Cider (and Perry!) 101

Learn more about America’s oldest and original fermented beverage: apples, pears, styles, cider around the world.

Custom Cider Tours

Join me on a tasting tour of cideries and cider taphouses in or near Portland, Oregon, America’s cider epicenter!

Taste Cider Like a Pro

Learn an easy, step-by-step approach to tasting and evaluating cider and find more resources for even deeper dives.

Find Cider Near and FarWant to find cideries or a favorite or new cider near you, or get something shipped? Look no further…

Cider Events

Find out what’s happening now or soon across the ciderverse.

Cider In the News

Read what cider associations, industry experts, and media outlets are writing, blogging, and podcasting about cider

Get Social(Media): Reviews and Recommendations

From Untappd to Instagram, see what makers and enthusiasts are saying about cider…and what’s in their glass

Cider With Food, Cocktails

Sure cider or perry are great on their own, but they truly level up when paired with food or combined in a cocktail

Make Cider Yourself!

Apples (or pears), yeast, equipment, time, experimemntation and patience…tips, sites, and videos to unleash your inner cider maker.

Meet Your Cider Guide

I’m Sean Connolly, Massachusetts and New England grown, and now a longtime Portland, Oregon, resident. I’m deeply passionate about cider: the craft, its history, makers, cideries, cider apples and orchards, regions, styles, and the inclusive industry culture and plethora of choices that I think make cider (and perry) America’s most storied and diverse styles of fermented beverages. I am a Certified Cider Guide, a member of the American Cider Association and the Northwest Cider Association, a one-time Brand Ambassador for Portland Cider Company, and a frequent event volunteer for CiderCon, Oregon-based cider festivals like the Hood River Cider Fest and Cider Rite of Spring, and a steward and judge for the Pacific NW Cider Cup. You can find my cider posts and reviews at @ciderexperience on Instagram and Facebook. 

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