Welcome to Pommes and Pints, the podcast dedicated to the cider in your glass and the stories behind it! Whether you're a seasoned cider enthusiast or just beginning to explore the world of fermented apples, this podcast is for you. Each week, we’ll dive into the craft, history, and culture behind cider featuring interviews with cidermakers, growers, industry experts, and enthusiasts. Join us as we satiate our thirst for knowledge, celebrate the art of fermentation, and explore the unique flavors of cider in every episode! Cheers!
NW Cider Symposium: A Cider Walks Into a Restaurant
Today’s episode is a moderated panel titled "Getting Your Cider on Restaurant Menus" that was recorded during the 2026 Northwest Cider Symposium put on by the Northwest Cider Association. You won’t hear much from me in this episode as we listen to this moderated panel of beverage professionals including: wine directors Yakira Batres of Tomo and Dana Frank of Langbaan as well as Zach Geballe host of the VinePair Podcast. They discuss where cider fits on today’s menus as well as how to approach buyers, navigate pricing, understand restaurant expectations, and build lasting on-premise relationships.
7 Sept 2026
Schilling Cider: Sustainability at its Core
In today’s episode I chat with Colin Schilling, Co-Founder and CEO of Schilling Cider. We talk about making small batches of wild fermented ciders in the root cellar with his parents in rural Idaho, to making 5 gallon batches under his dorm room bed while going to school for business, and starting a cidery in less than 6 months from idea to distribution in 2 states. We dig into his thoughts on increasing quality while scaling up, making approachable ciders, using British and French cider apples, “failing often, failing fast, but only failing once”, having a goal and vision, putting people first, storytelling in cider, National Cider Month, going carbon neutral, how having hippie parents changes your world view, wrapped vs digital print cans, keeping wild spaces wild, drinking less but drinking better, and the future of cider.
3 Aug 2026
Cider Summit: A Teen in Our Midst
In today’s episode, I chat with Alan Shapiro, co-founder and lead producer of Cider Summit. We dig into how he went from beer and cider importing to producing a series of cider festivals across the US over the last 15 years. From wine coolers, to Aspall cider, to taking cues from the craft beer movement of the 80s, using cider festivals as educational opportunities. How Cider Summit grew from a dozen vendors with 40 selections to 40 plus vendors with 125 selections. We talk about what he’s learned over the years, adjusting during the pandemic shutdowns, festival disasters and highlights, about connecting to industry leaders and consumers, and where the festival goes next. Pommes & Pints listeners get a special promo code for $5 off admission for the Seattle 2026 festival. Listen to the episode for the code.
13 Jul 2026
Jenna Boucher: Baptism by Fire
In today’s episode I chat with Jenna Boucher, head cider maker at Geo Cider and licensed educator for the American Cider Association. We dig in to how she went from social worker to brewery cellar hand to cider maker, vacations with family, attending youtube university, making cider coast to coast in Canada, how she became a licensed educator, the certification options of certified cider guide and pommelier, upcoming taste like a pro workshops, the meaning of HAGS, cider faults and flaws, how mouse doesn’t belong in cider, and moving the industry forward through education.
29 Jun 2026
Cider Con 2026 Recap: Cider Invasion of the Smallest State
In this episode we’re diving into Cider Con Providence 2026 as a solo episode. We’ll dig into all the parts of Cider Con from tours to sessions, networking events to after hours extravaganzas. Plus answer the question, what is Cider Con? As this is a recap episode, I will only be giving insight on what I attended, but if you’re intrigued, check out the ACA website for more Cider Con information!
18 May 2026
Original Sin: Fleshing Out an Industry
In today’s episode I chat with Gidon Coll of Original Sin Cider. This month marks 30 years of Original Sin, so why not celebrate with an interview? Gidon is an elusive enigma and very hard to pin down, but lucky for me, I am persistent and persuasive and was able to get him to agree to sit down with me during Cider Con this year. He did have one condition though, no pictures or video, which I gladly agreed to. In the episode we dig into his 30 years of cider, from family dairy farm to his Hudson Valley Apple Project. We talk about his beginnings in self distribution during a time when cider was not on the menu, walking the streets of New York, his fascination with apples, the evolution of taste, the value of single varietal ciders, the difficulty of entrepreneurship, growth, change, and the importance of events like Cider Con. Again, this was recorded during Cider Con 2026, where I promptly lost my voice and was raspy for a week, so enjoy!
6 Apr 2026
Ploughman Cider: Something Old, Something New
In today’s episode I chat with Ben of Ploughman’s Cider. We dig into 10 years of cidermaking on the family’s 7th generation farm. We talk about making slow cider with wild yeast, using a degree in agriculture ecology to grow cider specific varieties using sustainable practice, the annual reset button, being innovative while paying homage to cider’s roots, farmer’s markets, and who the most important people in a cidery are.
