A Different Approach to Cider

I’m not the first to work with cider in Denmark. Great and experienced brewers as Kai Winter from Kernegaarden, Jeppe Gents from Fejø Cider and Per Kølster were there before me. What these guys do is French cider in Denmark. They have planted orchards of French and English apple varieties on their farms. To be honest – and I’m sorry – this does not make sense in a country with such a diverse and rich supply of apples. Denmark is full of apples native to this country.

I believe in a different approach: Danish cider on Danish apple varieties. So is this new? Yes and no. No because Kim Johansen from Pomona Cider and Jens Skovgaard from Cold Hand Winery already do cider on Danish varieties. Yes because no one has ever launched a single variety cider on Danish apples. Maybe it taste like something not to be sold? I don’t know. But think about it for a while: a single variety cider on known varieties as Dronning Louise, Ildrød Pigoen, Ingrid Marie and so on. I think there is a huge and untapped potential here.

So I have set out to investigate the potential in single variety Danish cider. Therefore I have designed an experiment investigating different production methods and techniques as well as apple varieties.

Stay tuned for descriptions and results.

Open Product Innovation

This blog is about my research and product development of a Danish cider. Ideas, thought and result are posted and shared here on this blog, and you are welcome to take part in the process. Some people might think that it is to radical to share thought and results even before a product is launched. I believe that transparency, openness and interaction is the best way to develop a new product. And that is why I open this product development phase and let you in to participate in the process.

Feel free to comment and share with friends and colleagues. You are welcome to contact me if you have any questions or interested in collaborating @ mail@jacobdamgaard.dk.