Franklin County CiderDays24th Annual

November 2 - 4, 2018ciderdays.org

Program & Schedule

Thanks to Our Wonderful Sponsors

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Welcome to Franklin County CiderDays!Now in its 24th year, CiderDays is a harvest festival for hard cider lovers, leaf peepers, cozy sweater and hot cider indulgers, foodies, road trippers, off the beaten path dwellers... in fact everyone who loves New England in the Fall. We’ve got activities to suit every taste:

TASTING HARD CIDERS & MORE • Cider Schmooze and Tap Takeover at Hawks & Reed in Greenfield (Fri)• Cider Pub Sing and Pop up Cider Pub at Episcopal Church of St. James and Andrew, Greenfield (Fri)• Cider Salons in the big tent at Unity Park at Turners Falls (Sat - check ticket availability)• Workshops at the Shelburne Buckland Community Center (Sat) and Apex Orchards (Sun)• Home Cider Makers Tasting: Ciders from the ‘16 Harvest (Sat, SB Community Center)• Sunday tastings at the Deerfield Community Center (SOLD OUT)• Tasting at venues throughout Franklin County (see the bottom of page 5) MAKING HARD CIDER• Wild Apples, Wild Cider w/Bunker, Brennan & Gougeon (Sat, Bear Swamp Orchard & Cidery) • Sex(ism) in the Cidery: A Panel with Trailblazing Women of the Cider World (Sat, SB Community Center)• Cider 201: Hot Tips from Veteran Cidermakers (Sat, SB Community Center)• Not All Lees are Gross with Curt Sherrer (Sat, SB Community Center)• Apple Alchemy: Secrets of Making Award-Winning Hard Cider w/William Grote ((Sat, SB Community Center)• Scaling Up Cidermaking from Home to Nano Commercial with Steve Gougeon (Sun, Bear Swamp Orchard & Cidery)• Bring Your Own Session (Sun, Apex)• Home Cider Makers Workshop: Make and Taste with April Woodard (Sun, New Salem Preserves and Orchards)

HOME ORCHARDS• Learning to Grow Apples with Alan Yelvington (Sat, SB Community Center) • The Promise of Biodynamics with Mike Biltonen (Sat, West County Cider Tasting Room)• Growing Organic Apples for Cider & Eating (Sat, Bear Swamp Orchard & Cidery)• Rebuilding Old Trees with Matt Kaminsky (Sat, SB Community Center)• Wild Apples, Wild Cider w/Bunker, Brennan and Gougeon (Sat, Bear Swamp Orchard & Cidery, Ashfield)• Growing Organic Cider Apples with Mike Biltonen (Sat, Bear Swamp Orchard & Cidery)• Basic Apple Tree Pruning with Steve Weisman (Sat, New Salem Orchards and Preserves) • Tending Backyard Apple Trees with Steve Lanphear (Sat at New Salem Orchards & Preserves)• A History of Apples in America with John Bunker (Sun, Bear Swamp Orchard & Cidery)• Apple Growing Ain’t for the Weak of Heart with Mike Biltonen (Sun, West County Cider Tasting Room)

FAMILY FUN• Cider and Apple Festival at New Salem Preserves & Orchards, New Salem (Sat/Sun)• Orchard Ride (Sat/Sun at Pine Hill) • Tasting of Apples, Pears, Ciders (Sat/Sun, Clarkdale)• Annual Pumpkin Smash, Hager’s Farm Market (Sat)

FOOD-CENTRIC • Culinary Apple Hacks talk with Amy Traverso (author of The Apple Lovers Cookbook) (Sun, Clarkdale)• Cooking demos with Sandy D’Amato, Good Stock Farm, and Erika Connell Cooper, Butter & Birch (Sun, Clarkdale)• Cider/Cheese tasting with Provisions on Sunday at the Deerfield Community Center (SOLD OUT)• Make Your Own Apple Cider Vinegar with Terry McCue (Sun, New Salem Orchards & Preserves)• Cider/apple-themed menus at area restaurants - ciderdays.org/dining

