Month: November 2016

This week on Beer Sessions Radio™, we’re not talking turkey but we are sipping cider from a show we taped last June with E.Z. Orchard’s Kevin Zielinski. He talks about his family’s background in Willemette Valley (Oregon) orchards and heirloom variety apples in ciders. Started by his grandfather in 1929, the orchard today is run by Kevin and his brothers.

It was his interest in Pinot Noir that sent him down a path of making ciders, and he walks through the life of an orchard famer from planting to pruning to blooming to hand pinning to harvesting to fruit gathering and cider making.

West Coast ciders tend to be different styles than what we typically get in the north east, and Kevin breaks down many of the French- and English-style ciders he makes.

So pull up a chair, pour a glass of everyone’s favorite fall beverage and listen to the full episode here.

This week on Beer Sessions Radio™, its our final episode of our acclaimed series, On the Road with Beer Sessions Radio™.  This week, host Jimmy Carbone travels to the Finger Lakes to visit The Farmhouse Brewery in Owego, NY, the first malting house in New York State in over a decade and one of only a handful that also brews in-house. You’ll hear from a top grains farmer about the challenges he faces to produce and distribute unique, artisanal grains to brewers. You’ll also meet the experts who support him in his work.

Next up, Jimmy visits Blackduck Cidery in Ovid, NY, and meets the whole family behind some of the best cider in the state. Plus, meet the community behind New York cider at Finger Lakes Cider House.

Listen to the full episode here.