Hard Cider Cocktails: From the Stone Fence to the Snakebite
This week on Into The Barchive, hosts Tim Wright and Dr. Blake Jones head into the orchard to explore the history of hard cider and the surprisingly important role it has played in drinking culture on both sides of the Atlantic.
Long before cocktails became fixtures of the American bar, cider was already a staple of the colonial table. Apples were abundant, fermentation made their juice easier to store, and cider quickly became an everyday beverage. Over time, it also found its way into mixed drinks—most notably the Stone Fence, a simple combination of cider and spirits with roots reaching…
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