In today’s episode I chat with Ben of Ploughman’s Cider. We dig into 10 years of cidermaking on the family’s 7th generation farm. We talk about making slow cider with wild yeast, using a degree in agriculture ecology to grow cider specific varieties using sustainable practice, the annual reset button, being innovative while paying homage to cider’s roots, farmer’s markets, and who the most important people in a cidery are.

In today’s episode I meet up with Abram, former owner of Cider Riot in Portland, Oregon, and current head cider maker for Alde Sider in Norway. We caught up while at the American Cider Association’s Cider Con in Providence, Rhode Island. We chat about his journey from making cider with a cheese grater in his dorm room to becoming an award winning cider maker, how he uses his creative writing degree, government shut downs mucking things up, cider: the red-headed step child, right sizing a business, and the differences between US and Norwegian cider. I lost my voice while at Cider Con, so enjoy my hoarse, raspy, barely there voice for most of this episode!

In today’s episode I chat with Adam, owner and founder of Offset Ciderworks in Edmonds, Washington. We talk about creating sessionable modern ciders with a pear apple blend, building momentum by raising capital, the advantages of using culinary apples and pears, creating consistency in agricultural products, the importance of market research and a business plan, keg washing debacles, and how can size really does matter.