Cider Book: Apple Tales by Darlene Hayes
Cider Book: Apple Tales by Darlene Hayes
Apple Tales by Darlene Hayes is a great resource for information on cider apple varieties. This paperback book was published by the American Cider Association in January, 2025.
Darlene has been documenting and telling the story of cider apple varieties for several years through her own blog (allintocider.com) and through her Apple Tales series of articles published by CiderCraft Magazine. Darlene works as a consultant for the American Cider Association’s Certified Cider Professional’s program, and is the author of the program’s Certified Pommelier Study Guide. She is also editor emerita of the small quarterly magazine, Malus, dedicated to cider, apples, and orchards everywhere.
*Please note regarding shipping: if you place an order from us for just this book, you'll pay shipping via USPS Media Mail rates ($5 or so). If you buy this book with 3 or more ciders, they can ship together, and you won't have to pay shipping for the book (Shipping charges for cider still apply. You'll see a $5 discount applied to the cost of the book to offset the shipping costs).
Praise for Apple Tales book:
"No one else in contemporary cider culture has dived as deep into apple varieties and their fermented flavors as Darlene Hayes. In addition to her comprehensive research and thoughtful analyses, Darlene has a nuanced palate and an accessible writing style. I can't imagine a better way for anyone interested in apple fermentations to get introduced to and enthralled by the breadth of varieties and their potential for creating great ciders." - Eleanor Leger, Eden Ciders
"The history of apples in North America is filled with larger than life characters, tall tales and misremembered details. Famous varieties come with often repeated fictions that fail to capture the history and the individuals who brought these seed lings to our orchards. Hayes' study cuts to the facts while taking care to acknowledge the people who grew, nurtured and cultivated the trees and not just the people the apples were named for. This meticulously researched book helps set the record straight and gives the apple community a definitive record for the future, in the path of Lee Calhoun's Old Southern Apples and S.A. Beach's Apples of New York." - Dan Pucci, author of American Cider
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