Note: This is only a small sampling of many of the excellent ciders we had an opportunity to taste. Becuase of a vast number of producers present we highlighted Cider Summit Chicago over two posts – Part 1 is here. Earlier this month SBS Imports and the Seattle Beer Collective put on the 5th Annual Cider Summit Chicago. This post highlights some …
Monthly Archives: February 2017
Note: This is only a small sampling of many of the excellent ciders we had an opportunity to taste. Because of a vast number of producers present we will be highlighting Cider Summit Chicago over several posts. Last weekend was the 5th Annual Cider Summit Chicago put on by SBS Imports and the Seattle Beer Collective. This year there were 170+ selections …
Another exciting panel at CiderCon was the Tasting & Discussion of Ciders of the Northeast. Many of these ciders are not distributed in the Chicago area and typically uses different varieties of apples than others. Most of the cider makers are on the smaller side and grow their own apples Eden, Newport, VT – Sparkling Dry The cross vintage …
A late start to the day began with a French Perry tasting. The attendees in the packed room had the opportunity to taste perrys (poire in France) from two producers- Ghislaine Davy from Cidererie Daufresne (which we previously reviewed here) and Guillaume Drouin from Christian Drouin Estate in Normandy In the mid-1900s, Normandy, France had ~500k pear trees, but by 1999 only …