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6:30 - 8:00 In Reverie with Chef Johnny Spero SOLD OUT Hawks & Reed (4th Floor)

8:00 - 10:00 Cider Schmooze (Meet cidermakers and authors) FREE Hawks & Reed (Wheelhouse)

7:30 - 9:00 Cider Pub Sing (BYOC) FREE (donations appreciated) Episcopal Church Parish Hall

9:00 - 11:00 Pop up Cider Pub FREE (BYOC) Episcopal Church Parish Hall

Saturday, November 3rd 8:00 - 11:00 Apple Pancake Breakfast nominal charge Second Congregational Church 8:30 - 11:00 Beginner’s Cider Making Workshop w/Bob Delisle & Charlie Olchowski $85/ticket Pine HIll Orchards

9:00 - 10:00 Learning to Grow Apples with Alan Yelvington FREE Shelburne Buckland Comm Ctr

9:15 - 10:15 Central Asia: Travels to the Birthplace of Apples with Claude Jolicoeur Shelburne Buckland Comm Ctr

10:15 - 11: 15 The Promise of Biodynamics: The Reality and Spirit of Nature w/Mike Biltonen FREE West County Cider Tasting Room 10:30 - 11:30 Rebuilding Old Trees with Matt Kaminsky FREE Shelburne Buckland Comm Ctr

10:30 - 11:30 Sex(ism) in the Cidery: A Panel w/ Trailblazing Women of the Cider World FREE * Shelburne Buckland Comm Ctr 11:00 - 12:00 Wild Apples, Wild Cider w/John Bunker, Andy Brennan and Steve Gougeon FREE Bear Swamp Orchards & Cidery 11:15 - 12:00 Orchard Ride FREE Pine Hill Orchards

11:30 - 12:30 Cider 201: Hot Tips from Veteran Cidermakers FREE Shelburne Buckland Comm Ctr 12:00 - 1:00 CiderDays: Looking Back and Looking Ahead with Ria Windcaller FREE* Shelburne Buckland Comm Ctr

12:00 - 1:30 Cider Press Demo by OESCO, Inc. FREE Clarkdale Fruit Farms

12:00 - 3:00 Tasting of a variety of commercial hard ciders and Calvados FREE Ryan & Casey Liquors

12:00 - 1:00 Tending Backyard Apple Trees with Steve Lanphear and Steve Marglin FREE New Salem Preserves & Orchards

12:30 - 2:00 Home Cider Makers Tasting: Ciders from the ‘17 Harvest Shelburne Buckland Comm Ctr with Paul Correnty, Charlie Olchowski, Steve Patt, plus award presentation from 7th Annual Amateur Cidermaker Competition FREE *

1:00 - 2:00 Growing Organic Cider Apples with Mike Biltonen FREE Bear Swamp Orchards & Cidery

1:00 - 3:00 Tasting of Local and Regional Cheeses FREE Green Fields Market/McCusker’s

1:00 - 2:00 Basic Apple Tree Pruning with Steve Weisman FREE New Salem Preserves & Orchards

1:30 - 2:00 Orchard Walk and Talk with Tom and Ben Clark FREE Clarkdale Fruit Farms

1:30 - 2:30 Not All Lees Are Gross with Curt Sherrer FREE Shelburne Buckland Comm Ctr

2:30 - 3:30 Apple Alchemy: Secrets of Making Award-winning Hard Ciders w/William Grote FREE New Salem Preserves & Orchards

3:30 - 5:00 Cider Salon I: Hard Cider Tasting Check tix availability Unity Park

5:45 - 7:15 Cider Salon II: Hard Cider Tasting Check tix availability Unity Park

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Sunday, November 4th10:00 - 11:00 Learning to Graft, with Colin Scott FREE E & J Scott Orchard

