WASSAIL 2015
January 5th – January 17th, 2015
We encourage you to Wassail, honor the orchard and celebrate the apple.
Wassail in the orchard, at your favorite cider-serving establishment, or where ever Twelfth Night week finds you.
Join us and raise a glass of cider – toast the apple & the orchard.
WASSAIL 2015
Highlights from
WASSAIL 2014
January 5th – January 17th, 2014*
UNITED STATES:
CA: Tilted Shed Ciderworks Orchard Wassail on Old Twelfth Night January 17, 2014 www.tiltedshed.com
MO: Wassailing the Apple Trees and Dinner at Powell Gardens – January 18, 2014. www.powellgardens.org/wassailing
NY: Redbyrd Orchard Cider – January 17, 2014. redbyrdorchardcider.com
NY: Wassail daily at The Drink with their Wassail cup or bowl thedrinkbrooklyn.com
OR: Finn River Cidery Winter Wassail – January 18, 2014. www.finnriver.com
VT: Champlain Orchards – January 18, 2014. www.champlainorchards.com
CANADA:
BC: Sea Cider Winter Wassail Celebration – January 19, 2014 seacider.ca
OUR WASSAIL POSTS:
A Call To Wassail. January 5th – 17th, 2014.
Come All Ye Cider Drinkers and Join In The Wassail!
A Bit About Wassailing From the National Association of Cider Makers
IT BEGINS. 13 Days Of Wassailing 2014
The Pagan Rite WASSAIL! Brown, Bradshaw and World’s Best Ciders.
Wassail Day 1. Fortifying with Pear Brandy. Olmsted’s Sidecar Cocktail.
Wassail Traditions: The 5 Key Elements.
Old Apple Tree, We’ll WASSAIL Thee!
WASSAIL RESOURCES & LINKS: LEARN MORE ABOUT ORCHARD WASSAILING:
Wassailing Through History from the Colonial Williamsburg Journal, USA
About Wassailing from the National Association of Cider Makers, United Kingdom
Cider: It’s Time for Wassail by Maria Kennedy of Cider With Maria for Twice Cooked
Wassail: An Unexpected Revival by Maria Kennedy of Cider With Maria
Wassail: Some Historical Reports and their Contexts by Maria Kennedy of Cider With Maria
Wassail Story From The Radio Program – Living on Earth via the blog Cider With Maria
The Foodie Bugle Talks Wassail: Here’s To Thee Old Apple Tree
A SELECTION OF WASSAIL RECIPES:
Lambswool (Wassail) Recipe (with history notes) for a modern kitchen from RecipeWise recipewise.co.uk
Traditional Lambswool Recipes from early sources collected by RecipeWise recipewise.co.uk
Holiday drinks: Here we come a-wassailing at American Food Roots with a recipe and video from Alton Brown (with eggs, ale and Madeira)
How To Make PDTs Winter Wassail with Hudson Valley Cider from Breezy Hill Orchard via Serious Eats
From PUNCH Drink: A Recipe For Wassail: punchdrink.com
The Churchill’s Jenn Dowds shared this Wassail recipe with Rosie Schaap for The New York Times.
*The month of January 2014 was dedicated to Wassail at United States of Cider.
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