Apfelbox Cidre Bouché 2022 Brut
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by ciderexplorer
1w ago
I’m happy to see that more and more cider is being made also in regions that are rather associated with wine making. Today’s cidermakers Apfelbox are based in the Pfalz in the south of Germany, an area famous for Riesling or Grauer Burgunder but not apple wine or cider. However, since Lisa and Timo both like drinking cider and Timo grew up in a meadow orchard area, the idea was born to set up Apfelbox and make own cider. The fruit for their cider comes from around Landau in the southern Pfalz. As for apple varieties, they grown mainly Jonagold, Pinova, Rubinette, Boskoop und Elstar. Cider that ..read more
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Cydr Radosny Atak Jabłuszek 2022, Zielone Jabłuszka 2022, Kamieniaki sur Lie 2022, ej, Młody 2023 (four reviews)
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by ciderexplorer
1M ago
Although Radek and Mikołaj from the Polish Cydr Radosny have been making cider for several years now (And, I was one of the lucky ones who were able to drink them -see my recap here) and their ciders were awarded in several local amateur cider competitions, they officially kicked off only in 2023. After years of preparations, numerous cider trials using different apple varieties, various blends, yeast strains and aging time, they released their first ciders, which then again also got medals in professional competitions such as International Natural Cider Awards in Madeira 2023 or Nordic Intern ..read more
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Where to drink/buy cider in Vienna?
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by ciderexplorer
1M ago
I love coming back to Vienna. It’s one of those European cities that I enjoy visiting every now and then and see how they evolved and how the cider scene changed. Since my last trip to Vienna was in 2017, a number of cider spots closed down and new cider-friendly bars or pubs opened, Brexit turned the availability of English cider upside down, so I recon it makes sense to post a new list of cider spots in Vienna. Despite the fact that Austria has one of the most famous perry pear regions in the world, Mostviertel, I haven’t come across a single Birnenmost (perry) offering in Vienna. There was ..read more
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CiderCon 2024, Portland, OR – Visit recap
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by ciderexplorer
2M ago
CiderCon 2024 I’ve been dreaming of attending CiderCon since 2017 so basically from the moment I heard about this largest cider conference in the world for the first time. Back then, I remember looking at pictures posted in social media by fellow cider lovers, cider makers or cider writers and feeling excitement but also some jealousy about this wonderful cider experience. Lord, how I wanted to be part of it! But since my focus has always been on European cider and I knew only little about cider made in the US and overall about the North American cider scene, I never even considered attending ..read more
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Zarathustra Zidre 2019 & 2021 (two reviews)
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by ciderexplorer
2M ago
Happy New Year! And, welcome to my first blog post of 2024, which will cover a review of two different vintages of cider made by a German producer, Zarathustra Wein based in Saxony-Anhalt. If you are familiar with cider regions in Germany you will immediately notice that it is not a typical Apfelwein region of Germany in contrast to Hessen, Trier, Saarland, Baden-Württemberg or even Bavaria. Zarathustra Wein is made up by Jakob Kulosa, who makes not only cidre but also wines from grapes using similar methods for both beverages. Due to the fact that there are apparently many abandoned meadow or ..read more
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Abuls Naturalists Pet-Nat 2022 & Kerr Brut 2022 (two reviews)
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by ciderexplorer
5M ago
I you thought that I’ll let you take a break from Latvian cider, let me tell you that you were completely wrong! My memories from my trip to Latvia are still fresh (here is the recap if you missed it) so let me present to you a cider maker who I unfortunately was not able to visit as he is based the North Vidzeme region (North-Eastern Latvia), while we were visiting the Western part. The cider-maker I’m referring to is Janis Matvejs at Abuls. Although officially Abuls was set up in 2018, Janis has been making cider for his own use since 2000 after he caught the cider bug. In his orchard, which ..read more
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Obstbau Ciampa Mucksch’ter Gold: Croncel, Trierer Weinapfel, Boskoop 2022
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by ciderexplorer
6M ago
Croncel, Boskoop and Trier Weinapfel are old apple varieties quite often used to make single-varietals ciders in Germany. These apple varieties were also used by Obstbau Ciampa from Florstadt, Hessen made up by Angelo and Martin for their ciders. I thought it would be interesting to directly compare three different ciders made by the same cider makers, hence this post. Below you will find an overview of three ciders that I’m going to review today. Name Vintage Description ABV Croncel 2022 2022 SV Cider from Croncel 6.5% Boskoop 2022 2022 SV Cider from Boskoop 6.5% Trierer Weinapfel 20 ..read more
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Where to drink/buy cider in Riga?
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by ciderexplorer
6M ago
Riga with its historic center belonging to the UNESCO World Heritage List and not being overcrowded with tourists is a hidden gem on the map of Europe. It is a gem also because it is loaded with restaurants/bars/shops offering local Latvian cider, which is usually made using dessert apple varieties resembling a semi-sweet white wine full of fruity aromas. But how to search for cider in Riga? When going through a menu at a food establishment of your interest, look for the local word for cider, which is “sidrs” in Latvian. Younger generation that usually works over the counter speaks good Engli ..read more
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Nordic International Cider Awards (NICA), Riga’23- visit recap
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by ciderexplorer
7M ago
An average cider drinker will most probably not associate Latvia with cider or cider making as the cider culture begun to develop in this Baltic country only around 25 years ago after the dissolution of the Sowiet Union. I know that it will come as a surprise to you that Latvia, a Baltic country with a population of roughly 2 million people has 14 registered cider makers. Now, you will be even more surprised to learn that there is a Latvian Cider Route, which was created to promote locally made cider, help to better understand how cider is produced and that cider making is actually an art. To ..read more
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Abaliget Garden Projects 2022-5 ciders and 1 perry
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by ciderexplorer
7M ago
Since the cider world is dominated by men, every time I have an opportunity to sample a cider or perry crafted by a woman, I feel really happy and very proud. I can’t stress enough that there are too little women who make cider. But thanks to cidermakers like Ancha Gergely at Abaliget Garden Projects there is a ray of hope! Ancha is based in Hungary and experiments with local apple and pear varieties that are typical for her region or grow on the roadside but also with cider apple varieties from other regions as Ancha has a tree nursery with cider apple varieties coming from the UK, France, Au ..read more
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