Kate Connally > wrote:

> Well, I have the opposite problem, sort of. Tons
> of apple cider but all of it made with mostly
> golden delicious (which is a misnomer afaiac). I
> wish I could get a pure MacIntosh "varietal" cider.
> I have found it on rare occasions in the past but
> almost no one makes it. When I'm in Vermont I can
> get great cider which is mostly MacIntosh. But
> here in the Pittsburgh area it's most bland, sweet
> varieties like golden delicious that are used. I like
> a nice sweet-tart cider. Sigh!

I used to get the Kine cider in North Hills right outside of the
Kinvara neighborhood (Thompson Run and... Peebles?). Schramms farms
also had it. You have to have plenty of Macs in Zelienople, at
least.

I don't mean to throw around names, but there was always shitloads
of varietal apples around PGH. I was an apple freak-connoisseur
when I was kid in PGH. Haven't eaten an apple since. Drank plenty
though(*)

-sw

(*) Night Train