Celebrate Cider Season and the upcoming Cider Feast via a conversation with cider experts.

This week on Beer Sessions Radio, Jimmy welcomes the legends of the cider world — James Asbel from Ciders of Spain, Peter Mitchell (not British) of Headwater Cider Company and Ronald Sansone from Spoke + Spy Ciderworks, who just so happens to also be the president of the Cider Institute...

In this hour, we are drinking our way through the Midwest starting with hard cider. Our guests introduce us to the multifaceted world of cider making. We will visit with John Behrens, President of the Michigan Cider Association who will provide us with a primer on the Midwestern cider scene...

This week on Beer Sessions Radio, enjoy a conversation recently recorded during Cider Week with Autumn Stoscheck and Ezra Sherman, who are partners in life and at Eve’s Cidery. When Autumn started out in cider, there weren’t many people doing it. She shares memories from the past 21 years since...

For our season finale we’re focusing our attention on what the future holds for cider. We’ll dive into co-ferments, collaborations, and cider culture abroad. We’ll also look to adjacent industries as a model for craft cider and explore how the cider industry can empower its community as it grows. Considering...

In this episode we visited our favorite bars, wine shops, and cider festivals to explore the many ways the industry is reaching out to curious drinkers. We spoke with retailers that are expanding their cider selection, looking closely at the language we use to talk about cider, and examined the...

This week on Hard Core, trek through orchards with us to deepen your knowledge of the impact that farming practices, tourism, policy, and collaboration can have on farms and cidermakers. From foraging for abandoned apples and to explore how growers work with their trees, we’re looking a many methods of...

In this episode, we’re looking at the science behind cider making and apple growing. We start with a chemistry lesson on fermentation and assess how microscopic organisms affect cider’s taste. Then we pay a visit to Cornell University to explore the cutting edge of horticulture, where scientists seeking to increase...

Greenhorns Radio's featured guest this week is John Chester. While elbow deep in a cow assisting a difficult birth, you’d never guess that John spent the first 20 years of his career making documentary films. As the director of such critically-acclaimed films as Lost in Woonsocket (OWN) Rock Prophecies...

Kicking off the final episode of the season, Fuhmentaboudit! is featuring a sit down with craft cider revolutionary Nat West. Starting Reverend Nat’s Hard Cider in his basement in 2011, and known for his unusual American ciders and love of experimentation, Nat shares that he's dedicated to bringing good cider...