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What Snow Capped’s Award-Winning Gravenstein Says About Product Strategy

Snow Capped Cider‘s Elevation Gravenstein has earned plenty of recognition, including Best in Class at the Great Lakes International Cider and Perry Competition (GLINTCAP) in 2024 and 2025 and first place in the Heirloom Cider [...]
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Beak & Skiff’s Diversification Strategy and How it Works Without Losing the Core

For Beak & Skiff Apple Orchards, diversification wasn’t about abandoning the farm’s core business. It was about finding more ways to make the assets, expertise and customer relationships it already had work harder. The fifth-generation [...]
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Cider Corps Finds Staying Power by Balancing Familiarity With Something Different

Cider Corps‘ Mango Foxtrot has become the kind of core product many cideries want but few can build: a cider that continues to sell consistently while also serving as an introduction to the category for [...]
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Make October Matter: How Cideries Look to Turn National Cider Month Into a Business Tool

For many cideries, October did not need National Cider Month to become an important part of the calendar. The harvest is underway. Apples are everywhere. Consumers are already looking for fall experiences. And, in many [...]
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How Seek No Further Is Using Coffee to Build a More Productive Cidery

A cidery’s busiest hours can also expose one of its biggest business challenges: what happens to the building when customers aren’t there? For Seek No Further Cider, the answer has been to add some java. [...]

SILO Distillery’s Philogyny Brings New Taste, Crispness to Russet Apple Cider

October 20, 2026 0

Who runs the world? … We all know the answer, but SILO Distillery is adding another notch to its badass belt with the launch of Philogyny, the first generation of a new cider series that […]

Find A Taste of Fall at High Limb Cider: Pumpkin Spice & Dutch Apple Crisp

September 10, 2026 0

Fall is officially in full swing, and Plymouth, MA-based High Limb Cider is celebrating the season with two ciders inspired by some of fall’s most nostalgic flavors: Pumpkin Spice Lover and Dutch Apple Crisp. For a twist […]

Tieton Cider Works, Washington State University Collaborate on a Cougar Crisp

August 26, 2026 0

Tieton Cider Works has been growing and blending fresh pressed apple cider for nearly two decades and has joined forces with Washington State University to produce an Officially Licensed Product that will be landing on […]

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New York Launches Statewide Cider Campaign to Grow Agritourism and Cidery Visits

September 29, 2026 0

New York is launching a statewide campaign designed to make cider a larger part of the state’s agricultural tourism strategy and encourage visitors to explore its cideries, orchards and surrounding communities. Gov. Kathy Hochul and […]

Bellingham Announces Acquisition of Lost Giants

September 26, 2026 0

Bellingham Cider Company is purchasing Lost Giants Cider Company, with current owners Brad Wilske and Abe Ebert passing the brand to Bellingham Cider Company Co-Owners Bryce Hamilton and Josh Serface. Wilske and Ebert approached Hamilton […]

Locust Cider’s Gig Harbor Taproom to Continue Under New Ownership

September 26, 2026 0

Locust Cider is stepping away from ownership of its Gig Harbor, Washington, taproom, but the location will remain open under new ownership and continue serving the cidery’s products. Jason and Rebecca Spears, owners of Locust […]

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