080: Teddy Weber | Tin Hat Cider, Vermont

080: Teddy Weber | Tin Hat Cider, Vermont

Author: Ria Windcaller: Award-winning Cidermaker, Podcaster | Craft Beer Columnist May 17, 2017 Duration: 59:14
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Tin Hat cidermaker Teddy Weber is stewarding a 25 year old orchard in Waitsfield Vermont. This musician by trade got his taste for cider in the UK during his music gigs while there. He teamed up with Sue and Gib Geiger who own the orchard that Teddy has been stewarding and where this chat takes place. 

In this chat, Teddy and I walkabout in the orchard in Waitsfield and discuss the beginnings of Tin Hat, apple varieties, working with culinary apples for cider and culinary pears, cultured yeast vs wild yeast. His enthusiasm for apples is contagious.

Apples in this Chat

  • Northwestern Greening
  • Kerr Crabapple
  • Atlas
  • Barry Red
  • Honey Gold
  • Scott Winter
  • Golden Russet
  • Dolgo Crab
  • Lodi
  • Yellow Transparent
  • Red Astrican
  • Duchess of Oldenberg
  • Northern Spy

Pears

  • Nava
  • Luscious

Cidermaking techniques used

  • cyro-extraction - getting the juice directly from a frozen apple
  • cyroconcentration - the apple is pressed and then you freeze the juice

Tin Hat Ciders (currently)

Ole Pome

Traditional still cider, unfiltered, wild fermented, dry. 0% Residual Sugar. Aged in old neutral french oak barrels. Spontaneous malolactic fermentation in summer 2016.

Fipenny Bit

Effervescent, dry heritage cider from old heirloom apples. bottle conditioned. wild and cultured yeasts, blended from barrel and tank. Partial pétulant natural.

Farmhouse

Effervescent dry cider. bottle conditioned. Wild and cultured yeasts, secondary fermentation in bottle on champagne yeast.

Contact for Tin Hat

Cidermaker: Teddy Weber

Website: http://www.tinhatcider.com/

Telephone: 802-485-3993

Address:

PO Box 103

Roxbury, Vermont 05669

email: teddytweber@gmail.com

Mentions in this Chat

Win a pair of Tickets to Cider Circus August 25th & 26th 

Episode 028: John Bunker | Apple Identification

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There’s a whole world in a glass of cider, and Cider Chat is your invitation to explore it. Hosted by award-winning cidermaker and writer Ria Windcaller, this podcast travels far beyond the bottle to meet the people who make the global cider culture so vibrant. Each conversation is a journey-you might find yourself in a heritage orchard learning the history of forgotten apple varieties, in a bustling taproom with an importer explaining regional traditions, or in a kitchen with a chef pairing cider with unexpected foods. The discussions get into the delightful nuances, too, whether that’s the semantics of what we even call this drink or how the concept of terroir translates from soil to sip. It’s not just about production; it’s about the community, the travel, and the stories that fermentation unlocks. This is for anyone curious about the craft, history, and sheer enjoyment of fermented apple juice in all its forms. So, pour a glass and settle in for a series that feels like a wide-ranging, informative, and genuinely good-humored chat with friends who happen to be obsessed with cider. You’ll come away with a deeper appreciation for every effervescent, tart, or sweet sip, hearing directly from the growers, makers, and enthusiasts who are shaping this drink’s exciting present and future.
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