to be educational and informative for the public to provide a platform to Japanese makers to provide the world with a insider's view of the Japanese cider market Contact for Lee Reeve eMail: mailto:[email protected] Website: inCiderJapan Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/inciderjapan Instagram: @inciderjapan Full Monty British Pub and Cider House http://fullmontyyokohama.com/ Ask for the following 9 #ciderGoingUP Campaign sponsors - By supporting these cider makers, you in turn help Cider Chat Kurant Cider - Pennsylvania : listen to Joe Getz on episode 14 Big Apple Hard Cider - NYC : listen to Danielle von Scheiner on episode 35 Oliver's Cider and Perry - Herefordshire/UK ; listen to Tom Oliver on episode 29 Santa Cruz Cider Company - California : listen to Nicole Todd on episode 60 The Cider Project aka EthicCider- California Albermale CiderWorks : listen to Chuck Shelton on episode 56 Cider Summit : listen to Alan Shapiro founder of this cider fest on episode 75. Ramborn Cider Co. Luxembourg. Big Fish Cider Co. Virginia Please Help Support Cider Chat Please donate today. Help keep the chat thriving! Find this episode and all episodes at the page for Cider Chat's podcasts. Listen also at iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher (for Android), iHeartRadio and where ever you love to listen to podcasts. Follow on twitter @ciderchat

Jake Mann's family legacy goes back to the early days of the Apple growing in the California. His parent's ranch Five Mile Orchard is a locally known historical location, where his great, great grandfather Sam L. Mann settled and built the apple storage facility and orchard in the early 1920's. The family ranch is located five miles north of the city of Watsonville, thus the name, "Five Mile Orchard". 17 varieties of apples are grown with the majority being Newtown Pippin. The Gravenstein apple is the first variety on the market in late July, followed by Gala, Golden, Red Delicious, Winter Banana, Bellefleur, Mutsu, Empire, Granny Smith and the Newtown Pippin. In this chat we tour the Apple Storage facility at Sam L Mann Co and ride out into the orchard. Sam L Mann Co provides apples to the following cideries. Rider Ranch Cider Co. Listen to Eric and Katie Ride on episode 110 Santa Cruz Cider Co. Listen to Nicole Todd on episode 60 Tanuki Cider Co. Listen to Robby Honda on episode 103 https://www.lassencider.com/ Tilted Shed Cider Co. And apples to Martinellis, makers of a well known US Brand of Sparkling Ciders. Contact info for Jake Mann 2930 Freedom Boulevard Watsonville, California 95078 +001- 800-643-2462 Instagram: @thefivemileorchard Ask for the following 9 #ciderGoingUP Campaign sponsors - By supporting these cider makers, you in turn help Cider Chat Kurant Cider - Pennsylvania : listen to Joe Getz on episode 14 Big Apple Hard Cider - NYC : listen to Danielle von Scheiner on episode 35 Oliver's Cider and Perry - Herefordshire/UK ; listen to Tom Oliver on episode 29 Santa Cruz Cider Company - California : listen to Nicole Todd on episode 60 The Cider Project aka EthicCider- California Albemarle CiderWorks : listen to Chuck Shelton on episode 56 Cider Summit : listen to Alan Shapiro founder of this cider fest on episode 75. Ramborn Cider Co. Luxembourg. Big Fish Cider Co. Virginia Please Help Support Cider Chat Please donate today. Help keep the chat thriving! Find this episode and all episodes at the page for Cider Chat's podcasts. Listen also at iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher (for Android), iHeartRadio and where ever you love to listen to podcasts. Follow on twitter @ciderchat

Yes, Maryland's Got Pommes and there is going to be some big time cider fun at CiderCon2018 in Baltimore! January 31- February 2, 2018. But first a reminder on: The $900 Price Drop for the Totally Cider Tour to the UK in April 25 - May 2, 2018. Join Ria and other awesome cider friends on this tour of a life time. Go to https://form.jotform.com/73186243884970 and register now! And overview of Maryland's Pomme History Pear Pear chats "Perryville, Maryland" established 1620 and the origin of the surname Perry. PerryPear believes that it comes from the Middle English word 'perrie' which means pear tree. And did you know that there is a town called Hereford, Maryland to the north west of