Cider Chat Podcast
1) 493: Cider as a Sport | Sidra in Asturias (Archive Edition)
What is Asturian cider? Asturian cider (sidra natural) is a traditionally fermented apple cider from Asturias, Spain, served through a high pour (escanciado) and shared socially in small servings c...Show More
2) 492: Absolem Cider Company | Maine Cider Energy
This episode of Cider Chat explores the growing Maine cider scene through Absolem Cider Company in Winthrop, a farm-based cidery helping shape New England's evolving cider identity. Located on a 60-a...Show More
3) 491: Revisiting Randall Grahm | Cider Exploration Without Hesitation
An early conversation that explored possibilities cider was only beginning to consider. As Cider Chat moves toward its 500th episode, we revisit conversations from the earliest seasons, taking a long ...Show More
4) 490: Let Cider Lead
An editorial on leadership, scarcity, and why cider no longer needs to borrow authority from beer or wine. In Let Cider Lead, host Ria Windcaller steps back from interviews to offer a clear-eyed refl...Show More
5) 489: Natural Cider Production Seminar | CiderCon 2025
Natural cider is often misunderstood as funky, volatile, or flawed. Recorded live at CiderCon 2025, this seminar reframes natural cider as a philosophy of low intervention, balance, and intentional ca...Show More
6) 488: Vintage Cider Label Lawsuit
A pending lawsuit spearheaded by Ron Extract of Garden Path Fermentation could change how cider makers label harvest year and "vintage" on cider over 7% ABV. Ron explains why the current TTB rules blo...Show More
7) 487: Further Tales of Chocolate Pears
In This Episode, We Cover Why Sorbus domestica is often nicknamed "the chocolate pear" (and why that name actually helps people get it) What bletting means, and why sorbs can be delicious before they...Show More
8) 486: Apples, Cider, and Community | 450 Years of Cider Culture in Chile
Recorded live at CiderCon, this episode brings listeners into a rare, in-depth conversation about Chile's living cider tradition—one shaped by more than 450 years of apple fermentation, deep regional ...Show More
9) 485: Cider as a Catalyst for Chile's Edible Forest
Carlos Flores is an architect, landscape designer, and co-founder of Punta de Fierro Fine Cider. At the 2025 CiderCon in Chicago he presented Carlos presented "Developing An Experimental Edible Forest...Show More
10) 484: Rethinking American Cider History with Patrick McCauley
Meet Patrick McCauley, a Michigan-based cider maker and researcher, who is questioning some of the most common myths about American cider history. What Patrick uncovers is a far more regional, farm-ba...Show More