144: New England Cider Tour & Dinner | November 1, 2018

New England is comprised of 6 states, Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Connecticut and is home to some of the United States' oldest commercial cideries. In what is known as western Massachusetts, the annual cider fest known as Franklin County CiderDays, takes place on the first weekend of November each year. This year is the 24th annual and takes place on November 2-4, 2018.

Cider Barrels outside at Farnum Hill, New Hampshire[/caption]

To kick off CiderDays and welcome so many travelers from around the globe, I am offering a cider tour to New Hampshire and Vermont on November 1st. Cuz - why not share my passion of all the amazing cider options in this region.

This episode details the tour with stops at:

• Farnum Hill
• Eden Specialty Cider
• Stowe Cider
• Fable Farm Fermentory will offer a tour of their cider cave and host a Cider Dinner with Teddy Weber of Tin Hat Cider.

Sign up for the New England Cider Tour and Cider Dinner

Contact ria@ciderchat.com for more info.

Go to New England Cider Tour for even more info of the cidermakers we will be visiting.

Mentions in this Chat

• E.J Scott Orchard has apples for sale macs, cortlands, macoun, spencers, red and golden del, galas, honey crisps, jonagolds, fujis, empires, spys, mutsus, cameos, and greenings. Contact Colin Scott about the apples and for anyone interested in cold storage or just space. He has 19000 square ft in one room and 9000 square ft in the other that he will rent to one business not multiple.
  • Colin will be teaching grafting at CiderDays on Sunday November 4th.
• Listen to Cat Fleming episode 142 SoCal Irreverence at Ironbark | California

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1. Kurant Cider - Pennsylvania : listen to Joe Getz on episode 14
2. Big Apple Hard Cider - NYC : listen to Danielle von Scheiner on episode 35
   
3. Oliver's Cider and Perry - Herefordshire/UK ; listen to Tom Oliver on episode 29
4. Santa Cruz Cider Company - California : listen to Nicole Todd on episode 60
5. The Cider Project aka EthicCider- California
6. Albermale CiderWorks : listen to Chuck Shelton on episode 56
7. Cider Summit : listen to Alan Shapiro founder of this cider fest on episode 75.
8. Ramborn Cider Co. Luxembourg.
9. Big Fish Cider Co. Virginia
10. Tanuki Cider Co. Santa Cruz California episode 103
11. Ross on Wye Cider and Perry, UK
12. Process and Analytical NMR Services - John Edwards provides analytics of cider - stay tuned for his Chemical Fingerprints workshop coming up on Cider Chat
13. Ironbark Ciderworks, Claremont, California

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