Baltimore? Lord Baltimore aka Cecil Calvert is referenced in Raphael Semmes book "Crimes and Punishment of Maryland" he told colonist coming to bring: kernels of apples and pears…. Who is attending CiderCon? The following cider folk are just a few of the awesome people attending Tom Oliver Gabe Cook, Ciderologist Susanna Forbes and James Forbes of Little Pomona Cider, UK Alex Peckham, Peckham Cider New Zealand Josh Townsend and Jody Scott, New Zealand Hamish Episode 20: Curt Sherrer, Millstone Cellars, MD Distillery Lane Cideworks, MD Brian Rutzen, Jackson Cannon, Fritz, Chef Quantitative Chemical Fingerprints: John Edwards Nutrients Additions or Subtractions and What Happens with Both - Willam Grote, Holly Schmidt, Doug Schmidt and Nathan Williams Getting to CiderCon from the Airport LYFT: put in the promo code LyftCiderChat for your first ride on this ride share and receive $5 off your ride. Here are some estimates of the cost for this trip from the airport to the hotel Lyft: $20-29 Lyft Plus: $30-40 Lyft Premier: $37-49 Lyft Lux: $57-70 Lyft Lux Suv: $71-85 Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI) to the Baltimore Marriott Waterfront BWI to Marriott Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport 12- before 1 6 min walk to the BWI Airport LT Rail 28 min ride - 11 stops. Get off at Pratt St Light Rail station walk 1 minute to Howard STreet And take a Bus on the OrangeLine to Harbor East. this is an 8 minutes route with 6 stops until you reach the section of Baltimore called Little Italy. Get off and walk throughout Little Italy for 4 minutes to the hotel. Approximately a 50 min ride $1.60 both ways Food options close by Hotel? Whole Foods is a 5-7 minute walk 1001 Fleet St. Baltimore StarBucks 3 minute walk What is that monument in the round about by the hotel? National Katyn Memorial Cider Week Baltimore Heavy Seas Ale House tap Takeover - 9 minute walk from Hotel 1300 Bank Street Baltimore, MD 21231 410-522-0850 Tap Takeover at Max's - 11 minute walk from Hotel Address 737 S. Broadway, Baltimore Wondering what the scene is like at Max's? There is a webcam; http://www.maxs.com/webcams.phpPhone: (410) 675-6297 February 11, 2018 - New York International Beer Competition (NYIBC) is accepting cider entries NOW! NYIBC is using the United States Association of Cider Makers new cider categories for this competition. The judges at this competition are in the trade of buying and selling cider and thus judge the cider on the merits of taste and price point. Ask for the following 9 #ciderGoingUP Campaign sponsors - By supporting these cider makers, you in turn help Cider Chat Kurant Cider - Pennsylvania : listen to Joe Getz on episode 14 Big Apple Hard Cider - NYC : listen to Danielle von Scheiner on episode 35 Oliver's Cider and Perry - Herefordshire/UK ; listen to Tom Oliver on episode 29 Santa Cruz Cider Company - California : listen to Nicole Todd on episode 60 The Cider Project aka EthicCider- California Albermale CiderWorks : listen to Chuck Shelton on episode 56 Cider Summit : listen to Alan Shapiro founder of this cider fest on episode 75. Ramborn Cider Co. Luxembourg. Big Fish Cider Co. Virginia Please Help Support Cider Chat Please donate today. Help keep the chat thriving! Find this episode and all episodes at the page for Cider Chat's podcasts. Listen also at iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher (for Android), iHeartRadio and where ever you love to listen to podcasts. Follow on twitter @ciderchat

Budgeting money effectively is critical whether you are managing a household or a commercial business such as a cidery. In this episode of Cider Chat I speak with Eleanor Leger of Eden Specialty Cider based Vermont now in it's 10th year of business. Two years ago, she started a blog call Cidernomics.com. In this chat we get a sneak peek into her 2018 CiderCon on this very topic on the economics of cider and get some real time tips. The 5 concepts to consider in Cidernomics. Economies of scale The break even point ...and how that changes as you grow Asset utilization Working capital requirements Sales channel economics What is one the key questions to consider when thinking about a cidery startup? - Are you going to make cider like beer is produced with a quick turn around or more as a winemaker would producing for a vintage