Stewed apples with a caramel glaze hit the nose immediately bringing forth a freshly baked apple crumble and a sprinkling of Demerara sugar. There’s a vibrant, sweet-acidic balance on the palate, oozing with more of those freshly baked apple crumble notes. A little lime zest and lemon rind …
Ice cider is a niche dessert wine coming into its own. Also known as apple ice wine or ice apple wine, ice cider is sweeter and more alcoholic than hard cider. The pressed apple juice for ice cider is left in the natural cold for several months to force watery …
Geography of the Upper Midwest, 101: The glorious state of Michigan is made up of two peninsulas. The big one—the lower half of the state—is what folks around here call the Mitten. If you put that mitten on your left hand, just around the base of your pinky finger would …
Once disregarded as a sweet, amateur alternative to beer, the recent hard cider movement has emerged as a serious craft niche. To prove this point, look no further than Mendocino County, CA where desperate searches and frenzied requests for the super local Boonville Cider House Bite Hard Cider can be heard …