Downeast Cider House co-founders Tyler Mosher and Ross Brockman were in studio this morning. They told the story of how they got started making hard cider, and it’s pretty interesting. More
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Aaron and Jay from Lookout Farm in South Natick stopped by this morning to talk about Lookout Farm Hard Cider and the new Lookout Taproom, which just opened over the weekend. More
It’s easy to realize that the craft beer market has exploded– with it has come lots and lots of new microbrews to check out. Beer lovers heaven right? Well, not everybody is hot off the craft beer craze, so luckily, there’s another adult beverage that is sweeping the nation. That’s right folks, hard cider is on the rise! With open arms we welcome that orchard beverage of the adult variety to the craft market. Want to get your hands on some? Of course you do. So here are four local establishments that press their own cider within earshot of Boston: More
Drink Craft Beer makes its triumphant return to Space 57 in downtown Boston this weekend for its third annual Fall to Winter Fest – a who’s-who when it comes to this season’s local beer and, especially this time through, cider. More
Sometimes I miss college. I miss the camaraderie, the relaxed schedule, and the feeling of excitement over dumb things like ice luges. More
I’m not really sure why I’ve been under the impression that cider making is a big challenge, because it really isn’t — well, it doesn’t have to be. I’ve been procrastinating the whole way, dreading that I was going to have to take the time to do some big involved project for the actual fermentation step. It’s literally so simple though — yeast + apple juice + airlock = fermentation started, hopefully. It’s so much easier than homebrewing beer. More
If your house looks anything like mine right now, apples are spilling out of the pantry. New England had an especially abundant apple season this year and apple picking is a fall tradition. If you’re sick of baking and bored with packing apples for lunch every day, there’s one great way to finish off that stock: Juice those suckers. For the adventurous DIYers out there, take on a new project — fermenting the apples for a delicious homemade hard cider. More
The journal of a DIYer from Jamaica Plain giving hard cider-making a shot. Follow her elating successes and devastating failures through our three-part weekly series. Along the way, tell her what she’s doing right and wrong. This is part one. More