longer term. Contact for Eden Specialty Ciders Website: https://www.edenciders.com/ email: mailto:[email protected] Telephone: +1.802.334.1808 Address: 150 MAIN STREET, NEWPORT VERMONT 05855 Mentions in this Chat • What is Biodynamic? As Eleanor puts it "Growing a strong fighting tree. Making our own compost and compost teas that we spray on the trees." Find out more on biodynamic farming vhttps://www.biodynamics.com/what-is-biodynamicsia this link. • Scott Farm Orchard • Autumn Stoscheck Eve's Cidery listen to 2 chats (Episode 90 & 91)with her and Ezra Sherman. • Steve Wood Farnum Hill Listen to 2 chats (Episodes 32 & 33) Steve, Louisa Spencer and the team at this New Hampshire cidery. Ask for the following 9 #ciderGoingUP Campaign sponsors - By supporting these cider makers, you in turn help Cider Chat Kurant Cider - Pennsylvania : listen to Joe Getz on episode 14 Big Apple Hard Cider - NYC : listen to Danielle von Scheiner on episode 35 Oliver's Cider and Perry - Herefordshire/UK ; listen to Tom Oliver on episode 29 Santa Cruz Cider Company - California : listen to Nicole Todd on episode 60 The Cider Project aka EthicCider- California Albermale CiderWorks : listen to Chuck Shelton on episode 56 Cider Summit : listen to Alan Shapiro founder of this cider fest on episode 75. Ramborn Cider Co. Luxembourg. Big Fish Cider Co. Virginia Please Help Support Cider Chat Please donate today. Help keep the chat thriving! Find this episode and all episodes at the page for Cider Chat's podcasts. Listen also at iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher (for Android), iHeartRadio and where ever you love to listen to podcasts. Follow on twitter @ciderchat

A $900 Price Drop for the Totally Cider Tour to the UK in April 25 - May 2, 2018. Join Ria and other awesome cider friends on this tour of a life time. Go to https://form.jotform.com/73186243884970 and register now! ----------------------- Eric and Katie Rider are making cider on the hillside of the Santa Cruz mountains. They are dry farming their apple trees and also using apples from Five Mile Orchard in Corralitos. (Jake Mann whose family own's the orchard will be on an upcoming Cider Chat.) Eric and Katie's home and cidery is smack in the middle of an old Stagecoach route between San Jose and Santa Cruz, California. Imagine for a moment stagecoach riders snacking on plums from San Jose and tossing out the plum's pits along the way. As a result this mountainside cidery and homestead has plum trees growing all around the property. Katie makes a Plum Port from the surround trees, that she likes pouring into a glass of cider as a cider cocktail called Plum Jerkum. Their ciderhouse is 120 square feet (10' x 12') with variable cider tanks ( a stainless tank with a floating top that rises and lowers as the cider flows). This small shed is fully tricked out with air conditioning and all the needs for making a range of ciders at Rider Ranch. The current cider offerings at Rider Ranch are ciders made from apple trees that were planted pre-Prohibition, which provides a specific niche to their branding of using only trees that are 90 years or older. However, it looks like they will have a cider made with 75 year old trees coming up in 2018. Either way their ciders are rock solid, tasty delights! Ciders at Rider Ranch Pre-Prohibition Pippin Dry Farmed Pippin 75 year old Pippin Contact for Rider Ranch Ciderworks Website: http://www.riderranchciderworks.com/ eMail: mailto:[email protected] Mentions in this Chat Jake Mann - Five Mile Orchard LLC, Corralitos California - Jake will be on an upcoming episode of Cider Chat February 11, 2018 - New York International Beer Competition (NYIBC) is accepting cider entries NOW! NYIBC is using the United States Association of Cider Makers new cider categories for this competition. The judges at this competition are in the trade of buying and selling cider and thus judge the cider on the merits of taste and price point. Ask for the following 9 #ciderGoingUP Campaign sponsors - By supporting these cider makers, you in turn help Cider Chat Kurant Cider - Pennsylvania : listen to Joe Getz on episode 14 Big Apple Hard Cider - NYC : listen to Danielle von Scheiner on episode 35 Oliver's Cider and Perry - Herefordshire/UK ; listen to Tom Oliver on episode 29 Santa Cruz Cider Company - California : listen to Nicole Todd on episode 60 The Cider Project aka EthicCider- California Albermale CiderWorks : listen to Chuck Shelton on episode 56 Cider Summit : listen to Alan Shapiro founder of this cider fest on episode 75. Ramborn Cider Co. Luxembourg. Big Fish Cider Co. Virginia Please Help Support Cider Chat Please donate today. Help keep the chat thriving! Find this episode and all episodes at the page for Cider Chat's podcasts. Listen also at iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher (for Android), iHeartRadio and where ever you love to listen to podcasts. Follow on twitter @ciderchat

