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Thursday, April 16, 2015
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‘From orchard to glass’ Tara Bowie Review Staff
The secret is in the apples. Kaylan Madeira of Twisted Hills craft cider in Cawston said the success of the young company boils down to the quality of apples it uses. “We actually use certified organic cider apples. We planted the apples five to seven years ago. We hand pick the apples of the tree. It’s premium fruit, really,” she said. Madeira is the cider maker for Twisted Hills while better half Jo Schneider runs the orchard. Twisted Hills was previously known as Fairview Cider but because of copyright law had to change it’s name last year. The company, which has been in operation for a total of two years, recently earned
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Twisted Hills craft cider earned best in class for cider at the Fest of Ale
top honours for cider at Penticton’s Fest of Ale event. The Kinston’s Twist cider was named the best in class after being judged by several experts in the field. “This is the first time we’ve ever been judged. It’s nice to know where we fall. To see where we compare to other ciders. We’re thrilled about it,” she said. Madeira is extremely busy with two other jobs in addition to cider making. She works as a nurse and at Valley First. The couple decided to enter cider making after selling their apples to a cider maker on the island for several years. “We really got inspired. We decided we wanted to do it and took a course a few years ago,” she said. At first Madeira and Schneider just let friends and family sample the cider but after receiving rave reviews they decided to venture into making it for sale to the general public. Currently they make five unique ciders. The first year Twisted Hills produced 4,500 litres of cider. This past year 7,900 litres was made and the goal is to continue to grow the business over the years. “One of the things people should know is that we are truly overseeing the product start to finish. We are involved in every process. From orchard to glass,” she said.
For those looking to buy the award winning cider details of area stores that sell Twisted Hills products are available on the website www.twistedhills.ca. The tasting room at the orchard located on Ritchie Drive in Cawston will be open starting the May long weekend from 11 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. The other winners from Fest of Ale are: Best of Show: Smoke and Mirrors - Coal Harbour Brewing; Vancouver, BC Best in Class: Lager/Pilsner: 1516 Bavarian Lager Okanagan Spring Brewery; Vernon, BC Pale Ale: Coast Trail Pale Ale - Canuck Empire Brewing; Aldergrove, BC IPA: Double IPA - Powell Street Craft Brewery; Vancouver, BC Hefeweizen: Hey Day Hefeweizen Granville Island Brewing; Vancouver, BC Ales: Rum Runner - Persephone Brewing Company; Gibsons, BC Stout/Porter: Smoke and Mirrors - Coal Harbour Brewing; Vancouver, BC Belgian: White Bark Witbier - Driftwood Brewery; Victoria, BC Fruit Beer: Berried Alive - Longwood Brewery; Nanaimo, BC Other: Super G - Longwood Brewery; Nanaimo, BC
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Twisted Hills craft cider in Cawston earned best in class for cider at the Fest of Ale in Penticton last weekend. Owner/cider maker Kaylan Madeira receives her award. The competition was judged by a variety of experts in the industry.
Sponsor hits home run with new jerseys Review Staff
Registration is way up for baseball and soccer in the Similkameen Minor Sports Association. Between baseball and soccer 107 children aged three to 10 have signed up to play sports in Keremeos this year. “It’s definitely up from last year,” Chantal Winser, administrator for the sports association said. “I think we had about 90 kids last year. It’s so great to keep kids in the community to play sports locally.” Seeing a need in the community for sporting activities for the three to four-year-old children the association added a preschool soccer program.
“There’s not much here for the younger kids in the community sports wise. We don’t want them to have to go to Penticton to play sports. We want to keep it in the community. It’s going to be pretty cute,” she said. Registration this year is $65 for one sport and $100 to play both. Soccer takes place on Monday nights at the Similkameen Elementary Secondary School. Baseball players take the field in Kobau Park in Cawston on Thursdays. The season lasts 10 weeks. Organizers hope to also hold a few jamborees on Saturdays over the season. This year because of a gener-
ous donation jerseys and hats were bought for all players. The Organic Ambrosia Apple Growers of the New Varieties Development Council donated $3,000. Jerseys were bought for all soccer players and jerseys and hats were bought for all baseball players. KGI Industries also made a substantial donation so water bottles and sunglasses were bought for all players as well. The association also received donations from the Royal Canadian Legion in Keremeos and Bandit Laser and CNC. “We’re so grateful and the kids and parents are very grateful for everyone’s generosity,” she said.
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Alain Peron, left, from Organic Ambrosia Apple Growers of the New Varieties Development Council hands Mishak Potash and Chantal Winser a $3,000 sponsorship check. The money was used to buy jerseys for the soccer teams and jerseys and hats for the baseball teams. Players modelled the new jerseys.