Every December we go down to Orlando to escape the start of the often brutal Chicago winter (During our trip Orlando was 80+ degrees warmer than Chicago). We typically stay for a week and since going to an amusement park 7 days in a row is a bit overwhelming, we’ve adopted a kids’ day/parents’ day approach. For our parents’ days, …
On January 29 Virtue Cider will be hosting their 3rd Annual Stone Fence Competition & Mitten Drive. The Stone Fence Cocktail Competition brings together a dozen of Chicago’s top bartenders to compete with their take on a traditional American cider-based cocktail, the Stone Fence – which is a blend of rum and hard cider. The event will be held: Sunday, January 29, …
Cider Summit Chicago is one of our favorite cider events. The 5th Anniversary Cider Summit Chicago (presented by Binny’s Beverage Depot) is scheduled for Saturday, February 11, 2017, in two sessions – 11am-3pm & 4pm-8pm, at the at the Aon Grand Ballroom at Navy Pier. The strictly 21 & over event, which was co-founded by Alan Shapiro, celebrates local, regional and international …
Cidery: Angry Orchard (Walden, NY) Cider: Walden Hollow* Serving: 750mL Bottle Style: Traditional Cider Availability: Year-round Apple picking season has ended here in the Midwest, but we are excited about the fall hard cider season! Fall hard ciders are those that we think pair great with traditional fall holiday foods (e.g., Thanksgiving). Our first fall cider review of the …
This summer we had a chance to be part of some amazing cider experiences. With the summer ending we are getting back into our daily routine (including blogging more). In June I had the opportunity to travel to San Francisco for work. My parents took the boys to Michigan and Sean was able to join me after the conference to visit …
We love to travel (as you can see here, here, here and here) and when the boys get older we plan to visit the cider regions of France and Spain. Since we have yet to go on our European vacation our friends at Winesellers, Ltd. were gracious enough to provide us with several ciders several ciders from Normandy and Brittany, France and Asturias, …
During the third (and final) part of our spring break trip we drove up the Leelanu peninsula and visited several wineries and cideries including 45 North, Black Star Farms, Tandem Ciders, Brengman Brothers, and Chateau de Leelanau. 45 North Winery is located on the 45th parallel north – often called the halfway point between the Equator and the North Pole. The winery, which was established …
The Northman in Chicago is one of our favorite new hangouts. Sean and I try to get there at least once a month and we love the environment, the food (including cheese) and of course the amazing ciders. The Northman has such an amazing rotation of ciders that Sean and I will be posting a regular highlight of those ciders …
During the second part of our spring break trip we were able to visit some of the cider spots in Traverse City proper – Cidermaker Left Foot Charley and Cider House Taproot. We were introduced to Left Foot Charley a few years ago at Cider Summit Chicago (see more here & here). While we were there, we really enjoyed their two …
Cider Profiles are articles which highlight one cidery and several of their ciders. Who: Starcut Ciders; Where: Bellaire, MI When we were on our Traverse City, MI road trip we met several people recommended that we go to Startcut Ciders/Short’s Brewing in Bellaire, MI which is about an hour northwest of Traverse City. On the day we planned to go snow…in …