Ice Cider is made by freezing fresh pressed apple juice. The first element to freeze in the process is the water that is naturally occurring in all apples to a less or greater degree. As the water freezes, the pure liquid apple juice (sans the water) is extracted and then made into what is known as Ice Cider! Canadian cidermakers hold the title for exposing the world to this process. Quebec maker Christian Barthomeuf is the man that we all hail as the ice cider inventor. Eleanor Ledger co-owner and maker at Eden Specialty Ciders lives across the border from Bathomeuf in Vermont and has become America's go-to voice for ice cider. Chadd Cook of Cider Hill Cellars, who was on episode 104 of Cider Chat, makes an ice cider that was inspired by Eden's ice cider with northern spy as the base apple. In this chat, Chadd shares how he "reverse" engineered Eden's ice cider when working on his own ice cider for Cider Hill Cellars. Listen to his many tips such as, - the amount of fresh juice that is needed to make one gallon of ice cider - the best apple to use for making ice cider - the freezing process for fresh pressed juice, freezing right above 34 degrees. - stopping fermentation of ice cider Contact for Cider Hill Cellars Website: http://www.ciderhill.com/cellars/ Address: 45 Fern Ave Amesbury MA 01913 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Cider-Hill-Cellars-618581648230401/ Ask for the following 9 #ciderGoingUP Campaign sponsors - By supporting these cider makers, you in turn help Cider Chat Kurant Cider - Pennsylvania : listen to Joe Getz on episode 14 Big Apple Hard Cider - NYC : listen to Danielle von Scheiner on episode 35 Oliver's Cider and Perry - Herefordshire/UK ; listen to Tom Oliver on episode 29 Santa Cruz Cider Company - California : listen to Nicole Todd on episode 60 The Cider Project aka EthicCider- California Albermale CiderWorks : listen to Chuck Shelton on episode 56 Cider Summit : listen to Alan Shapiro founder of this cider fest on episode 75. Ramborn Cider Co. Luxembourg. Big Fish Cider Co. Virginia Please Help Support Cider Chat Please donate today. Help keep the chat thriving! Find this episode and all episodes at the page for Cider Chat's podcasts. Listen also at iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher (for Android), iHeartRadio and where ever you love to listen to podcasts. Follow on twitter @ciderchat

Adam Levy's moniker is "The Alcohol Professor ". In this chat we are talking with this self professed beer freak about getting cider makers to enter their ciders into two competition that he runs in New York City and Berlin, Germany. Adam Levy Adam started the International Spirits Competition in 2008 followed by the International Wine Competition and then the International Beer Competition which is now in its 7th year. February 11, 2018, the New York International Beer Competition's 7th judging will be takes place in NYC. Beside beer, this competition also judges ciders and meads. The cider categories used in the competition come from the United States Association of Cider Makers which just this year (2017) introduced their 10 categories for cider styles. International ciders entering the competition will be judged based upon their country's styles. What makes this competition unique is the Judges! Instead of having Makers, Adam has Trade Buyers judge the cider based upon category and price point. Adam says, "Most people buy based on price. These people are the buyers and distributors some who own craft beer bars and are ordering at restaurants." How does entering this competition benefit makers and cider? -First off, who doesn't love winning a medal! -More importantly, Adams says that if he gets