514: Doing More With Lees | Ryan Monkman
Lees are more than sediment at the bottom of a tank. Recorded at CiderCon 2026 in Providence, Rhode Island, cidermaker and fermentation cons...
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513: Still Cider, Single Apples and Time | Sowams, Rhode Island
What happens when a cidermaker decides to do less and give cider more time? Spencer Morris of Sowams Cider Works in Warren, Rhode Island, ma...
512: Plant the Damn Apple Tree | Special Edition
Cider Chat MC Ria Windcaller reads her August eCiderNews editorial, Plant the Damn Apple Tree, reflecting on entrepreneurship, uncertainty,...
511: Hungarian Cider Comes of Age | Bright Cider
Hungary may not have a centuries-old cider tradition like England or France, but that is exactly what makes its modern cider movement so exc...
510: From Barrels to the Pub | The People's Cider Co., Michigan
Most cider makers dream of expanding their barrel program. Jason Lummen did the opposite. In Episode 510, Ria Windcaller visits The People's...
509: Mr. Plūme | In the Heart of Latvia's Fine Cider
Episode 509 takes us to the heart of Latvia to meet Dace and Māris Plūme, the husband-and-wife team behind Mr. Plūme, an award-winning orcha...
508: The American Cider Association Responds to Questions About CiderCon 2027
The announcement that CiderCon 2027 will be co-located with the Craft Brewers Conference sparked one of the most active online discussions t...
507: Expand Your Universe | Woodfolk Cider, Ontario Canada
Sometimes all it takes is one sip. It happened to the founders of Woodfolk Cider, Martha Lowry and Alistair Whitehead, and it can happen to...
506: Richard Yi on Craft, Family, and the Future of Brooklyn Cider House
Richard Yi of Brooklyn Cider House isn't interested in making cider that appeals to everyone. He's interested in making cider with personali...
505: Cider Senseis: Discipline, Craft, and the Cost
There is a question that keeps coming up in cider, small business, and independent media: Is this sustainable? In this episode, Ria sits dow...
504: Why Breweries Are Making Cider (and What It Means)
What happens when breweries start making cider… not because they have to, but because they want to keep drinking beer? That question kicks o...
503: Audio Snapshots from the UK Blossom Time Tour | What Is Proper Cider?
Episode 503 takes you through England and Wales with audio snapshots from the UK Blossom Time Totally Cider Tour while exploring one big que...
502: Hungary Uncorked / Cider Going UP
Travel with Cider Chat to Hungary for audio snapshots from the country's first Cider Salon, featuring makers from across Central and Eastern...
501: How to Taste Cider
Welcome to Season 11 of Cider Chat. After 500 episodes exploring how cider is made, Episode 501 brings it back to the glass— how to taste ci...
How Cider Is Made | Lessons from 500 Episodes of Cider Chat
In this milestone Episode 500, we return to a simple question that has come up again and again over the past ten seasons of Cider Chat: How...
499: The Omnia Era of Cider | Pommes in Art Revisited
Episode 499 of Cider Chat looks at the "Omnia Era of Cider" - a time when everything is happening at once in modern cider, from traditional...
498: Heeman's Cellar | Somewhere Cider from Ontario
In this episode of Cider Chat, we visit Heeman Cellars in Ontario, where a multi-generational strawberry farm expanded into cider and mead p...
497:Beginner Cider Makers Q&A | Advice from Professional Cider Makers (Archive)
This archival episode of Cider Chat brings together five experienced cider makers answering real-world questions from beginners at CiderCon...
496: Liberty Ciderworks | Spokane, WA
Liberty Ciderwork s in Spokane, Washington is an urban cidery focused on traditional methods. While located in the city, their cider reflect...
495: Cider Barrels Speak | Bâtonnage & Barrel Aging
In this archive episode of Cider Chat , we go in a barrel cellar in Prince Edward County, Ontario , with Ryan Monkman of FieldBird Cider and...