Ancient Fire Beverage Blog

As we begin to ramp up the buzz around Ancient Fire Mead & Cider we thought we would take a moment to share more about who we are and what our mission is. FOUNDING TEAM  JASON PHELPS has nearl...

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I mean really, real, you dig? Ancient Fire is getting a big boost this week as Jason focuses full time on the project. Jason has left the Software Engineer building! We are generating a...

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Gather around the Ancient Fire everyone, we're going to tell you a story. More like we're going to share more of the unfolding story of Ancient Fire Mead & Cider. Have you liked us on Faceboo...

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Behind the scenes activity for Ancient Fire has been brisk recently. There are a few different activities in flight including, business planning, the search for a location, a marketing ramp u...

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Dinner on the side of a mountain in Fayston, Vermont  was the scene for the final night of TasteCamp in June 2016. What is TasteCamp ? The concept for TasteCamp, created in 2009 by Len...

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Honey bees around the mash tun on a recent brewday. Very Ancient Fire! For my some of my long time blog readers the name ANCIENT FIRE is known as my "brand" of homemade fermentations. Usin...

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( A salsa judge at the World Championship Chili Cook-off in 2010. ) There are fewer words here than there used to be. I'd bet on that continuing. And this is not a surprise to me. In ...

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When I share product reviews they are exclusively food & beverage related. This week I will depart from that truth to tell you about the experience I've had with the Sony Walkman W Meb Keflezigh...

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I've helped with or have kept my own gardens since early childhood. Something about working with the soil, the living plants and then eating like a king has always resonated with me because of t...

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So the first order of business was to update the awards page. I posted the link on FB with the following: Shameless, yes. Boastful and proud, yes. The guy I am, yes. But make no mistake, this is...

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This is actually last week's HFG, but shit happens. I also had a bottle of wine on deck to include this installment, but with allergy season in full swing my nose just wasn't gonna do it. And now...

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( Us from the night in question. ) WHERE: Somewhere in the Atlantic Ocean onboard the Carnival Destiny cruise ship WHEN: April 2012,  late at night WHAT: Me joking that I could create...

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FINGER LAKES REDS WITH GRILLED STEAK TIPS The producers of the Finger Lakes are sharing their wines through a series of virtual tastings again this year including several in the month of May ...

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( Me and my team in 2011 kicking some cancer ass! ) In the last week or so plenty of people have asked me what it felt like to turn 40. Well, it really didn't matter to me in the stereotyp...

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This is the inaugural column of Now Hear This, a weekly music-themed article that will showcase the strange interplay between music and beverages which may only exist in my own mind. Maybe it wil...

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WHITE BIRCH OL' CATTY FLEMISH SOUR Hanging out at the Cask & Vine bar can be dangerous. Four beer flights help you experience what's been newly tapped and then a full glass of something that...

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CIDER RULES Last Wednesday night I had the honor of talking about cider as a guest for #winechat. Prior to the event I tasted through several styles to remind myself of the incredible dive...

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( Apple blossoms right down the street from me in the Spring. ) Yesterday I offered up a bit of a primer on cider. A little bit of historical context, characteristics & regional variations...

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The apple tree is considered by some as the oldest cultivated tree in the world, but with its exact origins both unknown and hotly debated we can really only go so far back before what we kn...

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CHATEAU LE BONNAT 2010 GRAVES BLANC I can't say that I am a fan of White Bordeaux because I've have never really had that many. But when I have had them I have typically enjoyed the experienc...

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I've been home-brewing nearly ten years now and several things have been constant during my experience. The mess and the noise. I am going to cast these ideas specifically in terms of making bee...

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After a month-long break I am trying to get back on terms with my weekly posts. Some things have calmed down and others stay as insane as they were when they knocked me off track. Such is life! ...

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Dear Readers, It's been almost 3 weeks since my last post, which is a pretty unusual break for me. So where in the world am I and what I have been up to? Well I'm not in an exotic or undisclose...

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The 2013 Boston Wine Expo has come and gone. Overall I thought it was another well executed and well attended event. There were many wines, lots of foods to sample, an array of lifestyle ve...

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TIE KUAN YIN OOLONG TEA I don't really know anything about tea, and I know absolutely nothing about this style or this source (is it reputable or not to start?), but I do know that the tea ta...

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