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The Cider Crate – Best of 2021
Year two of lockdown provided some really good cider offerings, here are our best for 2021 ~Bethany and Barry Top 5 Overall Cold Creek – Erin Go Brach Duntroon – Empire Dry Apple Saunders – Tricky Treat / Candy Apple Shale Ridge – Cherry Chocolate Geissberger – Hard Apple Cider Top 10 – Apple […]
Disclaimer About Gifts
We at The Cider Crate have a strong policy about not asking cideries for free products. We know the challenges and small margins cider making can have and we want you to succeed. It is very much appreciated when you gift us cider however. We want to showcase as much cider from Ontario and Canada […]
Top Dry Hopped Cider Picks for a Hoppy Easter 2021
While hops are mainly associated with beer, dry-hopped ciders are increasingly growing in popularity. When infused into cider, they typically add fruity-like notes, such as lemon, citrus, lychee and more – but can also be bitter, floral and more. Dry hopping works well for both sweet and dry ciders, and everything in between. As Easter […]
NW Cider Symposium March 16-18th
As we move into the 2nd full year of COVID-19 restrictions, many groups have reorganized to online learning. The NW Cider Symposium for 2021 has done the same. March 16-18, 2021 The Symposium is a virtual event to learn, grow, connect and celebrate our vibrant industry and will feature: Educational workshops for orchardists, marketers, cidermakers, […]
The Cider Crate – Best of 2020
Fortunately there were still some bests’ in 2020! Here are our favs. ~Bethany and Barry Top 5 Overall Cold Creek – Cuvée Madeline FieldBird – 2018 Perry Sur Lie Banjo – Rouge East Street – Harvest Botanical Farmgate – Mulled Top 5 – Apple Cold Creek – Cuvée Madeline Banjo – Dueling Banjos Twin Pines […]
Ways to Help Cideries during the COVID-19 Crisis
Obviously these are uneasy times with the COVID-19 pandemic that will see every person and industry affected in varying ways, and our thoughts are with everyone during these challenging and unpredictable times. One of the main economic victims so far has been and will continue to be small businesses – many of which include your […]
The Cider Crate – Best of 2019
As we come to the end of the decade (and half of it, us doing cider stuff), we have a chance to share some of our favourite moments of the past 365 days! ~Bethany and Barry Cider Crate Combined: Top 5 Bottles/Cans Cider 101 – Dr Peppercorn With Cherry Niagara Cider Company – No. 1 […]
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 […]
5 Do’s and 5 Don’ts for the Toronto Cider Festival – 2019
With the festival less than a week away, here is our top 5 remember to dos, and top 5 please do not do’s this list for the 2019 festival. Do: Charge your phone in advance, and track us down when your there. Put on sunscreen, lots of it! Bring your ID! You need it at […]
Official Toronto Cider Festival Preview – 2019
The numbers! 5 Years — 35 Cideries — 100+ Ciders — 3 Sessions We are excited to come back to the Sherbourn Commons for the 5th anniversary of the largest cider festival in Canada, the legendary Toronto Cider Festival. We will be doing photos, reviews, podcasts and social media updates all weekend long (We already […]
WineCru Review with The Cider Crate – Fieldbird Cider
Our good friends at WineCru review welcomed us and Ryan of Fieldbird cider to chat (for over an hour and a half) about Cider. Here is the full discussion. Download episode | Play in new window | File size: 234.3MB
The Best Ciders to Keep You Warm this Winter [2019]
Now that Christmas and the holidays are over, the allure of winter can dwindle. It becomes less of the magical winter wonderland with lights and powdery snow it was in November and December, and more of a grey, slush-fest of snow squalls and un-sholved sidewalks until hopefully only March (sometimes April though!). We at The […]
The Cider Crate – Best of 2018
So as we come to the end of 2018 and are third full year in operation, we are happy to look back on some of the best ciders we had the past year and our favourite locales to enjoy them! Have a look and we hope you tried a few yourself! We sampled over 200 […]
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 […]
5 Do’s and 5 Don’ts for the Toronto Cider Festival – 2018
With the festival just a few hours away, here is our top 5 remember to do, and top 5 please do not do this list for the 2018 festival. Do: Put on sunscreen, lots of it! But also prepare for rain, looks like it could be poor on Saturday (Rain jacket is better then an […]
Official Toronto Cider Festival Preview – 2018
Already Year 4 of the Toronto Cider Fest and once again they raising the stakes and upping the game – going even bigger and better than last year, expanding to 3 sessions over 2 days. We are thrilled to be heading down to cover all three sessions and and see the second night on […]
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 |
The Cider Crate – Best of 2017
So as we come to the end of 2017, we are happy to look back on some of the best ciders we had the past year and our favourite locales to enjoy them! Have a look and we hope you tried a few yourself! We sampled over 200 ciders all year, posting reviews of close […]
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 […]
City Cider Festival 2017 Event Preview
If you’re looking for a little Sunday cider adventure, City Cider – presented by Not Far From The Tree – is hosted at the Spadina Museum on Sunday Sept 17th for its seventh year. It offers a very backyard, family friendly opportunity to sample a few ciders and keep the kids active as well. PARTICIPATING ONTARIO […]
Surviving the TO Cider Festival
You’ve almost made it cider fans, the big day is very soon, this Saturday, August 26th! Whether it’s your first time to the festival or you’ve been in years past, we have compiled a list of handy tips for you to survive the day and enjoy it to its maximum. Stuff to Bring with […]
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 […]
Ontario Cider Awards – 2016 Preview
Now in its second year, the Ontario Cider Awards are coming soon to the Royal Winter Agricultural Fair, on Thursday, November 10th 2016. If you were lucky like us to have attended in its inaugural year, you know this a stellar event hosted by the friendly folks at Drink Inc. Ontario Cider is an ever-increasingly […]
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 […]
What to Expect at the Toronto Cider Festival
So by now we hope you have gotten your tickets for the 2nd annual Toronto Cider Festival that’s happening at Yonge and Dundas Square on Saturday, August 27th 2016. But if not, no worries, there are still some left! This years theme is “Cottage in the City” so expect Muskoka chairs, canoes, wooden logs, wooden […]
We are getting there … launching soon
You may have seen that the shell of the site is here, but no content. We will be looking to start really filling it out, it just takes time to make sure we are doing the reviews correctly (need to test the testing method, make sure everything looks good etc), so we hope to have […]
The Cider Crate Official Logos!
We are pumped to release our brand new logos! Have a look and let us know what you think (Feedback via out facebook page please)
So it begins
With the website starting to take shape, it is time to start filling in the content. Here is a quick photo of some of the ciders located here in the Ottawa, ON, Canada region we are going to start to review and post. If you are interested in providing feedback to the project, please […]
Welcome to The Cider Crate
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