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 …
Usually we go to Florida for spring break, but since this El Nino winter was relatively warm we decided to spend a relaxing week in Traverse City and visit several cideries and wineries. Traverse City is bit over 4 ½ hours from Chicago, so we broke the trip up a bit and started in the Fennville/Grand Rapids Area. We visited …
Last weekend was the 4th Annual Cider Summit Chicago put on SBS Imports and the Seattle Beer Collective. As always it was a great event and we were impressed by several of the changes they made. This year several of the cider companies were on the upper level. That really reduced the congestion in the main ball room area (pictured …
Traditional Cider reviews are dedicated to the ciders that are made with 100% apples. Cidery: Right Bee Cider (Chicago, IL) Cider: Apple Cider Serving: Tap Alcohol Content: 5.7% ABV Style: Traditional Cider Availability: Year-round I wanted to try Right Bee Cider for a while and had a chance to try it on tap at Kaiser Tiger. I was very impressed …