Beer Judge Certification Program (BJCP)
Publishes style guidelines and descriptions for cider and perry.
The Cider Digest
A free, informative, and well-run online forum created in 1991, with contributions from both amateur and commercial cidermakers. As of 2013, nearly 1,800 issues of the Digest had been published to the online mailing list, and back issues are accessible in the Archives section. Email issues are sent out whenever there is sufficient news, sometimes once or twice a week. An invaluable source of information, and a great forum for asking questions about anything related to cider.
Cider Guide
A world guide to cider, perry, and related drinks.
Cider Monger
A Canadian cider blog with tasting and product reviews.
The Cider Workshop
The Web resource for the Google group community of craft cider-and perrymakers and enthusiasts; primarily composed of British contributors.
IAMCIDER
An interesting and well-illustrated blog maintained by Somerset photographer and cider fanatic Bill Bradshaw.
Lost Meadow Orchard and Cider Mill
Terry Bradshaw is a serious amateur cidermaker with an impressive home setup. His website and blog are well worth checking out, especially for anyone looking to scale up their own cider operation.
Of Apples and Cider (Des pommes et du cidre)
www.cjoliprsf.awardspace.biz
An informative blog maintained by master Quebec cidermaker Claude Jolicoeur.
Old Scrump’s Cider House
An amalgamation of two former British cider websites; offers general information on cider and perry history and cidermaking, plus lists of producers in the UK.
Old Time Cider
A great blog maintained by Dave White of White-wood Cider, featuring news posts and extensive producer links.
The UK Cider Page
Lots of articles on cider and perry, plus an online discussion forum for subscribers; a guide to cider pubs, festivals, and events; and information on cider and perry producers in the UK, Europe, and around the world.
The Wittenham Hill Cider Portal
The most thorough and useful website for small-scale cidermakers. Dr. Andrew Lea is an enthusiastic hobbyist who has a background in food science, and he contributes much in-depth and relevant information on every aspect of cidermaking.
The Winemaking Home Page
http://winemaking.jackkeller.net
Lots of good information on home winemaking, updated regularly. The page “Strains of Wine Yeast” briefly describes the characteristics of many commercially available yeasts.
Correll Cider Presses
24791 Warthen Road
Elmira, OR 97437
541-935-3825
Handmade wooden cider presses in several sizes and models; write or call for price list or check online.
Happy Valley Ranch
16577 West 327th Street
Paola, KS 66071
913-849-3103
Wood and cast-iron cider and wine presses in a variety of styles, from the Pioneer Jr. and Harvester (single-tub) to the double-tub American Harvester; also carries grinders, press bags, and other accessories.
Lehman’s
Mailing address: 289 Kurzen Road N.,
Dalton, OH 44618
Store address: 4779 Kidron Road,
Kidron, OH 44636
888-438-5346
Carries cidermaking equipment, plus a whole line of nonelectric appliances and tools.
Orchard Equipment Supply Co. (OESCO)
P.O. Box 540
Conway, MA 01341
413-369-4335; 800-634-5557 (toll-free)
Supplier of hand tools, equipment, and orchard supplies.
Peach Ridge Orchard Supply, Inc.
8405 Fruit Ridge Avenue
Sparta, MI 49345
800-452-6748 (toll-free)
The Phoenix Foundry
Box 68-L
Marcus, WA 99151
509-684-5434
Sturdy, custom-made, single- and double-tub hand-screw presses that come with a five-year warranty.
Vigo, Ltd.
Dunkeswell Airfield
Honiton, Devon EX14 4LF
England
01404-890-262
Cider Australia
Cider Ireland
A group of Irish craft cider producers dedicated to real cider; attractive and informative website.
