390: Renaissance Orchards Keeved & French Style Ciders | WA

Meet Chris Rylands of Renaissance Orchards

First there was Cider Supply and then Chris founded Renaissance Orchards with his wife Melinda. This move was a natural progression of a series of events that include resources needed for making a keeved cider and the thirst for a particular style of cider.

The orchards and the Rylands are based in Ferndale a town just south of the Canadian border in Washington state.

Chris Rylands In this Cider Chat with Chris of Renaissance

• What happened to Cider Supply?
• Why French style ciders?
• The orchards at Renaissance
  • number of apple varieties and pear 
• Products
  • cider
  • scion

Melinda Spotlight on Single Varietal Ciders

Hear how Chris dug into 16 cider specific apples to understand the best blending practices for cidermaking. Each label shows:

• a picture of the specific apple
• charts that apple’s
  • tannin
  • aromatics
  • acidity
  • astringent
  • sweetness
  • phenolics
• The origin of the apple, including location
• How to use – best as a blender or as a single variety cider

Contact for Renaissance Orchards

• Website: https://renaissanceorchards.com/

Mentions in this Cider Chat

• CiderCon 2024 January 15-19th, 2024 Portland Oregon
• Artisans by Cider Summit| Portland, Oregon January 20, 2024
• Oregon Cider Week January 13-20, 2024
• Totally Cider Tours – France – listen to past episodes and get on the wait list for the 2024 tour!