9 Mar 2026
Abram Goldman-Armstrong: Causing a Cider Riot
In today’s episode I meet up with Abram, former owner of Cider Riot in Portland, Oregon, and current head cider maker for Alde Sider in Norway. We caught up while at the American Cider Association’s Cider Con in Providence, Rhode Island. We chat about his journey from making cider with a cheese grater in his dorm room to becoming an award winning cider maker, how he uses his creative writing degree, government shut downs mucking things up, cider: the red-headed step child, right sizing a business, and the differences between US and Norwegian cider. I lost my voice while at Cider Con, so enjoy my hoarse, raspy, barely there voice for most of this episode!
2 Feb 2026
Offset Ciderworks: Don't Lose Your Balance
In today’s episode I chat with Adam, owner and founder of Offset Ciderworks in Edmonds, Washington. We talk about creating sessionable modern ciders with a pear apple blend, building momentum by raising capital, the advantages of using culinary apples and pears, creating consistency in agricultural products, the importance of market research and a business plan, keg washing debacles, and how can size really does matter.
5 Jan 2026
Greenwood Cider: Fabulous Party Boys Forever
In today’s episode I chat with Marshall, cofounder and co-owner of Greenwood Cider in Seattle, Washington. We talk about how funk bandmates/roommates making hooch in their basement over a decade ago turned cidery owners and how this three person operation makes rustic, unfiltered ciders that span the range of traditional methods to experimental modern ciders with unusual flavor combinations. Plus we gab about the astonishing number of packaged products they put out, cracking the perry code, secret foraging spots, wildfires, controversial apple preferences, and our AI overlords.
22 Dec 2025
Heartland Ciderworks: A Love Letter to Oregon Fruit
In today’s episode I chat with Eliseo, owner, cidermaker, and one man show of Heartland Ciderworks in Oregon. We talk about transitioning from making really bad cider in college to an award winning cider maker, how having a degree in economics has its advantages, seasonal production, being a full time solo cidery owner and stay at home dad, plus the joys of fermenting in IBCs, creating traditional cider styles, and how he nerds out on researching apples, pears, and production techniques.
24 Nov 2025
Bend Cider: A Wildlife Biologist Opens a Cidery
In today’s episode I chat with Kelly and Tammy, owners of Bend Cider in Bend, Oregon. We talk about living in the high desert, the future of cider, and juggling small business ownership and a family. Kelly is a wildlife biologist turned cidermaker. We nerd out on ecosystems, species diversity, climate change, cider tourism, and microclimates. Cider nerds unite!
27 Oct 2025
Serpentine Cider: Herpetology is Not a Dirty Word
In today’s episode I chat with Sean Harris, founder and cider maker of Serpinetine Cider in San Diego, California. We talk about his status as “most amazing boyfriend ever”, his approach to cidermaking as part artist, scientist, and chef, plus we dig into some of the interesting out of the box flavors they have tried!
6 Oct 2025
Ginger Cult Ginger Beer: Aggressively Refreshing
In today’s episode I veer away from cider to another gluten free beverage found in a pint glass, ginger beer and chat with Aaron, co-founder of Ginger Cult Ginger Beer in Portland Oregon. We talk about their transition from cider to ginger beer, what flavors blend well with ginger, their inspiration from English ginger beer, and hilarious reviews on that app we all love to hate.
15 Sept 2025
Haykin Family Cider: 9000 Weeks Pregnant
In today’s episode I chat with Talia Haykin, Co-Owner of Haykin Family Cider in Colorado. We talk about the moment they realized they were making something special, the adventures of opening a cidery while 9000 weeks pregnant, being a good neighbor, and what it’s like owning a small business while raising a family.
25 Aug 2025
Newtopia Cyder: SoCal State of Mind
In today’s episode of Pommes & Pints we chat with Rick Moreno, founder of Newtopia Cyder in San Diego, California. Listen to discover the origin of the name Newtopia, how the San Diego craft brewery scene inspired them, their extensive taproom R&D process, and the importance of having a global perspective on cider. Grab your favorite beverage, and let’s satiate our thirst for knowledge, celebrate the art of fermentation, and explore cider! Cheers!
11 Aug 2025
Alchemy Cider: Welcome to the Dark Side
In today’s episode we chat with Kirk Evans from Alchemy Cider in Portland, Oregon. Listen to discover how Alchemy came to be and how he is building a brand as an homage to the art and science of cider that also speaks to the darkness in all of us. Grab your favorite beverage, and let’s satiate our thirst for knowledge, celebrate the art of fermentation, and explore cider! Cheers!
28 Jul 2025
Bivouac Cider: Fight Me
In today’s episode we chat with Lara Worm from Bivouac Cider. Listen to discover the meaning of Bivouac, what cider can learn from the San Diego beer culture, Lara’s slogan for cider, how a lawyer came to run a cidery, and why you just might want to fight her. Grab your favorite beverage, and let’s satiate our thirst for knowledge, celebrate the art of fermentation, and explore cider! Cheers!
24 Jun 2025
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