Specializing in semi-sweet and dry ciders made with Virginia apples — typically that includes an array of tasty adjuncts or time spent in barrels — Buskey Cider is a favourite spot for cider lovers in Scott’s Addition, the favored craft-beverage neighborhood in Richmond, Virginia.
At Buskey, co-owner Elle Correll makes use of each her lifelong ardour for artwork, and her drinks experience, to handle and implement the visible story of her model by logos, labels, social media and past. Prematurely of Virginia Cider Week, Cidercraft caught up with Elle to ask her 4 questions.
CIDERCRAFT: What makes Scott’s Addition such a particular dwelling for a craft beverage enterprise like Buskey Cider?
Elle Correll: Buskey Cider opened in April 2016 within the widespread craft-beverage neighborhood of Scott’s Addition in Richmond, Virginia, and has since expanded into their second outpost ‘Buskey Cider on the Bay’ situated in scenic Cape Charles. Scott’s Addition could be very central to Richmond and is on the intersection of I-95 and I-64, however for many years had been largely forgotten. Now Scott’s Addition has turn into the heartbeat of Richmond and what actually made it particular is that entrepreneurs and creatives bought a foothold there first earlier than the builders took discover and raised the competitiveness and worth of the true property. We’re wanting ahead to the inhabitants of the neighborhood rising and having the ability to introduce the entire newcomers to our cider!
CIDERCRAFT: What got here first, your love of design or your love of cider?
EC: My curiosity in cider started once I was residing in Spain and certainly one of my greatest associates lived within the Basque area which has one of many world’s greatest cider traditions. I’ve at all times had a creative flare — nonetheless, I simply by no means imagined my artwork would have such a singular alternative to actually find yourself in individuals’s fingers and fridges!
CIDERCRAFT: What does Buskey Cider have in retailer for Virginia Cider Week?
EC: Virginia Cider Week runs November 11-20, 2022, and it’s a celebration of Virginia apples and the unimaginable ciders constituted of them. There’ll be occasions hosted across the state, principally on the cideries themselves.
A few of the highlighted occasions are the Albemarle Smackdown: Assault of the Crabapple; the Lake Anna Cider Pageant at Coyote Gap Ciderworks; and the Alexandria Cider Pageant on the Lloyd Home. At Buskey Cider, we’re proud to current our Hewe’s Crab Single Varietal on draft and in 500ml bottles!
Made with 100% Virginia grown Hewe’s crab apples, this cider boasts floral notes, evoking grapefruit peel, pear and strawberry. Fermented to fully dry and aged on its lees for six months. It is going to be accessible on draft and in 500ml bottles on Friday, November 18, 2022.
CIDERCRAFT: What’s subsequent for Buskey Cider?
EC: Yearly we launch a brand new harvest cider in cans, and this 12 months, 2022 Buskey Heritage Mix Cider will function Ruby Purple Crab, Ashmead’s Kernel and Gold Rush apples. We’ll even be releasing a single varietal of the Ruby Purple Crab apples as a result of it’s simply that good, and our clients deserve it!
