Strongbow Hard Apple Ciders, a brand of White Plains, N.Y.-based Heineken USA, unveiled its newest flavor, Strongbow Cherry Blossom. The new flavor and recipe delivers a cut-through, refreshing taste with delicate cherry blossom and red fruit aromas and an underlying note of apple, the company says.

Although hard cider stems from a smaller market share of the beer category, the hard cider segment continues to outpace the beer category as a whole, according to this year's beer market report.

In keeping with its focus on product innovation, Vermont Hard Cider Co.’s Woodchuck Hard Cider released Campfire Pancakes, the seventh installment in its Out on a Limb series. 

We kicked off our 2016 Readers’ Choice poll with a plethora of great new products from which to choose. 

Flatbed Cider Co. released two craft hard ciders — Crisp Apple Cider and Pear Cider — made from apples and pears sourced in the Northwest. 

Angry Orchard, a brand of The Boston Beer Co., announced a new line joining the brand’s portfolio — Orchard’s Edge. 

Sonoma Cider added the fourth flavor to its core lineup — The Washboard. 

Corvallis, Ore.-based 2 Towns Ciderhouse announced the release of its latest limited-release cider — The Dark Currant. The winter cider combines apples and local black currants. The black currants are noted for complex tannins, high acidity and earthy flavor profile, much like a traditional cider apple, the company says. The result is a 6 percent alcohol-by-volume cider rich in tannins with notes of cherry, rose and light wood, it adds.

When summer was winding down, my family and I headed up north for a friend’s wedding in Door County, Wis. Aside from my sister getting a kick out of the goats grazing on the roof of Al Johnson’s Swedish Restaurant & Butik, we also got a chance to try Island Orchard Cider, a French-style hard cider that is produced in Ellison Bay, Wis.

Woodchuck Hard Cider added Hot Cha Cha Cha to its out on a limb series.