Virginia cider, flavored by early America
October 03, 2012
“Artisan cider is an alcove inside a niche.”
- Diane Flynt, heritage cidermaker
If you watched us blend the different breeds of apples, fiddle with the hydrometer, take temperatures, add the nutrient, the yeast, and bit by bit, the sugar, you would understand the difference between conglomerate cider and farm-made artisan cider. Click on the washingtonpost.com link above for the full story about good cider, and hard cider's rebirth in America.
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