10:00 - 11:00 A History of Apples in America with John Bunker FREE Bear Swamp Orchards & Cidery

10:00 - 11:00 Cooking Demo with Sandy D’Amato, Good Stock Farm FREE Clarkdale Fruit Farms

10:15 - 11:15 Apple Growing Ain’t For the Weak of Heart: An Evenhanded Consideration of Organic, IPM and Conventional Orchard Management with Mike Biltonen West County Cider Tasting Room 11:00 - 12:00 Culinary Apple Hacks with Amy Traverso of Yankee Magazine (author of The Apple Lovers Cookbook) FREE Clarkdale Fruit Farms

11:00 - 12:30 Bring Your Own: Tasting Homemade Ciders FREE * Apex Orchards Paul Correnty, Charlie Olchowski, Martin Stokes, Steve Patt

11:00 - 12:00 Orchard Ride FREE Pine Hill Orchards

11:30 - 12:30 Award-winning Ciders — Taste the Victors! SOLD OUT Deerfield Community Center 12:00 - 1:00 Apple-themed cooking demo with Erika Connell Cooper, Butter & Birch FREE Clarkdale Fruit Farms

12:00 - 1:00 Scaling up Cidermaking from Home to Nano Commercial, w/Steve Gougeon FREE Bear Swamp Orchards & Cidery 12:00 - 1:00 Make Your Own Apple Cider Vinegar, with Terry McCue FREE New Salem Preserves & Orchards

1:00 - 2:00 Newton Pippin: Varied Expressions of a Classic American Cider Apple with Darlene Hayes and Dan Pucci SOLD OUT Deerfield Community Center

1:00 - 2:30 Home Hard Cider Makers Workshop; Make & Taste with April Woodard FREE New Salem Preserves & Orchards

2:30 - 3:30 A Taste of Asturias from the Orchard to the Sea with Begona Medio and Friends from Northern Spain SOLD OUT Deerfield Community Center 3:00 - 4:00 Trials of an Apple Hunter - talk and rare apple cider tasting with Matt Kaminsky FREE New Salem Preserves & Orchards 4:00 - 5:00 Cider and Cheese Pairing with Provisions of Northampton SOLD OUT Deerfield Community Center

* Buy a tasting glass for $5 to taste ciders during this session

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Other Weekend Tastings (Free unless other specified)Tasting of Green River Ambrosia Meads and Cyzer (11 - 4 Sat/Sun) $5 - 7 tasting fee — Artisan Beverage Cooperative, Greenfield

Tasting of Hard Cider (11 - 4 Sat/Sun) — Bear Meadow Farm, Ashfield

Hard and sweet cider tasting, cidery tours, orchard walks (10 - 4 Sat/Sun) — Bear Swamp Orchard & Cidery, Ashfield

Cider tasting and food (11 - 9 Fri/Sat; 12-4 Sun) —Cameron’s Winery, Northfield

Tasting of Apples, Pears, Sweet Ciders (10 - 4 Sat/Sun) — Clarkdale Fruit Farms, Deerfield

Pumpkin Smash (Sat 11 - 2); food, farm market (Sat/Sun 7:30 - 7:00) —Hager’s Farm Market, Shelburne

Tours of the Orchard and Cider Mill (11 - 4 Sunday Only) — Headwater Cider, Hawley

Cider and Apple Festival at Child Friendly Cider Mill (10 - 4 Sat/Sun) — New Salem Preserves and Orchards

Juice for home fermenting for sale, restaurant, market, orchard ride (7 - 6 Sat/Sun) — Pine Hill Orchards, Colrain

Tasting of Hard Cider Varietals (10 - 5 Fri/Sat/Sun) — West County Cider Tasting Room, Shelburne

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Here’s a list of the venues and orchards partipating in the 2018 CiderDays event:

Apex Orchards 153 Peckville Road, Shel-burne, 413-625-2744 www.apexorchards.com — Apples, honey, and cider vinegar from the Smith family orchard. Turn right at Peckville Rd, 3.4 miles west of I-91 rotary (exit 26).

