112: Maryland's Got Pommes
Yes, Maryland's Got Pommes and there is going to be some big time cider fun at CiderCon2018 in Baltimore! January 31- February 2, 2018.
But first a reminder on: The $900 Price Drop for the Totally Cider Tour to the UK in April 25 - May 2, 2018. Join Ria and other awesome cider friends on this tour of a life time. Go to and register now!
And overview of Maryland's Pomme History Pear Pear chats Perryville, Maryland established 1620 and the origin of the surname Perry. PerryPear believes that it comes from the Middle English word 'perrie' which means pear tree.
And did you know that there is a town called Hereford, Maryland to the north west of Baltimore?
Lord Baltimore aka Cecil Calvert is referenced in Raphael Semmes book Crimes and Punishment of Maryland he told colonist coming to bring: kernels of apples and pears….
Who is attending CiderCon?
The following cider folk are just a few of the awesome people attending
Tom Oliver Gabe Cook, Ciderologist Susanna Forbes and James Forbes of Little Pomona Cider, UK Alex Peckham, Peckham Cider New Zealand Josh Townsend and Jody Scott, New Zealand Hamish Episode 20: Curt Sherrer, Millstone Cellars, MD Distillery Lane Cideworks, MD Brian Rutzen, Jackson Cannon, Fritz, Chef Quantitative Chemical Fingerprints: John Edwards Nutrients Additions or Subtractions and What Happens with Both - Willam Grote, Holly Schmidt, Doug Schmidt and Nathan Williams Getting to CiderCon from the Airport
LYFT: put in the promo code LyftCiderChat for your first ride on this ride share and receive $5 off your ride.
Here are some estimates of the cost for this trip from the airport to the hotel
Lyft: $20-29 Lyft Plus: $30-40 Lyft Premier: $37-49 Lyft Lux: $57-70 Lyft Lux Suv: $71-85 Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport
(BWI) to the Baltimore Marriott Waterfront
BWI to Marriott Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport
12- before 1
6 min walk to the BWI Airport LT Rail
28 min ride - 11 stops.
Get off at Pratt St Light Rail station
walk 1 minute to Howard STreet
And take a Bus on the OrangeLine to Harbor East.
this is an 8 minutes route with 6 stops until you reach the section of Baltimore called Little Italy. Get off and walk throughout Little Italy for 4 minutes to the hotel.
Approximately a 50 min ride
$1.60 both ways
Food options close by Hotel?
Whole Foods is a 5-7 minute walk 1001 Fleet St. Baltimore StarBucks 3 minute walk What is that monument in the round about by the hotel?
National Katyn Memorial
Cider Week Baltimore
Heavy Seas Ale House tap Takeover - 9 minute walk from Hotel
1300 Bank Street
Baltimore, MD 21231
410-522-0850
Tap Takeover at Max's - 11 minute walk from Hotel
Address 737 S. Broadway, Baltimore
Wondering what the scene is like at Max's? There is a webcam; (410) 675-6297
February 11, 2018 - New York International Beer Competition (NYIBC) is accepting cider entries NOW! NYIBC is using the United States Association of Cider Makers new cider categories for this competition. The judges at this competition are in the trade of buying and selling cider and thus judge the cider on the merits of taste and price point.
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Baltimore City 4/28/2015 with National Guard Preventing Riots
This video is from my dashboard cam as I left Baltimore in the afternoon of 4/28/2015, around the Katyn Memorial and the Inner Harbor areas. The streets were calm and I felt very safe, at least during the day time. Having national guards lining up at Inner Harbor is quite a sight.
POLAND DAILY May 8th 2018: Polish American community fight back against New Jersey mayor
The Polish-American community is fighting back against the mayor of Jersey City, Steven Fulop, who has planned to remove the Katyn Memorial from the city's waterfront. Organizations, such as the Coalition of Polish Americans, the Katyn Forest Massacre Memorial Committee and American Jewish Congress in Central Europe, have also criticized the Mayor's scandalous decision.