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Gold & Silver Medals at GLINTCAP
Prima Ciders took home gold & silver at the 2019Great Lakes International Cider and Perry Competition(GLINTCAP)
Tour De Cider Event Aug.
Tour de Cider is a brand-new festival from Lou Dog Events. This huge festival of hard ciders will feature more than 80 craft ciders from all over the world, live music, and Chicago’s favorite food trucks. Join us as we celebrate the diversity of flavors, origins and...
Harvest 2018
Latest 2018 harvest was a huge success. This will be the second year that we were able to harvest the trees we planted over 5 years ago now. Some of this years harvest included harrison, Beldebosc, spitzenberg, porters perfection, old town pippen, blensheim orange,...
“All About Cider”, a panel discussion Thurs. Mar. 24th @ Jerry’s
As part of our ongoing educational series, Jerry's is excited to bring you "All About Cider", a panel discussion with the best and most knowledgeable people to discuss cider we know. Our panel includes: Gregory Hall - Founder Virtue Cider, Goose Island Beer Co....
Cider Summit Chicago comes to Navy Pier Saturday
Prima Cider from Long Grove, that's their Prima Harvest pictured, will be among the 48 makers at Cider Summit on Saturday. (Keri Wiginton / Chicago Tribune) Josh NoelChicago Tribune The first Cider Summit was held in Seattle in 2010. It drew fewer than 500 people. Six...
Fourth Annual Cider Summit Chicago Set for February 27
Fourth Annual Cider Summit Chicago Set for February 27 Region's Largest Cider Tasting Returns to Navy Pier Grand Ballroom http://www.cidersummitnw.com/chicagoproducers.html
Nov. 18th Prima Cider Dinner at the Portage
Prima Cider Dinner at the Portage on Nov. 18th. $45/guest: 4 Course menu from Chef Joey Beato and Prima Cider pairings. Seatings at 6pm and 8pm. For reservations please call 773-853-0779
Join us for the Chicago Small Craft Beer Cruise on Sun. July 26th
Chicago Small Craft Beer Cruise Entertainment Crusies/BrewFest Partners Sunday, July 26, 2015 from 12:30 PM to 3:30 PM (CDT) Chicago, IL ...
Prima will be @ Brews on Fox Festival
The inaugural Brews on the Fox festival will be held on Sat September 19th, in beautiful St Charles IL. More info https://www.facebook.com/brewsonthefox/info?tab=overview
Third Annual Cider Summit Chicago Returns to Navy Pier
Region’s Largest Cider Tasting Expands to Grand Ballroom SBS Imports and the Seattle Beer Collective are pleased to announce the return of their successful Cider Summit festival to Chicago, IL. This year’s event will take place on Saturday, February 7, 2015 in two...
Moon Bros. in 4-week residency at Chicago’s Analogue
International Anthem Presents Moon Bros.—four travelled/travailed Chicago free players in residence on Tuesdays, November 11, 18, 25 and December 2. Formed and led by guitarist Matt Schneider, the foursome has been conspiring of late on a compositional project...
Taste Talks Chicago
Via Melissa McEwen from the Chicagoist: "For In Cider Spirit, Kate Bernot gathered some of the Midwest cider community’s sages including Greg Hall of Virtue Cider, Richard Bertsche of Prima Cider, Brian Rutzen, the beverage director of forthcoming cider bar The...
Tasting @ Artisanal Wilmette Sat. Mar. 8th
Join us Wed. March 8th @ Artinsal Wilmette on Saturday March 8th for a cider tasting. 3-5PM. 414 LINDEN AVENUE, WILMETTE, IL http://www.artisanalwilmette.com/
Cider Summit Chicago Feb. 8th
Come join us on Feb 8th at the Lakeview Terrace Room at Navy Pier. We will be pouring our latest vintage Prima Most and Still. There will be two sessions 11AM-3PM & 4PM-8PM. Tickets on Sale at www.cidersummit.com
Prima Still now Available!
Limited quantities of Prima Still are now pouring at Bangers and Lace Chicago! Let us know what you think of the latest vintage! Bangers & Lace http://bangersandlacechicago.com/
Can Chicago sustain a Cider Bar?
Courtesy of time out chicago: http://www.timeoutchicago.com/restaurants-bars/16532336/can-chicago-sustain-a-cider-bar Prima Cider Photo: Brendan Lekan We were really excited yesterday when we heard about Northman, a cider pub opening in the former location of Copper...
Cider pairing dinner @Trenchermen
Date: Wednesday Nov. 6th Time: 7PM Location: Trenchermen (2039 W North Ave Chicago, IL 60647). -Join us for the opportunity to come and taste through the entire range of Prima's offerings, and meet the folks behind Prima. - Tickets are $45 per person and can be...
Prima Most 1983
So I'm hard at work and my Dad drops off this absolutely classic picture on my desk. Dated Halloween 1983, he donated a keg of "Most" to the Schäbischer Sängerbund in Chicago. It was selling for 50 cents. Looks like he was certainly ahead of his time when it comes to...
The Wine Buzz – Cider House Jewels
Check out the latest Sept edition of The Wine Buzz at www.thewinebuzz.com. There are some good craft cider options out there in the Great Lakes.
Prima Germany!
© Wetterauer Zeitung 2013 - www.wetterauer-zeitung.de Hessen ist nicht der Apfelweinnabel der Welt Friedberg-Ockstadt (ihm). Dass es in den USA Apfelwein gibt, war Norman Groh und Eduardo Vazquez-Coto zunächst nicht bewusst. Als sie davon erfuhren, machten sie sich...
Cider Sumit Expands To Chicago
CIDER SUMMIT EXPANDS TO CHICAGO Region's Largest Cider Tasting Comes to Navy Pier (Seattle, WA) January 18, 2012 SBS Imports and the Seattle Beer Collective are pleased to announce the expansion of their successful Cider Summit festival to Chicago, IL. The inaugural...
Craft Beer Craze Opens Doors for Cider
August 23, 2012 By Kari SkaflenSource: www.midwestwinepress.com The growing U.S. appetite for regional craft beers is having a positive, knock-on effect for the makers of local cider, sparkling and still wine. According to the Brewers Association, the craft...
Prima Cider Rides the Wave
Prima Cider Rides the Hard Cider Wave June 6, 2012 By Kari Skaflen Imagine a fermented beverage that was once popular and jovial, then ravaged by prohibition, finally driven to the brink of extinction, only to be kept alive by farmers and locavores for decades. Years...
Prima Cider on Hogsalt
As published on www.hogsalt.com Prima Cider April 4th, 2012 by Kari Skaflen For the Bertsches, cider is a long family tradition that began three generations previous with a grandfather who had a propensity for good German cider. In recent years cider has become an...
The hard-cider sell
Richard Bertsche of Prima Cider Photo: Brendan Lekan 03/19/2012 The hard-cider sell A Long Grove family brings its German tradition to the Chicago market. By Julia Kramer as published in Time out Chicago 03/22/2012 A few feet past the foosball table in Richard...
Q&A with HardCider International
With roots in German farmhouse cider, Prima Cider, located in upstate Illinois, is working hard to provide—and educate—its local market with the richness of old world cider. Written by Tess Jewell-Larsen and published in Hard Cider International on 01/20/2012...
Old meet New
Cider making has been in our family going back almost 100 years to the tip of Southern Germany, where Switzerland and France meet, the town of Rottweil. It was simply called “Most”. It was easy to drink, affordable, quenched a working man’s thirst and was a farmer’s...
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