This post originally appears on Cider Culture – A publication of Dish LLC. All rights reserved. For the past couple of years, Sean and I have been stewards for the Great Lakes International Cider and Perry Competition (GLINTCAP). Basically, this means we’re the people who ensure that all the GLINTCAP judges have to do during a competition is taste. Not …
This post originally appears on Cider Culture – A publication of Dish LLC. All rights reserved. We first met Benny Boy Brewing’s wife-and-husband team, Chelsey Rosetter and Ben Farber, at CiderCon in Oakland in January of 2020. I was excited to catch up with them a year-and-a-half later to learn more about their cider journey and forthcoming brewery/cidery in LA’s Lincoln …
This post originally appears on Cider Culture – A publication of Dish LLC. All rights reserved. Upon entering the opening session of CiderCon 2022, I was greeted by an energetic chant of “We are Cider! We are Cider!” led by Eleanor Leger (owner of Eden Ciders and president of the American Cider Association Board). Her rally cry reflected the energy seen throughout the conference. …
This post originally appears on Cider Culture – A publication of Dish LLC. All rights reserved. I’m always looking for new cideries near Chicago, and my friend, Matt Windle (aka Southciders) let us know about Carriage House Ciders, a small cidery about 90 minutes away from Chicago. One of the owners and cidermaker, Paula Camp, was gracious enough to meet us in Chicago at The Northman for …
This post originally appears on Cider Culture – A publication of Dish LLC. All rights reserved. I first came across Potter’s Craft Cider during one of my conference trips to Northern Virginia. Every year I would peruse the cider selections at Crystal City Wine Shop and come back with a suitcase full of cider, including some of Potter’s ciders. I was excited to get a …
This post originally appears on Cider Culture – A publication of Dish LLC. All rights reserved. Hannah Ferguson is a home winemaker and former assistant brewer in Ohio. When she opens her cidery later in 2021, her company will be the first black, female-owned cidery in Ohio. After reading a press release about Hannah leasing space from Penguin City Beer in Youngstown, OH …
This post originally appears on Cider Culture – A publication of Dish LLC. All rights reserved. Sean and I first met Caitlin Braam, the president of Yonder Cider, after a Pomme Boots Society meeting at CiderCon in 2019. Since then we’ve had the opportunity to work with Caitilin in her role as chair of the American Cider Association’s Diversity Committee to help support anti-racism, equity and inclusion efforts …
This post originally appears on Cider Culture – A publication of Dish LLC. All rights reserved. One of my law school classmates first introduced me to Stan Wash, founder of Overgrown Orchard, shortly after the cidery’s founding in 2017 (he graciously said we were the foremost cider connoisseurs he knew). Overgrown Orchard is based in Chicago and makes heirloom cider at its …
This post originally appears on Cider Culture – A publication of Dish LLC. All rights reserved. We were first introduced to Fenceline Cider through its recently launched cider club. Fenceline Cider works with historic orchards in the Mancos Valley of Southwest Colorado to build quality cider from the soil up. Friends Sam Perry and Neal Wight co-founded the cidery over three years ago, and …
This post originally appears on Cider Culture – A publication of Dish LLC. All rights reserved. A couple of years ago, I had the pleasure of being on a panel with Michelle Foik, one of the founders of ERIS Brewery and Cider House as part of Chicago Cider Week. Michelle, and ERIS’ other founder Katy Pizza, had been in the brewery and cidery industries …