Last week you got six suggestions for killer Christmas gifts under $40. For the hardcore tailgater, there was the perfect Bloody Mary gift set, for the health- and socially-conscious there was Love Bottle, for the adventurous home bartender there were one-of-a-kind...
The whole fruit and botanicals that go into making the small-batch, artisan-quality ciders of WildCraft Cider Works are all Oregon-grown. The ciders are fermented with wild yeast strains, finish on the drier side and are unpasteurized and bottle-conditioned. The...
For some, ham is the chosen protein when it comes to the piece de résistance at the holiday dining table. In week two of this collaborative holiday pairing effort, we pull suggestions from beverage directors, brewers, chefs and restaurant managers about what to sip...
One of the most respected names in the craft cider industry started making cider simply as a way to get rid of a surplus of apples. Nat West of Reverend Nat’s Hard Cider ran an urban community supported agriculture (CSA) program in Portland before he launched his...
SPONSORED POST When making cider, the fresh-pressed juice options flow. In a perfect cider world, all cidermakers would have a flourishing orchard in the backyard, brimming with opulent fruit containing balanced acids and juicy tannins. The reality is not all those...
As Idaho's first commercial cidery, Longdrop Cider Co. burst onto the burgeoning market earlier this year. In a partnership with celebrated neighbor brewery Crooked Fence, Londrop produces and ships out of Crooked Flats, the brewery's manor-like gastro-brewpub in...
Crafted as the New World second label of Wandering Aengus Ciderworks, ANTHEM Cider in Salem, Oregon, was first kegged back in 2010. Since in operation, the company has been producing cider the only way they know how: authentically. Pressing real apples and...
In a true circle of life fashion, Tieton Cider Works smokes this cider over the apple wood the juice rooted from. In a process the Tietion, Washington-based team created specially for the sipper that "introduces smoke directly into the cider," the apple wood...
Headlined by a cider-loving couple—one Oregon-raised, the other reigning from the apple-centric Somerset region of England—the birth of the Portland Cider Co. in 2012 was an exceptionally natural affair. Befitting this foundation is an array of English-style hard...
Founded in 2006, Eaglemount Wine and Cider is just shy of celebrating its first decade of award-winning wines and hard ciders. However, the winery’s history extends beyond the 21st, and even the 20th, century—it is located on an original 1883 homestead on...