Cidre du Quebec/Les Cidriculteurs artisans du Quebec (CAQ)
Great Lakes Cider and Perry Association
Hudson Valley Cider Alliance
Northwest Cider Association (NWCA)
Ontario Craft Cider Association (OCCA)
Rocky Mountain Cider Association (RMCA)
Sidra de Asturias
South West of England Cidermakers’ Association (SWECA)
The Three Counties Cider and Perry Association (TCCPA)
www.thethreecountiesciderandperryassociation.co.uk
Vermont Ice Cider Association
The Welsh Cider and Perry Society
Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA)
230 Hatfield Road
St. Albans, Herts AL1 4LW
England
44-01-727-86-7201
CAMRA operates a subgroup called the Apple and Pear Produce Liaison Executive (APPLE). APPLE publishes the Good Cider Guide, which lists pubs in Britain where real cider and perry are available. Its website provides links to many other cider sites, containing much good information on traditional cidermaking and the names and addresses/locations of producers.
Home Orchard Society
P.O. Box 230192
Tigard, OR 97281
A nonprofit educational organization whose members can participate in scionwood and rootstock exchanges; the society publishes its newsletter, Pome News, four times a year.
New York State Fruit Testing Cooperative Association
P.O. Box 462
Geneva, NY 14456
315-787-2205
A fruit-testing organization founded in 1918 as a nonprofit cooperative fruit nursery.
North American Fruit Explorers (NAFEX)
NAFEX is a network of more than 3,000 members throughout the United States and Canada devoted to the discovery, cultivation, and appreciation of superior varieties of fruits and nuts. Members receive the quarterly journal Pomona and can access many old pomological books and other materials from the organization’s library.
Seed Savers Exchange
3076 Winn Road
Decorah, IA 52101
563-382-5990
Seed Savers Exchange is a grassroots organization of more than 8,000 gardeners dedicated to preserving our common plant heritage by growing and sharing heirloom varieties. In addition to growing out vegetables at its Heritage Farm headquarters, SSE also planted its Historic Orchard in 1989, which includes more than 700 different kinds of apples, most of them from nineteenth-century Europe and America. Membership includes an annual Yearbook, where members can find scionwood for numerous apple varieties along with heirloom vegetable seeds.
Slow Food USA
68 Summer Street, 2B
Brooklyn, NY 11231
718-260-8000
The national office for the international Slow Food movement, an organization with more than 80,000 members whose mission is to promote food diversity and local food traditions worldwide. Slow Food’s International Ark of Taste has recognized traditional cider producers in the Basque regions, and perrymakers in England’s West Country. Slow Food USA promotes artisanal American cider and heritage apples and pears.
A note on hard cider and perry producers: Because of differing state alcohol and tax laws, it is currently difficult for many cidermakers to sell hard cider direct to retail consumers by courier delivery. Also, most artisanal hard-cider wineries are small in size and rely on local and regional sales. Your best bet is to locate a cidery in your area that sells retail, or to inquire at your local liquor outlet or beer store whether it can find and carry a selection of good-quality regional hard ciders. Some of the resources included under the “Websites and Blogs” section above offer information and lists of cideries throughout the U.S. and in Europe.
Cider Supply
Keeving kits, containing pectolytic enzyme and other chemicals for making a naturally sweet “keeved” cider.
Day Equipment Corporation
1402 E. Monroe Street
Goshen, IN 46528
(574) 534-3491
Press cloths and supplies, grinder parts, pumps, tanks, labels, caps, chemicals, etc.; website also features a used-equipment bulletin board.
The Home Brewery
P.O. Box 730
Ozark, MO 65721
800-321-2739
E.C. Kraus
P.O. Box 7850
Independence, MO 64054
800-353-1906 (toll-free)
Midwest Homebrewing and Winemaking Supplies
3440 Belt Line Boulevard
Minneapolis, MN 55416
952-925-9835; 888-449-2739 (toll-free)
NorthWest Cider Supply
Monmouth, OR 97361
(503) 877-3171
White Labs, Inc.
888-5-YEAST-5 (toll-free)
Wyeast Laboratories
P.O. Box 146
Odell, OR 97044
541-354-1335
Wood’s Cider Mill
1482 Weathersfield Center Road
Springfield, VT 05016
802-263-5547
A family farm that has been making boiled cider
and cider jelly since 1882.
