Tag Archives: apple cider

A different brew – Farnum Hill Cider

I’ve spent a lot of time here talking about craft beer and brewing, but there is another traditional product that has been having a renaissance in the last decade, that of small-scale, traditionally produced cider. In the autumn of 2008, I found myself in a beautiful apple orchard in New Hampshire tasting fresh-pressed cider [...]

Cider for the holidays

As the holidays roll around lots of  folks have their minds turned toward pairing foods with holiday ales and with opening all of those special bottles that you’ve been saving for awhile. There are certainly loads of options out there for special end of year beers but I’d like to encourage folks to give [...]