Artisan Beverage Cooperative 324 Wells Street, Greenfield, www.artbev.coop — Offering tasting of a variety of Green River Ambrosia meads (honey-wine) made from raw, local honey. Tour the facility, try some mead, seasonal Kombucha and Ginger Libation! Rt 2 to Federal Street (Rt 5/10), South to Silver St (1st light). Right on Silver, 1 mile to left on Wells Street. The Meadery is located in the Venture Center building. Tast-ings from 11 - 4 both Saturday and Sunday ($5 - 7 charge).

Bear Meadow Farm Cidery 926 Watson-Spruce Corner Rd, Ashfield, 413-628-3970 — After 15 years of practice as home cider makers, Rick and Nancy Intres decided to go commercial in 2013. They debuted at CiderDays 2014 and are happy to welcome visitors at this year’s event. Rick is a lifelong molecular/cell biologist and brings a strong science bent to cider making, but he and Nancy are also traditionalists. New England cider still requires good fruit, quality juice, careful fermentation, and aging in oak casks. Bear Meadow proudly offers their mix of science and craft to CiderDays visitors. 11 - 4 Saturday and Sunday

Bear Swamp Orchard 1209 B Hawley Road Ashfield, 413-625-2849, 413-768-7989 www.bearswamporchard.com — Come enjoy the end of the apple season with tastings of their hard ciders made from their organical-ly grown apples, and tour their new cidery building. They will have hard and sweet cider for sale as well as cider doughnuts, and jams and jellies. Stroll through the hilltop orchard for panoramic views of beautiful western Franklin County; say hi to the chickens and Shetland sheep. Check out their water bladder press, and try out their small hand-powered press for yourself. See their website for more.

Cameron’s Winery 105 Main Street, Northfield, 413-225-3247 — open Friday and Saturday from 11 am to 9 pm for cider tastings by the glass and by the growler. Live

Music all three days. Restaurant is open with food to pair with the ciders. Cider tastings all weekend. Free mulled warm apple pie wine taste. Nine ciders on tap. Pair with savory delights such as hot stuffed ruben tarts, cider steamed fat brats with the works, Cameron’s beef, kielbasa and black bean chili, warm ap-ple crisp and spiced apple cheese and meat slate. Must be 21 years+.

Clarkdale Fruit Farms 303 Upper Road, West Deerfield, 413-772-6797 www.clarkdalefruit-farms.com — Tom and Ben Clark grow over 50 varieties of apples, including several heirlooms, on their 100-year-old orchard. They also press sweet cider, and will offer apple and cider samples all day long. The farm stand sells apples, cider, pears, and seasonal products. Rt 2A East from I-91 rotary in Greenfield, turn right at first light onto Newton St. Take next left on Fairview, then left on Munson St. Follow for 1 mile to Farm stand entrance. Look for signs.

Deerfield Community Center 16 Memorial Street, Deerfield — Venue for the Sunday tastings. Park in Memorial Hall parking lot on right (says ‘Teachers’ Center’ & ‘Historic Deer-field’). The Deerfield Community Center is just past that lot on the right, at the intersection with Main Street.

Episcopal Church of Saints James and Andrew 8 Church Street, corner of Church and Federal Streets, Greenfield, 413-773-3925, www.saintsjamesandandrew.org — the church parish hall is the venue for the Friday night Cider Pub Sing and Pop Up Cider Pub.

Green Fields Market 144 Main Street, Greenfield, and McCusker’s Market, 3 State Street, Shelburne Falls, www.franklincommu-nity.coopfranklincommunity.coop — Tasting of local and regional cheeses 1 - 3 Saturday.

