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Cider Is The New Beer (Almost)
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Author: UnitedStatesofCider
Cider52: Farnum Hill, Original Sin, True Believer, Bellwether, Eve’s Cidery & Christian Drouin
Cider52: A Cider A Week. The plan: 52 weeks, 52 cider tastings, pairings and postings.
The 2013 ciders so far:
True Believer Peconic Bay Winery
Legacy Bellwether Hard Cider
Christian Drouin Poire Pear Cider
Tasting notes and pairings to follow.
Old apple tree, we’ll wassail thee !
Let The Wassailing Begin.
Traditionally wassailing the orchard occurs on Twelfth Night Eve, observed according to the “new” calendar of 1752, on January 5th. Celebrants following the “old” calendar will wassail on January 17th.
We at United States of Cider have decided to wassail from now through January 17th. Embracing both the Old and New. Being urban wassailers, we may just salute the old trees at our favorite local cider establishment.
The Churchill’s Jenn Dowds shared this wassail recipe with Rosie Schaap of The New York Times. Read the article, quoted below, for a little wassail history and additional wassail mixology suggestions.
“Therein lies the beauty of wassail: more than just another nice-tasting drink, it’s part of a long (if largely forgotten) tradition of celebrating the life that winter can seem determined to snuff out. It’s a fragrant, warming concoction mixed in bulk and set out for sharing…”
Wassailing We Shall Go !
Seared Halibut, Mussels, Slow Cooked Onions & Normandy Cider
Matt Wright of Wrightfood creates a Northwest version of the classic Normandy cider and fish stew using halibut.
Watch the video for a prep to plating view of creating the dish, meet Matt’s dear friend, Normandy Cider, and then visit the Wrightfood blog for recipe details. Enjoy the lovely photos (courtesy of Matt himself), and explore the site for other recipes that would pair extremely well with cider, the seafood and home cured charcuterie sections are good places to start.
Pomological Art: Rhode Island Greening 1916
United States of Cider is featuring images from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Pomological Watercolor Collection.
Beautiful images, and interesting details regarding variety, location collected, and artist who created. More images posted on tumblr.
Attribution: “U.S. Department of Agriculture Pomological Watercolor Collection. Rare and Special Collections, National Agricultural Library, Beltsville, MD 20705”
Malus domestica: Rhode Island Greening
- Artist: Steadman, Royal Charles, b. 1875
- Scientific name: Malus domestica
- Common name: apples
- Variety: Rhode Island Greening
- Physical description: 1 art original : col. ; 17 x 25 cm.
- Specimen: 88085
- Year: 1916
- Notes on original: Apple purchased in market
- Date created: 1916-03-30
CIder52: A Cider A Week
Part of our 2013 Year of Cider campaign here at United States of Cider is
Cider52, or A Cider A Week.
One new cider featured each week. Tasting, profile, or pairing.
Cider52.
A Cider A Week.
Daily Cider, or Cider365
2013 Declared The Year of Cider !
United States of Cider Declares 2013 The Year of Cider !
Our Goals for 2013:
Drink More Cider.
Endeavour to Spread the Word of Cider.
Do our part to Explore, Evangelize, Advocate, Educate, and Imbibe – All in the Name of CIder.
What ciders should we be drinking in 2013 ?
With 364 days of this New Year still ahead – what ciders should we be drinking in 2013 ?
Favorite ciders of 2012 ?
Just a few of the ciders we liked in 2012:
- Bad Seed Cider Company’s ciders with beer inspired profiles – (sampled at The New Amsterdam Market Hard Cider Revival).
- West County’s Belle de Boskoop – a bright, tart, cider featuring its namesake – an heirloom Dutch apple.
- Breezy Hill Orchard’s Hudson Valley Farmhouse Cider – THE perfect candidate for Breakfast Cider, fresh, unfiltered and lively.
United States of Cider wants to know what your cider discoveries were in 2012 ?
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