Although I have lived in the SF area for over 20 years, I have never before watched fireworks over the Bay; Steve *thinks* he remembers doing it once in his 25 years here. Neither of us are really big on crowds, and we don’t think it’s a good use of our time to drive somewhere …
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As I think I’ve mentioned previously, finding a nice place to have a cider while travelling, or better yet a local cider to enjoy, has become an essential part of my travel planning in recent times. From a stop at the local bottle shop before departing Inverness in Scotland, to planning several evening stops while …
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The tasting room for Ace Cider is not the easiest place to get to, partially because you have to find it tucked away behind a warehouse on the grounds of their production facility, but primarily because it is only open from 1-5 on Friday afternoons. This was not someplace we could head to on a …
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In honor of World Cider Day, Steve and I headed over to Oakland with friend Marie to sample the offerings at Crooked City. Steve and I had been at the location previously for the NorCal Cider Classic the night before this year’s SF Cider Summit, but we hadn’t sampled the Crooked City ciders that evening. …
As should be quite clear by now, I love me a good cider and the surge in the craft cider movement has made me quite happy. In my pursuit of a good cider, and my chronic need to catch ’em all on Untappd, some of our more recent vacations have taken on an added planning …
The amount I’ve come to know about cider – varieties, brands, tastes, methods – seems to have snuck up on me. I was at a social gathering a few weeks ago, and I was chatting with some people about cider, having brought some to drink that evening. After we got passed the usual, “oh, you …
Late in October 2015, I came across a post-event write-up of the Hard Core Cider Tour in Santa Cruz. My immediate and loud exclamation was “How didn’t I know about this?!?!?” Determined not to be caught unawares again, I immediately scheduled a to-do item on my calendar to look for the event this August. Happily, …
Once again, on the fourth Saturday in April, the chant of “Cider Summit! Cider Summit! Cider Summit!” could be heard ringing through the Barker-Shaw abode. I had been excitedly awaiting the arrival of Cider Summit SF for several weeks, looking forward to trying a number of different ciders and enjoying a sunny afternoon at the …
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A couple of weekends ago, Steve and I decided to take a Saturday and drive up to Apple Hill. It has been several years since we’ve been up there, and we’d been talking about it for a couple of weeks. One Friday, I was looking at our calendar and realized if we didn’t go the …
I was so very excited to be heading out to Cider Summit SF a couple of weekends ago! The first one in the Bay Area was in 2014, but Steve and I missed that due to a pre-planned trip. Once I found out about it last spring, I put it on my calendar to start …