Apple Outlaw owners Blair Smith and Marcey Kelly traded traffic for tractors when they moved from the sunny state of California up to Oregon, finding them an orchard in the Applegate Valley. Knowing little about tending to an orchard at first, the couple now...
Nat West is to Northwest cider as the sun is to the sky. Maybe a grandiose statement, but it sets the tone of West's magnitude to today's cider industry, especially on the left coast. An evangelist to the cause, West's sermons on the subject of cider are sanctioned...
Few cider folk know organics like Alpenfire Cider. As the first certified cidery in the state of Washington, Port Townsend's Alpenfire also has been growing their own organic fruit since 2005 and received certification on their processors in 2009—not to mention the...
Just a bridge, a meandering road and a ferry ride away from downtown Seattle, Vashon Island is quickly becoming one of the Pacific Northwest’s premier destinations for great bottles. Dragon’s Head Cider has made fans thanks to its Pippin Cider and Manchurian Cider,...
On a sunny summer's day in downtown Portland, one park became the center for the entire cider loving community of the Northwest! Casual fans to die-hard experts came from all around to attend the fifth annual Cider Summit PDX, as well as the 15th Cider Summit...
When life gives you a defunct meadery production space, you make cider. At least that's what John and Brenda Gessner decided to do when Nectar of the Gods meadery closed in their hometown of Bend, Oregon and the space to embellish upon their cider passion became...
From the moment you crack open the pop-top of the Traditional Dry cider by Westcott Bay Cider on Washington's San Juan Island, you can smell the handpicked apple aroma in the air. Featuring only the apple juice squeezed from the Westcott Bay orchard’s apples (plus...
June is steadily creeping by and while this may be a bit scary, as time seems to steadily increase its pace with every year, it also means we just days away from the statewide extravaganza that is Oregon Cider Week. This is a week dedicated to celebrating all...
Surrey, British Columbia's popular Central City Brewing have just earned themselves a new echelon of fans with the release of their first cider. Hopping Mad Dry Hopped Apple Cider is an off dry cider hopped with fragrant Yakima Valley hops and using apples from...
Finnriver Farm & Cidery is a cider maker that not only knows how to make cider, but also knows how to present it. The half-liter bottle that the Honey Meadow variety comes in is wrapped in a beautiful label that gives off an elegant and traditional feel. The...