enough entries he is open to having a stand alone cider competition!!! And best yet, he is getting very close to the number of cider needed to make it so. We also discuss: How the Gold, Silver, Bronze and regional awards are determined Use of digital images from the awards Options available for showcasing their awards, such as promoting a win on a cider label. The Deadline to send cider to the February 11, 2018 competition is February 4th. Going to CiderCon? Bring your cider to Adam who will be at the vendor area at CiderCon with a table and save money on shipping! You can also enter your cider in the Berlin International Competition and save money on international shipping charges. Dates to note for upcoming competitions. New York International Beer Competition February 11, 2018 Deadline to enter February 4, 2018 Berlin International Competition - March 4, 2018 Deadline to enter February 4, 2018 To enter your ciders go to: New York International Beer Competition Contact Adam Levy Website: Alcohol Professor Telephone: 917-338-0163 extension 1 eMail: [email protected] Ask for the following 9 #ciderGoingUP Campaign sponsors - By supporting these cider makers, you in turn help Cider Chat Kurant Cider - Pennsylvania : listen to Joe Getz on episode 14 Big Apple Hard Cider - NYC : listen to Danielle von Scheiner on episode 35 Oliver's Cider and Perry - Herefordshire/UK ; listen to Tom Oliver on episode 29 Santa Cruz Cider Company - California : listen to Nicole Todd on episode 60 The Cider Project aka EthicCider- California Albermale CiderWorks : listen to Chuck Shelton on episode 56 Cider Summit : listen to Alan Shapiro founder of this cider fest on episode 75. Ramborn Cider Co. Luxembourg. Big Fish Cider Co. Virginia Please Help Support Cider Chat Please donate today. Help keep the chat thriving! Find this episode and all episodes at the page for Cider Chat's podcasts. Listen also at iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher (for Android), iHeartRadio and where ever you love to listen to podcasts. Follow on twitter @ciderchat

Reserve your spot today for the Totally Cider Tour to the UK! The cider tour begins in Bristol, UK on April 25th and then after that evening's dinner at The Stable for the "Ultimate Cider" dinner we head out to tour around Somerset and then Herefordshire through May 2nd. Sign up for a trip of a lifetime and come along with Ria, the host of Cider Chat and fellow cider travels. The main chat this week begins at 10:54 minutes The Cider Junction is a 31 tap cider bistro and bottle shop (26 dedicated to cider), located 10 minutes from San Jose International Airport and smack in the middle of an area once known as "Valley of Heart's Delight"! Thanks to owners/publicans Claudia Derp and Tracy Smith craft cider is pouring seven days a week in San Jose California. For this chat I headed to The Cider Junction with "The Nose" to meet Claudia and Tracy. I was curious to hear how their newly opened "bistro and bottle shop" was doing only one month after their opening. Cider Junction flight Listen along as we discover the background story behind The Cider Junction, why this area of San Jose known as Willow Glen is a not so hidden gem in the middle of this bright, light city and what to expect when you visit The Cider Junction. Cider Junction tap menu during our recording Download the Digital Pour App to find the latest selection of ciders on tap at The Cider Junction. Contact for The Cider Junction Website: https://www.theciderjunction.com/ Email: [email protected] Address: 820 Willow St San Jose (Willow Glen), CA 95125 Hours: *** Closed on Mondays during the winter months Monday - Friday 4 pm to 10 pm (or later) Saturday 11 am - midnight Sunday 11 am - 8 pm Cider Events, thangs....Cideries Mentioned in this chat Cider Walk -Willow Glen, San Jose UpCider, San Francisco cider bar Rabbit's Foot Meadery, with cider and beer too - Tasting Room Redwood Coast Cider, San Carlos, CA Crooked City City, Oakland, CA Gowan's Heirloom Ciders, Anderson Valley, Mendocino County Then to Santa Cruz! February 11, 2018 - New York International Beer Competition (NYIBC) is accepting cider entries NOW! NYIBC is using the United States Association of Cider Makers new cider categories for this competition. The judges at this competition are in the trade of buying