On September 12, we spent the day at Uncle John's Cider Mill in St. Johns to sign books at the 2nd annual Great Lakes Cider & Perry Festival. Later, we trekked to Ann Arbor to taste foods at the 2nd annual Home Grown Foods Festival. Somehow, we didn't get trapped in insane football traffic for home MSU* and home UM games. (Phew!)
Our day began at Uncle John's where apples danced through the grinder in the mill while visitors tasted hard ciders from the Great Lakes region.
Now, we admit we're a little partial, though, honestly, we really favored ciders crafted in Michigan. (It was nice to taste hard ciders from Virignia and New York as well.) Putting all our cards on the table, we also admit we're not as experienced at tasting hard cider as we are at tasting wine.
Michigan winemaker/cider master Shawn Walters poured his 45 North Hard Cider. (Delicious!) Uncle John's four hard ciders were also available for tasting, including a Perry Hard Cider made with pears. (Very smooth!)
Uncle John's Mike Beck shared he really recommends his new seasonal hard cider. We also were surprised by the blueberry apple hard cider from Vander Mill in Spring Lake. (We thought blueberry might make the cider too sweet for us; however, we really liked this one!)
Keeping with the theme (Michigan ag theme), we ate really fresh black bean tacos from Ann Arbor Brewing Company at the Home Grown Foods Festival later that evening and wished we could unwind in the Michigan beer and wine tent, which was hopping. Ah, family duty calls…
*Nice last-minute wins Chippewas and UM! (We love MSU, too; however, CMU is our alma mater after all.)
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