Month: May 2013

  • World Map of Cider Update – May 14, 2013

    The World Map of Cider now has more than 1,000 entries. If you haven’t checked the map out in a while, what’s stopping you? Here are the new cider-y points of interest added since the last update. Australia Dickens Cider — Hillswood, Tasmania Dickens Ciderhouse — Launceston, Tasmania Franklin Cider Company — Franklin, Tasmania Austria Kögerlhof Krispel…

  • National Homebrew Competition – Cider Awards

    The American Homebrewers Association recently posted the First Round winners from this year’s National Homebrew Competition. The NHC began in 1979 with a mere 34 entries and has grown steadily since then, with an unofficial count of 7,775 entries in 2013. Although the competition is geared toward grain-based beverages, the NHC has awarded a Meadmaker…