and selling cider and thus judge the cider on the merits of taste and price point. CiderCon 2018 - January 30 - February 2, 2018 register and download the program today and start planning your time in Baltimore, Maryland at CiderCon! Podcast Episode mentioned 030: Nat West | Reverend Nat's Hard Cider, OR 081: Stephanie & Aaron Carson | Gypsy Circus Cider Co., TN Ask for the following 9 #ciderGoingUP Campaign sponsors - By supporting these cider makers, you in turn help Cider Chat. Kurant Cider - Pennsylvania : listen to Joe Getz on episode 14 Big Apple Hard Cider - NYC : listen to Danielle von Scheiner on episode 35 Oliver's Cider and Perry - Herefordshire/UK ; listen to Tom Oliver on episode 29 Santa Cruz Cider Company - California : listen to Nicole Todd on episode 60 The Cider Project aka EthicCider- California Albermale CiderWorks : listen to Chuck Shelton on episode 56 Cider Summit : listen to Alan Shapiro founder of this cider fest on episode 75. Ramborn Cider Co. Luxembourg. Big Fish Cider Co. Virginia Please Help Support Cider Chat Please donate today. Help keep the chat thriving! Find this episode and all episodes at the page for Cider Chat's podcasts. Listen also at iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher (for Android), iHeartRadio and where ever you love to listen to podcasts. Follow on twitter @ciderchat

Register: Between December 6th through the 13th and receive $100 off your fee! Register Me! Join Ria (the Producer and Host of Cider Chat) and Totally Cider for a fantastic journey to the West Country in the United Kingdom. We will visit some of the best cideries and stay in lovely accommodations for our trip. Additional days pre- or post-tour can easily be arranged. Space is limited for this unique opportunity, so don't wait! Please follow this link for registration and payments: Register Me! Cider Visits & Sightseeing: Thatchers Sheppy's Perry's Cider Worley's Cider Apple County Cider Ross & Wye Cider Co. Oliver's Cider & Perry Sightseeing Tintern Abbey Chepstow Castle Bath Have all day Saturday to roam about in the City of Bath, visting the Roman Baths, a High Cider Tea at our hotel or the many English Pubs! Accommodation: 1 night • Brooks Guest House, Bristol • 4 Star 1 nights • Castle Hotel, Taunton • 4 Star 2 night • Abbey Hotel, Bath • 4 Star 2 nights • Brooks Country House, Ross on Wye • 4 Star 1 night • Brooks Guest House, Bristol • 4 Star Meals: Breakfasts at the hotel each morning Ultimate Cider Experience at The Stable Restaurant, Bristol Lunch at the Railway Inn (Thatcher's) Three course dinner at the Castle Hotel Taunton (private room) Lunch at the Three Horseshoes Packed lunch/ Picnic from Apple County Cider Light lunch at Brooks Country House Hotel Three course dinner in Brooks Country House (private area of restaurant) Packed lunch provided by Brooks Country House Detailed itinerary and a few photos to give you a taste can be found below. The tour is round trip from Bristol. Mentions in this Chat February 11, 2018 - New York International Beer Competition (NYISC) is accepting cider entries NOW! NYISC is using the United States Association of Cider Makers new cider categories for this competition. The judges at this competition are in the trade of buying and selling cider and thus judge the cider on it merit of taste and price point. Ask for the following 9 #ciderGoingUP Campaign sponsors - By supporting these cider makers, you in turn help Cider Chat Kurant Cider - Pennsylvania : listen to Joe Getz on episode 14 Big Apple Hard Cider - NYC : listen to Danielle von Scheiner on episode 35 Oliver's Cider and Perry - Herefordshire/UK ; listen to Tom Oliver on episode 29 Santa Cruz Cider Company - California : listen to Nicole Todd on episode 60 The Cider Project aka EthicCider- California Albermale CiderWorks : listen to Chuck Shelton on episode 56 Cider Summit : listen to Alan Shapiro founder of this cider fest on episode 75. Ramborn Cider Co. Luxembourg. Big Fish Cider Co. Virginia Please Help Support Cider Chat Please donate today. Help keep the chat thriving! Find this episode and all episodes at the page for Cider Chat's podcasts. Listen also at iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher (for Android), iHeartRadio, Spotify and wherever you love to listen to podcasts. Follow on twitter @ciderchat