Hager’s Farm Market 1232 Mohawk Trail (Rt. 2), Shelburne, 413-625-6323 www.hagers-farmmarket.com — Hager’s Farm Market is teaming up with Bear Country 95.3 to host Pumpkin Smash on Saturday! The kitchen will be serving their own grass-fed burgers and sandwiches, numerous local beer, wine and specialty food vendors will be sampling, and they will be serving homemade fried dough with maple cream. Hager’s Farm Market offers fresh local produce, homemade bread and baked goods as well as their own beef and maple products. Bring the family for apple picking!

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Hawks & Reed Performing Arts Center 289 Main Street, Greenfield, MA 01301, 1-413-774-0150, www.hawksandreed.com — venue for the Friday night In Reverie with Chef Johnny Spero and Cider Schmooze events

Headwater Cider Company 112 Forget Road, Hawley; 413-695-6099 www.headwatercider.com — Peter Mitchell will offer tours of his cider mill and orchard on Sunday from 11-4. Take Rte. 112 South, Turn right on Clesson Brook Road, then right on Pond Road. Final right on Forget Road.

New Salem Preserves and Orchards 67 S. Main Street, New Salem 978-544-3437, www.newsalempreserves.com — New Salem Preserves and Orchards hosts its Cider and Apple Festival with child-friendly apple pressing. Farm products, along with exhibits from local artisans, will be displayed within the courtyard of the cider mill. You will also have the ever-present breathtaking view of the Quabbin Reservoir and beyond. FREE Workshops offered:

Saturday 12:00 - 1:00 Tending Backyard Apple Trees with Steve Lanphear and Steve Marglin

Saturday 1:00-2:00 Basic Apple Tree Pruning with Steve Weisman

Saturday 2:30 - 3:30 Apple Alchemy: “Secrets” Of Making Award Winning Hard Ciders with William Grote

Sunday 12:00 - 1:00 Make Your Own Apple Cider Vinegar w/ Terry McCue

Sunday 1:00 - 2:30 Home Hard Cider Makers Workshop; Make & Taste with April Woodard — Bring your own hard cider for a group tasting/discussion and also watch a demonstration of how to make your own.

Sunday 3:00 - 4:00 Lost Apples of the Quabbin with Matt Ka-minsky — a slide show and talk about his ongoing living heritage orchard exploration and its unearthed apple mysteries of the Quabbin Region.

Pine Hill Orchards 248 Greenfield Road (Rt. 112), Colrain, 413-624-3325 Pine Hill on Face-book While at the orchard, stop for breakfast, lunch or apple pie a la mode in the orchard restaurant. The press will be going as usual.

Ryan and Casey Liquors 55 Main Street, Greenfield, 413-772-6585 www.ryanandcasey-liquors.com Ryan and Casey is home to the most diverse selection of fine wines, cham-pagnes, ciders and domestic, imported, and craft-brewed beers in our area. Peter White and the White family take great pride in Ryan and Casey Liquors, and Manager Kristie Fau-faw is one of the most experienced, educated professionals in our industry. On Saturday from 12 - 3, Ryan and Casey will be offering a tasting of a wide variety of commercial ciders and calvados.

Shelburne-Buckland Community Center 53 Main Street, Shelburne Falls. Venue for CiderDays Sunday workshops. From I-91 (exit 26), take Rt. 2 West to South Maple Street. Turn left onto Bridge Street and take a right onto Main Street. The Community Center is in a former church on the right side of the street; look for signs.

Unity Park 56 First Street, Turners Falls — venue for the Saturday Cider Salons (under the big tent).

West County Cider 208 Peckville Road, Shel-burne www.westcountycider.com — Judith and Field Maloney offer a wide range hard ciders made from traditional American and European cider varieties grown at the Catamount Hill Or-chard, as well as apples from local orchards. From 1-91, take Exit 26, Rt. 2 west for 3.4 miles. Turn right at Peckville Rd, pass Apex and continue on up the hill. 10 - 5 Friday, Saturday, and Sunday.

