480: Holiday Cider Gift Guide 2025 and Playing with Pommeau
00:00 Introduction and Podcast Overview 00:32 French Pronunciation Fun 02:27 Holiday Gift Ideas for 2025 02:59 Cider Chat News and Updates 04:42 Listener Stories and Experiences 07:49 Upcoming UK Cide...
3 Dec 202546min
479: New York Cider Fest | Audio Snapshots
New York Cider Fest 2025 brought together makers and enthusiasts for an unforgettable day at City Winery Manhattan. In this special collection of on-the-floor recordings, Cider Chat® captures Audio Sn...
26 Nov 202551min
478: Pommeau: What Happens When a French Classic Lands on U.S. Labels
What is Pommeau? Pommeau is a: fortified blend of fresh apple must (unfermented) and apple brandy (typically Calvados in Normandy or Lambig in Brittany). The unfermented apple juice and brandy are com...
19 Nov 202551min
477: 2025 Ultimate Cider Pairing Guide for Thanksgiving
Learn how to pick the right Cider and Perry for every dish on the Thanksgiving table. This week we are not chasing brand names. We are building flavor intuition. Consider Thanksgiving not as one singl...
12 Nov 202539min
476: Be Medieval, Rack that Cider| Secondary Fermentation
How to clarify, stabilize, and finish cider the right way The Purpose of Secondary Fermentation when Making Cider Once the apple juice has started fermented and it is now slowing down, it is time to r...
5 Nov 202546min
475: At the UK's National Perry Pear Centre and the Story Behind 99PINES
Perry making has deep roots in Gloucestershire, stretching back to the 17th century when French wine imports were cut off during the Napoleonic Wars. Local farmers turned to their own fruit, and the r...
29 Okt 202543min
474: The Romance of It All | The Temperleys of Somerset Cider & Brandy
At the base of Burrow Hill life moves at the pace of apples and oak. Here, Julian and daughter Matilda Temperley are testment to the value of family for carry a business such as cider and brandy forwa...
22 Okt 20251h 9min
473: Tiny Bubbles | How to Make a Pét Nat Cider
What makes a Pét Nat cider sparkle naturally and how is it connected to the rural method you might have heard about in the UK? In this episode, we take a practical look at: What Pét Nat cider is...
15 Okt 202544min
