In the absence of cyders to shout about, I did discover some superb Californian Pale Ales on my recent trip to the West Coast. Here's my top 5...
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I’ve just got back from a trip to San Francisco; I’ve been a few times to this fair city but it’s been a long time since I spent some serious time in it, and it’s been too long. It is a multi-faceted place; from its iconic tourist sites, laid back cafes and bars through to its bohemian Burning Man art installations it has long been a place of great creativity.
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I have been sampling US craft ciders for over 10 years now, and in those early years, many I tasted were not that well-made, lacked identity and were generally too much of a challenge to drink. Whilst that is undoubtedly still true for some of the products out there now, the really good US craft ciders are simply stunning.
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“The British are coming”, but does anyone really care? Whether or not Paul Revere did actually utter the now mythical rallying cry to the Patriots as he rode through Massachusetts that April night in 1775, it has come to symbolise the resistance shown to the colonial power being flexed by Britain at the time, and to cut a very long story short, ultimately culminated in the United States becoming an independent country.
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Aspall hosted a special event with The British Consulate to celebrate New York Cider Week. Over 120 people from both the trade and media attended the occasion which included food matching with Aspall Cyders.
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A Taste of New York visited The Queens Kickshaw in Astoria, New York to sample one of the craft ciders on the menu - Aspall.
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