Wheel-View Farm 212 Reynolds Road, Shelburne, 413-625-2900, www.wheelview-farm.com — Farm Store/Farm Museum/Tasting Room open both days with free hard cider tastings. They will also have their own fresh raw cider, apples, and cider syrups, plus grass-fed beef, maple syrup and maple cream and other goodies. People can relax on the patio and enjoy the gorgeous view with a glass of hard or fresh cider or a maple spritzer for the young folks or those who don’t want alcohol. Open 10-5 each day.

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A my Traverso is the senior food editor at Yankee

magazine and co-host of the national public television series Weekends with Yankee. She is also the author of The Apple Lover’s Cookbook, which was a finalist for the Julia Child Award for best first-time author and won an IACP Cookbook Award in the “American” category. Amy has shared her apple expertise at CiderDays for many years, in demos ranging from mastering the pie crust to making apple butter and tasting heirlooms.

This year, she will be sharing some of her favorite apple cooking hacks at Clarkdale Fruit Farms in Deerfield.

Previously, Amy was food editor at Boston magazine and an associate food editor at Sunset magazine. She makes regular television appearances on shows such as Hallmark Home & Family, The Martha Stewart Show (where she cooked apple dumplings and apple butter), Throwdown with Bobby Flay, and Gordon Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares.

Yankee is the iconic American magazine covering the finest that New England has to offer. Founded in 1935, Yankee covers classic New England travel destinations, food traditions, and home and lifestyle stories with stunning photography and artwork. Audiences can find Yankee online at NewEngland.com and on air with its nationally-airing public television show Weekends with Yankee. With a total audience of 1.8 million readers, the magazine is published by Yankee Publishing Inc.

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The United States Association of Cider Makers (USACM) is a

national organization of cider and perry producers in the United States, whose mission is to grow a diverse and successful U.S. cider industry by providing valuable information, resources and services to their members and by advocating on their behalf.

In 2016, the USACM established its flagship pro-gram, the first ever cider accreditation program is designed for dis-tributors, servers and others who are interested in becoming bonafide experts on all things cider. Since then, the Association has credentialed over 1,000 people as Certified Cider Professionals (CCP).

Level 1 of the CCP is an online 60-question multiple choice exam that tests your knowledge of the cider category. This exam is best for those in the service, retail, or wholesale industries as well as for cider sales representatives. The test has six subject categories:

1. Apples & The Orchard 2. Cider Making 3. Cider Styles 4. Flavor & Evaluation 5. Keeping & Serving 6. Cider & Food

We offer CCP exam prep workshops all over the U.S. Participating in a workshop, reviewing the required apples and pears outlined in our study guide, memorizing the USACM cider style guide, and practicing cider food pairing principles will best prepare students to pass the exam. Workshops generally cost $25 but are free to USACM members. Exam fees are $75 for non-members and $60 for members.

The level 2 CCP exam will be piloted at CiderCon 2019 in Chicago next February. For more information, visit www.ciderassociation.org/certification.

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Want to Buy Ciders You’ve Tasted at CiderDays? Ryan & Casey Liquors in Greenfield has you covered!

Full selection of beer, wine, spirits, and hard ciderConvenient Shopping Hours 7 Days a Week

Monday-Saturday 8am-11pm Sunday-10am-9pm

Taste Ciders on Saturday, November 3rd, from 12 to 3pm55 Main Street, Greenfield, 413-772-6585 www.ryanandcaseyliquors.com

And if you’re in Charlemont, visit Cold River Café, Package, and Market on Rt 2

Thank you toAladco, Inc.

for providing linens for the Salons

Hilltown Tentsfor providing plates and

silverware for the In Reverie with

Johnny Spero event

Republic Servicesfor providing trash &

recycling services at the Salons

Watch our TV seriesWeekends With Yankee on public television stations nationwide.

(Check local listings).

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