Toronto Cider Festival 2019 Recap
The 5th edition of the Toronto Cider Festival brought with it a few lovely days to sample over 30 cideries from across Ontario, Canada and France! We were lucky enough to start the weekend off early at Her Fathers Cider Bar, joined by Niagara, Duntroon and returning, Duxbury Cider for a meet the maker and […]
RECAP: Simcoe U of Guelph Apple and Cider Research (Aug 26 2018)
Being a part of the OCCA, we were lucky enough to learn about the research that the University of Guelph is doing to more efficiently grow and harvest apples for cider production. So after a weekend of cider (Our event with Duxbury at Cider House in Toronto and the Toronto Cider Festival) we took the […]
Toronto Cider Festival 2018 Recap
We had an amazing time over two days at this year’s Toronto Cider Festival. You can catch the photos and the Podcast here. Below are a few highlights as we head off to Spain and Portugal for a bit of cider out that way. Thanks once again to Shalini, Chris, The Event Professor, and all […]
Winter Brewfest Ottawa 2018 – Podcast
Thanks to the amazing team at BrewFest Ottawa, we were able to sample some very unique ciders alongside hundreds of beers. Check out the interview with founder and manager Michael. Please enjoy our podcast, which you can subscribe to here: Have a listen below Download episode | Play in new window |
Toronto Cider Festival 2017 Recap
Full photo gallery here! The leadup to the 2017 Toronto Cider Festival was huge – 12 more cideries promised, a new venue, new entertainment and even new awards… and to top it off, it was a celebration for Canada’s 150th Birthday! The organizers for the Festival not only lived up to the hype, they exceeded […]
Event Review: County Cider Brewmasters Dinner at Craft Ottawa
About every month, Craft Ottawa hosts a special ‘Brewmasters dinner’ to celebrate pairing courses of food with excellent drinks – all from a select brewery or theme. For the first time, Craft Ottawa hosted a cider Brewmasters Dinner featuring the ever-wonderful County Cider Company on May 30th 2017. May is Celiac Awareness month, so Craft […]
Ottawa Winter BrewFest 2017 Review
We stopped in opening night to Ottawa Winter BrewFest to see what was going on at Lansdowne, as we heard there were some ciders being featured. Below (and updated on our podcast) is an interview with Mike, the event coordinator where he talked about the festival, the ciders at the festival and whats coming up […]
Toronto Cider Festival 2016 – Podcast Series, Gallery and More
It took a lot of work and a lot of editing, but we are finally ready to present our extended recap coverage of the 2016 Toronto Cider Festival – including our Podcast Series of informative interviews about cider. Check out the Podcast Series featuring 18 cideries who were at the festival. You can also access […]
Toronto Cider Festival 2016 Recap
The 2nd annual Toronto Cider Festival happened on August 27th, 2016, and if you weren’t there, you unfortunately missed out on an amazing day. The weather was sunny, warm and beautiful throughout the day, and the fans came out by the thousands to indulge in 40+ ciders from 19 cideries. Broken up into two sessions […]
LCBO Cider Fair, March 2016
Event Review: LCBO Cider Fair, March 2016 The Liquor Control Board of Ontario (LCBO) decided to put a focus on cider with the launch of their ‘In Cider’ guide for March 2016. Accompanying the guide, was a weekend of ‘Cider Fairs’ in-store across the province, that offered select samples of ciders, cider cocktails and food […]
