Tieton Cider Works ~ Tieton, Washington

I think Washington State and the Northwest moreover is setting the stage to be a cider power house. This year in Washington we have not 1, not 2, but 3 brand spankin’ new cider makers. One based in the “Apple Capital of the World” Wenatchee WA., one working around Port Townsend WA., the last one [...]

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Fifth Annual Great Lakes International Cider & Perry Competition Results.

Just got word via Twitter post from Lars at Snowdrift Cider Co. in East Wenatchee WA. that the GLINT CAP (Commercial) results were in. Here are the results from the link he posted. I’ll update if anything turns out to be inaccurate. A lot of great folks got the praise and appreciation they deserve. Special [...]

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Fifth Annual Great Lakes International Cider & Perry Competition ~ The Pro-Am Event for Apple and Pear Fermentations

The following information passed along to me about the Fifth Annual Great Lakes International Cider & Perry Competition. This is the only North American competition with an emphasis on cider and perry only. Even the beer, mead and distillation entries are required to be derived from apple or pear. Nice!     The Great Lakes [...]

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Ivar’s Salmon House 2nd Annual Fall Cider Celebration – Seattle WA – November 12, 2009

Ivar’s Salmon House and the Northwest Cider Society are co-sponsoring the 2nd Annual Fall Cider Celebration. I didn’t make it last year but I sure hope to go this year. They have a terrific line up of ciders this which seems to be expanding to accommodate our growing Northwest cider selection. Here is the event [...]

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My Own 2 Day Cider Adventure

I’ll be micro blogging my own small 2 day cider adventure up to Westcott Bay Orchards on beautiful San Juan Island over on Twitter and the Facebook group. Check the links below to follow. Questions and comments welcome. http://twitter.com/oldtimeydave http://www.facebook.com/pages/Old-Time-Cider/122868715822?ref=nf

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1st annual Artisan Cider Festival ~ Portland Oregon

1st annual Artisan Cider Festival @ Portland Nursery’s Annual Apple Tasting October 10th – 11th and 17th-18th 10am to 5pm Portland Nursery 5050 SE Stark St Portland, OR 97215-1791 (503) 231-5050 Map Link Two weekends of Artisan Cider tasting and heirloom apple fun. Some of the highlights look to be tastings of 20 or so [...]

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Tieton Ciderworks at Yakima Fresh Hops Fest

On October 3rd 2009 go check out one of Washington’s newest cider makers Tieton Ciderworks @ the Fresh Hop Festival in Yakima. I’ll be writing more on Tieton Ciderworks very soon! Until then check their website and blog. Blog: Tieton Cider Works Link: http://tietonciderworks.blogspot.com/2009/09/come-visit-us-tieton-cider-works-will.html

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2nd Annual Great Lakes Cider & Perry Festival – SEPTEMBER 12 & 13, 2009

I got an email and event notification from Mike at Uncle John’s Cider Mill in St. Johns Michigan. They will be holding their 2nd annual Great Lakes Cider & Perry Festival the weekend of September 12th and 13th 2009. Looks like they have a really great even lined up this year. Cider and Perry tastings, [...]

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History of Cider in Washington State. Maybe.

Well it isn’t thought out cohesive time line type history more or a mention in this interesting website on the History of Alcohol in America… Obviously I’m linking to the cider page direct. http://www.2020site.org/drinks/cider.html There doesn’t seem to be any contact information and I have no clue where some of this information is coming from [...]

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Cider Class at Ed’s Apples in Sultan WA. August 22, 2009 10am-2pm

The following is taken from the pdf for which I’ll give a link. Considering the instructor the class should be a very worth while day of cider learning. – – – – – – – – – – – – – - http://snohomish.wsu.edu/ag/workshops/hardcider09.pdf Learn just what goes into a bottle of good hard fruit cider, [...]

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