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 […]

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 […]

Baked Caramel Apple Pie Ingredients 4 parts apple cider (Recommended: Thornbury Cider) 1 shot Galliano vanilla liqueur 1 shot butterscotch liqueur 1/2 shot cinnamon whiskey Ice Optional: a cinnamon stick or a dash of cinnamon powder Substitutions More dry cider: Pommies Dry Cider More crisp cider: Angry Orchard Hard Cider More sweet cider: Brickworks Queen […]

The Cherry Berry Orchard Ingredients 2 or 3 parts Cider (Recommended: A dry cider) 1 part Shock Top Raspberry Wheat Beer 1 shot cherry brandy (recommended: McGuinness Brand) Ice Substitutions More crisp cider: Brickworks Batch 1904 More sweet cider: Magnotta Small Batch Cider Any raspberry wheat beer   Description This beer-cider cocktail is perfect for […]

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 […]

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 […]