CIDERCRAFT Magazine, CIDERCRAFT Volume 6 2016
FIELD TRIP 26 CIDERCRAFTMAG COM Against a backdrop of scenic rolling hills WEED ORCHARDS WINERY welcomes agritourists with U Pick fruit hayrides a corn maze a playground and live music Well get a couple of thousand visitors on an October weekend John Weed notes The ifth generation to work this land he added a winery that released its irst ciders and wines this year A former fruit packing house is now a cozy tasting room presenting Weeds line of HOMEGROWN HARD CIDER made from estate grown Winesap GoldRush and Empire a drier single varietal GoldRush cider versions infused with blueberries and peaches a variety of craft beverages from other New York producers and a menu of pizzas burgers and other crowd pleasing fare HUDSON VALLEY Old friends Devin Britton an avid fermenter brewer and Albert Wilklow a sixth generation apple grower started BAD SEED CIDER CO in 2011 at irst passing out samples in New York City greenmarkets Theyve grown into a production facility in Highland with a spacious main taproom and upstairs bar We make dry cider un iltered with no back sweetening says Britton who draws from old and new cider techniques and craft beer in luences Along with the lagship Dry cider look for their dry hopped IPC India Pale Cider Bourbon Barrel Reserve a raspberry cider with a pound of berries per gallon of cider according to Britton and others Eighty percent of whats on tap is only available here Britton says e g Space Cadet made with Apollo hops Tours are o ered in September and October Despite the name and the familiar bridge on the label BROOKLYN CIDER HOUSE is rooted in Twin Star Orchards in New Paltz with a satellite facility in Bushwick slated to open late this year After 25 years in the wine business Peter Yi had a career changing epiphany in a Basque cidery It wasnt just the cider it was the way it worked with food he says Our aim is to make cider as natural as possible cider that pairs well with food With partner Mikel Martiarena a Basque native and Cider Goddess Lindsey Storm Yi crafts dry European style ciders that do just that A third of the apples he uses are the sweet varieties that draw U Pick crowds in fall and the rest are cider and heirloom apples The tasting room o ers the irst four Bone Dry Still Bone Dry Kinda Dry and the tart citrusy Half Sour The un iltered and wild fermented Raw debuts in October They also sell produce and New York artisanal cheeses wines and spirits as well as burgers and wood ired pizzas New Yorks irst whiskey distillery since Prohibition TUTHILLTOWN SPIRITS DISTILLERY has LEFT PHOTO BY JAY KIM Weve grown apples and grapes for more than 30 years says Doug Glorie of Glorie Farm Winery We dont do events just wine and cider WHERE TO STAY BEAR MOUNTAIN INN Bear Mountain NY kvisitbearmountain com CALDWELL HOUSE BED BREAKFAST Salisbury Mills NY kcaldwellhouse com BUTTERMILK FALLS INN Milton NY kbuttermilkfallsin com
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