It's a mouthful. The name of this new Portland-based cidery and the ciders themselves. Confident and brazen in both branding and cider composition, Cascadia Ciderworkers United represents the broad picture of Northwest-made cider, using "Cascadia-grown" whole...
The New York Times called Washington's Vashon Island a "rural throwback" in a March 2012 feature. Sure, the isle is home to only 10,000, has more than a dozen family-owned and-operated farms and everyone knows each others' names (and business), but one of said...
There's only so much beer a guy can take—or make, for that matter. Joel VandenBrink is far from tapped out from brewing barrels for his flagship Seattle brewery, Two Beers, but after a diagnosis with Crohns Disease (where beer can be a trigger to symptoms), he...
As the name suggests, this is Left Field Cider Company’s big, dry cider. In comparison to their Little Dry, which is, well, you know, lesser dry, the Big Dry, their driest cider, will appeal to those looking for a traditional English styled cider. Crisp, sharp and...
Mead, cider and bites unite at Bellingham's Honey Moon Nestled in a discreet back alley in downtown Bellingham, Wash., Honey Moon is brewing up mead and cider that will blow your taste buds away. Honey Moon, owned and operated by wife and husband team Anna and...
Colleen Finnegan gave her husband a fruit press as a birthday gift nearly a decade ago. Her husband, Josh Johnson, grew up with garagiste cider and wine production at home, courtesy of his father, so beverage artisan was in his blood. With the release of the...
At the turn of the millennium, four established apple growers and general Washington agricultural trailblazers joined forces to produce Blue Mountain Cider Company on the Milton-Freewater, Ore., side of the wine-heavy Walla Walla valley. Sustainable and honorable...
Elijah K. Swan might be a man created in the imaginations of Finnriver Farm & Cidery co-owners Keith and Crystie Kisler, but the spirit, environmentalism and cidery concept came from their living, breathing neighbor, Elijah Christian. He and his wife, Kay,...
This cider is truly sacrilegious. By that, "Reverend" Nat West means he didn't follow any commandments when making this Sacrilege Sour Cherry cider and it might be what some cider-consumers consider blasphemy to the fermented cider game. An unorthodox reverend by...
Food and beverage pairing is more often than not associated with wine. Eaglemount Ginger Cider was inspired by winemaker/cidermaker Trudy Davis' desire to pair ginger with a hard cider, not with wine. She and her husband Jim, who co-founded the winery-cidery with...