CiderDays
Franklin County, Massachusetts
Annual, always the first weekend in November
Founded in 1994, CiderDays has grown into the largest festival of its kind in the U.S. It takes place in many orchards and other venues around Franklin County in western Massachusetts, which is a historic apple-growing and cider-producing region dotted with farms and scenic hill towns. Features lots of workshops, speakers, orchard and cider mill tours, and apple and cider tastings; many family activities as well.
Great Lakes International Cider and Perry Competition (GLINTCAP)
Sponsored by the Great Lakes Cider and Perry Association www.greatlakescider.com
GLINTCAP is one of the largest and most serious competitions devoted to cider and perry, with judging of both commercial and noncommercial entries in various categories/styles. Judges undergo training, and the event is sanctioned by the Beer Judge Certification Program (BJCP). For amateur cidermakers it can be very instructive to get comments on your own ciders from such an event.
Royal Bath & West Show
An agricultural fair held every spring in Shepton Mallet, Somerset, by the Royal Bath and West of England Society. Among the features is the largest cider competition in the UK, and it is beginning to accept international entries. This fair has been held since 1852.
Adams County Nursery
P.O. Box 108, 26 Nursery Road
Aspers, PA 17304
717-677-8105
Established in 1905; website offers good apple-growing information.
Bay Laurel Nursery
2500 El Camino Real
Atascadero, CA 93422
805-466-3406
Big Horse Creek Farm
P.O. Box 70
Lansing, NC 28643
Large selection of apples, with a focus on those varieties that originated or grow well in the southern Appalachian region.
Boyer Nurseries & Orchard
405 Boyer Nursery Road
Biglerville, PA 17307
717-677-8558
Cloud Mountain Farm
6906 Goodwin Road
Everson, WA 98247
360-966-5859
Cummins Nursery
18 Glass Factory Bay
Geneva, NY 14456
865-681-8423; 607-227-6147
Offers one of the best selections of bareroot
cider-apple varieties, and one of the few sources
for European perry pears.
Edible Forest Nursery
653 S. Segoe Road, Apt. 4
Madison, WI 53711
608-663-0840
www.edibleforestnursery.com
Fedco Trees
P.O. Box 520
Waterville, ME 04903
207-873-7333
Good selection of rare and classic Maine apples,
as well as other varieties.
Greenmantle Nursery
3010 Ettersburg Road
Garberville, CA 95542
707-986-7504
Lawson’s Nursery
2730 Yellow Creek Road
Ball Ground, GA 30107
770-893-2141
A selection of old and new apples, specializing in varieties for the Southern U.S.
Henry Leuthardt Nurseries Inc.
Montauk Highway, Box 666
East Moriches, Long Island, NY 11940
631-878-1387
www.henryleuthardtnurseries.com
Specializes in espalier-trained fruit trees, but also offers other dwarf and semidwarf trees.
Miller Nurseries
5060 West Lake Road
Canandaigua, NY 14424-8904
800-836-9630
One Green World
28696 South Cramer Road
Molalla, OR 97038-8576
503-651-3005; 877-353-4028 (toll-free)
Raintree Nursery
391 Butts Road
Morton, WA 98356
360-496-6400
St. Lawrence Nurseries
325 State Highway 345
Potsdam, NY 13676
315-265-6739
A good selection of organically grown, cold-hardy apples for Northern climates, grafted on standard Antonovka rootstock; including some good old cider varieties like Ashmead’s Kernel, Bullock, and several russets.
Trees of Antiquity
20 Wellsona Road
Paso Robles, CA 93446
805-467-9907
Vintage Virginia Apples
P.O. Box 210
North Garden, VA 22959
434-295-5382
Offers an excellent variety of heritage apple varieties, including many old Southern varieties and ones that are good for cidermaking (Harrison, Hewes Crab, etc.). Also sells gift boxes of apples, apple rootstocks, and scionwood for grafting.
