The Professional Handbook of Cider Tasting

Author Biography

Travis Alexander is a Postdoc in the Department of Horticulture at Washington State University. Travis received his B.S. in Biochemistry from the University of California, San Diego, M.S. in Horticulture from the University of California, Davis, and Ph.D. in Horticulture from WSU. His doctorate work focused on advancing cider apple production through evaluations of mechanized harvest and comparisons of regional cider apple juice quality. Travis's postdoctoral work involves evaluating current metrics of cider apple fruit quality to provide growers with a more optimized means of assessing quality up to and at harvest. Bri Ewing is a Clinical Assistant Professor in the School of Food Science at Washington State University. Bri teaches the nationally recognized Cider & Perry Production - A Foundation course along with other fermentation workshops. Bri received her B.S. in Molecular Environmental Biology from the University of California, Berkeley and M.S. in Food Science and Technology from Virginia Tech where her master's research focused on the correlation between apple maturity, post-harvest storage conditions, and the quality and chemistry of hard cider. Bri also has industry experience working at wineries in California and New Zealand. Bri hopes to expand her extension program to include more resources for cidermakers and fermentation professionals as a whole.