Mark your calendars, cider lovers — Cider Summit Seattle is turning 15, and the Emerald City’s favorite fizzy celebration is bringing its biggest party yet to the Lawn at Discovery Center. On September 11 and 12, 2026, more than 40 cidermakers will pour upwards of 125 different ciders, meads, cider cocktails, and fruit spirits for […]
There’s something almost unfair about how good cider gets when you grow it 6,130 feet up a Colorado mountainside — but that’s exactly the advantage Snow Capped Cider has been working with, and their two newest releases prove it. The women-owned, GLINTCAP-decorated cidery out of Cedaredge, Colorado just added Spiced Cider and Blueberry Lemondrop to […]
(New York, NY) Three decades ago, hard cider was such a mystery in New York City that bartenders needed a crash course before they’d even pour it. Fast forward to today, and Original Sin Cider — one of the true trailblazers of America’s modern cider movement — is marking its 30th anniversary the best way […]
Portland, Oregon – Two adorable new red pandas just moved into the Oregon Zoo, and Portland Cider Co. is throwing them a can-shaped welcome party. The Clackamas-based cidery has released a limited-edition version of its popular Pacific Berry cider, dressed up in playful red panda artwork, as part of its fourth summer fundraising partnership with […]
The Great Lakes International Cider and Perry Competition celebrates two decades of raising the bar for craft cider — here are all the medal winners. The cider world turned its eyes to Grand Rapids, Michigan in May 2026 for a milestone edition of one of craft beverage’s most prestigious events. The 20th Annual Great Lakes […]
Somewhere between the farm and the grocery shelf, perfectly good fruit disappears. It gets left behind because it’s the wrong size, the wrong color, or simply arrived in quantities too large for the market to absorb. For years, those berries would have rotted in a field or ended up in a landfill. But at Velum […]
Blake’s Hard Cider Makes Summer Fun a “Shore Thing” with Exclusive Michigan Launch(June 23) – Now that summer has officially arrived, Blake’s Hard Cider is inviting fans to dive into the season and “find their shore” with an exclusive preview only available in Michigan. Today, the fruit-forward craft beverage innovator announces the statewide introduction of […]
The Brewers Association (BA) and the American Cider Association (ACA) have announced that CiderCon® and the Craft Brewers Conference® & BrewExpo America® (CBC®) will co-locate in San Antonio, Texas, from April 5–7, 2027. The partnership brings together two of the most important annual gatherings for independent beverage alcohol producers in the United States. What the […]
Johnny Appleseed, the legendary figure who roamed the American frontier planting apple trees, is one of the most enduring folk heroes in U.S. history. Far from a mere myth, the real Johnny Appleseed—born John Chapman on September 26, 1774, in Leominster, Massachusetts—was a quirky, kind-hearted pioneer whose love for apples and nature left a lasting […]
STEVENS POINT, Wisconsin – Ciderboys Hard Cider, the award-winning brand celebrated for its inventive fruit-forward ciders, is stepping into the fast-growing non-alcoholic category with the debut of Strawberry Magic NA and Zen Berry NA (a vibrant boysenberry blend). These aren’t your typical alcohol-free ciders. Using cutting-edge BrewVo technology—widely regarded as the gold standard for crafting […]
