This last April brought a new style of drink to the streets of Spokane, Wash.—cider, in the form of Liberty Ciderworks. Made in a traditional, "Old World" style, Liberty (comprised of owners Rick Hasting and Austin Dickey) is a small operation built on a small...
With four decades of experience in apple farming, an established beverage business through Watermill Winery and after many consultations with experts in English cider production, Blue Mountain Cider Company kicked off its success nearly a decade ago as one of the...
Cherished locally for its original lineup of meads (and more recently, its addition of hard cider), Bellingham, Wash.-based Honey Moon is now bottling the lovechild of its classic CiderHead hard apple cider and fruit-infused honey wine. In its tasting room...
From the sunny landscapes of California to a southern Oregon apple orchard, Blair Smith and Marcey Kelley kicked off their cider production with modest, non-alcoholic sweet ciders. Soon after their Applegate, Ore., orchard business took off (as Thompson Creek...
It’s rare to find a restaurant with a beverage menu boasting of their alternating cider selections meticulously chosen to pair well with their entrees, for wine tends to have a monopoly on this particular market. Although novel-esque wine lists are nothing to...
Apple and pear orchards are nothing new to Washington's East Wenatchee. Nor are they new to the Van Reenen family—on land first purchased by their great-grandfather, brothers Kevin and Mark Van Reenen have been producing ciders under the name of Neigel Vintners for...
As a very proud alum of Washington State University, I was happy to see Seattle Cider Co. team up with the WSU Northwestern Washington Research & Extension Center in Mount Vernon, Wash., for the production a scrumpy in SSC's new series of heirloom ciders. WSU...
Forest Grove, Ore., sits at the northwestern point of Willamette Valley—just 30 miles shy of Portland to the west, home to eight wineries and one proud cidery. Bull Run Cider, named for the watershed that supplies the city of Portland and its surrounding areas with...
Five generations in, so you know they know what they’re doing. The Ward-Turton family has been growing apples on their Kelowna property since the 1920′s when they arrived from England. Along with all their belongings, George Washington Ward brought cider apples....
Set amongst the basalt-rich cliffs of East Wenatchee, Wash., Snowdrift Cider Co. produces ciders from cider varieties on their orchard that grown apples, pears, cherries, and grapes in the Wenatchee Valley since the 1940s. The current orchard was planted in the...
