Copy Link
Add to Bookmark
Report
Cider Digest #1709
Subject: Cider Digest #1709, 29 April 2012
From: cider-request@talisman.com
Cider Digest #1709 29 April 2012
Cider and Perry Discussion Forum
Contents:
The Festival in June (Lauren Shepard)
kingston Black (Jack O Feil)
Non-helpful (Re: Non-Urgent Call for Discussion) (Dick Dunn)
NOTE: Digest appears whenever there is enough material to send one.
Send ONLY articles for the digest to cider@talisman.com.
Use cider-request@talisman.com for subscribe/unsubscribe/admin requests.
Archives of the Digest are available at www.talisman.com/cider#Archives
Digest Janitor: Dick Dunn
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Subject: The Festival in June
From: Lauren Shepard <lauren@sheltonbrothers.com>
Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2012 16:17:37 -0600
Hello Digest,
I wanted to let the CiderDigest know that Shelton Brothers will be hosting
several of our international and American cidermakers at our festival of
small producers coming up in June. Unfortunately, it's the same weekend as
the Cider Summit in Portland, but for those of you on the East Coast who
can't afford the trip out west, it will be a little closer for you!
We are expecting Charles McGonegal from AEppelTreow Cider, Allen Hogan from
Hogan's Cider, Tom Oliver from Oliver's Cider & Perry, and Nathalie Plessis
from Cidrerie Traditionnelle du Perche, not to mention Michael Kiker from
Celestial Meads in Anchorage Alaska and a huge number of brewers from tiny
breweries all over the world. Our cider makers are bringing some special
ciders for the occasion, and it's a chance to say hello to some of our
friends from across the pond!
Hopefully I will see some of you there.
Cheers,
Lauren Shepard
Cider Manager
Shelton Brothers
*12% Imports and Shelton Brothers Present . . . The Festival*
*An International Celebration of Small Brewers and Cider Makers, 23-24 June
2012, Worcester MA*
*12% Imports* and *Shelton Brothers* have partnered to present a unique
international festival focused on artisanal brewers, as well as cider and
mead makers. We aren't just throwing the words 'unique' or 'artisanal'
around lightly here. We specialize in importing small-batch products, from
tiny producers, in far-off places, in very small quantities. Never before
has any festival in the U.S. featured such a broad array of traditional
drinks from across the globe. That alone is unique, but what's even more
special about *The Festival* is that the people who create these beers,
ciders, and meads will actually be on hand to pour them! Every single
producer will be there: more than sixty different artisans, bringing over
three-hundred different beers, ciders, and meads! We have producers
traveling from as far away as Japan and New Zealand - all told, more than a
dozen countries will be represented at *The Festival*.
This two-day event in Worcester, Massachusetts, will also feature some of
New England's best gourmet food trucks, including: *Julian's Omni Bus, BT
Smokehouse, Clover Food Truck, and Shuckin' Truck*.
*Location*: Mechanics Hall, 321 Main Street, Worcester MA 01608
*Session 1: Saturday, 23 June, 12pm - 4pm*
*Session 2: Saturday, 23 June, 5:30pm - 9:30pm*
*Session 3: Sunday, 24 June, 12pm - 5pm*
*Cost*: Each individual session is $60; a weekend pass for all three
sessions is $160.
- For a full list of brewers, cider makers, and food trucks, please
visit: www.the-festival.us<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001tQfYIj6l665hH_by79P
Yx99-DlFQ8shonVUikamdZwev2pTq8NpcK9OAdg_62q089HRd_53i6OQUMOEmrCCxbLCDwqdcJim161S
x3s23ZXfu_FYxUZGFFg==>
- Tickets are available at:
www.thefestival2012.eventbrite.com<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001tQfYIj6l665hH_
by79PYx99-DlFQ8shonVUikamdZwev2pTq8NpcK9OAdg_62q089HRd_53i6OQUMOEmrCCxbKQ6pBeHH5
0HtXJh2wzLKLqGBMxxQliEoT8PTDSfAoYD4f8K9RXOefI=>
- For general inquiries, please contact: info@the-festival.us
*ABOUT SHELTON BROTHERS AND 12% IMPORTS*
*Shelton Brothers, Belchertown MA* There's no miracle to importing good
beer - it just takes hard work and a lot of travel. We generally seek out
un-manipulated beer, looking primarily to small breweries, whose
craftspeople take seriously a passion for natural, traditionally-made
beverages. When it was founded in 1996, Shelton Brothers was the only
importer with these specific criteria for hand-selecting the beer to offer
our customers. In the past sixteen years, we've turned down countless
breweries - both large and small - who didn't meet these criteria, and
we'll do it again. We're only interested in bringing you what we believe
is the very best.
*12 Percent Imports, Brooklyn NY* At 12%, our aim is simple: travel the
world in search of the finest, hand-crafted ales available. And bring them
home. We import beer for selfish reasons, but with the hope of letting
others indulge in our spoils. Our focal point is Belgium, where we work
with brewers who have an intimate knowledge of beer, knowing its history
and adhering to traditional brewing methods, yet still striving for
originality. The result is a portfolio of rare, hand-crafted ales of
superior quality. Our goal is to share with others the very best of what
we travel far to get. We love our beers, and we bring them home as a hobby
and a passion.
------------------------------
Subject: kingston Black
From: Jack O Feil <feilorchards@juno.com>
Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2012 07:30:23 -0700
A while back I wrote about my Kingston Blacks blooming but not
setting fruit. I was out to the tree today and while my commercial
varieties and most others are at petal fall or beyond, the Kingston Black
tree is just now at pink , a full week to ten days later than the other
apple trees. It appears that the late blooming Kingston Blacks are not
getting pollinated, assuming they are not self fruitful and need a late
blooming pollinizer close by. One nursery in our area(C&O) has a late
blooming crab pollinizer named Mt. Blanc. If others are having the fruit
set problem, this could be worth looking into. An option to planting a
late blooming pollinizer is to extract pollin from a pollinating
variety(Winter Banana or Golden Delicious are pollinators). put the
pollin in an air tight bottle, a small medicine bottle works fine along
with a desiccant(not mixed with the pollin), freeze it then hand
pollinate next year. Frozen pollin will keep for several of years.
Jack Feil/Feil 1908 Family Orchard
------------------------------
Subject: Non-helpful (Re: Non-Urgent Call for Discussion)
From: Dick Dunn <rcd@talisman.com>
Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2012 22:19:14 -0600
james kohn <james.a.kohn@gmail.com> wrote:
> Please see the following link to find out the progress from the group that
> was tasked at the Cider Conference with addressing the major issues facing
> the Cider Industry...
The link given, that is:
> http://ciderconference.com/federal-regulation-info/
is to a page which mostly contains sub-links to 2011 Cider Conference info.
The only 2012 link is to a 6-week-old memo which contains -nothing- about
"progress"...it boils down to "hey, we're workin' on it; catch ya later."
Word on the street is that there's much more going on, but you won't find
it at that link. I'm hoping we'll get some real news before too much
longer.
>...Progress has been taking place over a number of years
> and input from all interested parties is very valuable...
It's hard to find any progress. Most of us know what the issues are, and
we've tried to give input...it would appear with little effect. I KNOW
there are good people working on this, since February (Chicago con), and
there have been some difficult snags...but really, what IS happening? I
DO hope those good people will be able to speak up soon...I know they're
working on it!
>...Please contact your
> regional representatives which can be found at the [link above] website,
> if you have any questions or concerns.
I understand that -some- regional reps have actually reached out to people
in their regions, trying to assess opinions on a few alternative paths for
legislative action. I haven't heard anything myself, but then our region
was explicitly denied representation, so how can I complain? Anyway, I
know I'm relatively new to the cider community (18 years), but I'm sorry;
since I'm young (early 60's) I'm an impatient sort and expect more.
- --
Dick Dunn rcd@talisman.com Hygiene, Colorado USA
------------------------------
End of Cider Digest #1709
*************************
