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Creative Freedom or Operational Burden? Inside the DTC Decision For a Cidery

March 4, 2026 Jon Sicotte 0

Direct-to-consumer (DTC) sales continue to evolve from a pandemic-era necessity into a deliberate strategic choice for many cideries. But ​those who have lived the model caution that success requires more than simply opening an online store […]

New Cider

Portland Cider Launches Imperial Blackberry Lime Year-Round & Introduces Imperial Passion Fruit for Spring

February 26, 2026 Jon Sicotte 0

Portland Cider Co. is expanding its bold imperial lineup with two fruit-forward releases: Imperial Blackberry Lime joins the core collection as a year-round offering, and Imperial Passion Fruit arrives as the second installment in the […]

Growing Cider

How Cideries Should Pressure-Test Their Brand Strategy

February 25, 2026 Jon Sicotte 2

Brand strategy for a cider often begins with what seems like a simple decision: launch something new and put it into the market. But those who avoid expensive missteps tend to pause and interrogate the […]

Cider News

Inside 2 Towns Ciderhouse’s Growth Playbook: Dave Takush on Scaling, Innovation & Shelf Wars

February 24, 2026 Jon Sicotte 0

What does it really take to scale a modern cider production company without losing focus? Recorded at CiderCon 2026 in Providence, this Cider Business/Brewer Magazine conversation with Dave Takush of 2 Towns Ciderhouse digs into […]

Growing Cider

Cider Producers Focus on Alcohol Policy Challenges

February 18, 2026 Jon Sicotte 1

When Oregon Heritage Farms, one of the largest cider apple orchards in the country, shut down in 2024, it did so for financial reasons rather than weather or crop disease. Small cideries that rely on […]

Cider News

CiderCon26 Recap: American Cider Association Outlines Priorities Amid Modest Growth & Industry Pressure

February 11, 2026 Jon Sicotte 0

Leaders of the American Cider Association opened CiderCon 2026 last week in Providence, Rhode Island by pointing to modest category growth, structural challenges and a renewed focus on organizational discipline as the group looks to […]

Growing Cider

​What Oborne Says Finnriver ​Does to Build a Profitable Cidery by Designing Business Around Place

February 4, 2026 Jon Sicotte 0

This is a part of a monthly series of Q&As with members of the cider community from across the U.S. Brewer Magazine & Cider Business will share business and personal insights from decision makers in […]

Cider News

Seminars to Look for at CiderCon 2026

January 28, 2026 Jon Sicotte 0

CiderCon 2026 is next week in Providence, Rhode Island (February 2-5) as cidery professionals like yourself from across the country will gather to share information and strategies in making their businesses better. Brewer will be […]

Growing Cider

Rethinking Expansion Through Distro: Why These Cideries Keep Sales Close to Home

January 21, 2026 Jon Sicotte 0

For many cideries, distribution is often framed as the primary marker of success: more markets, more shelves, more volume. But for some, growth is being defined less by geographic reach and more by control, feedback […]

Cider News

Your 2026 CiderCon – Providence Preview

January 20, 2026 Jon Sicotte 0

Jon Sicotte, executive editor of Brewer Magazine and Cider Business, discusses the upcoming CiderCon 2026 in Rhode Island (February 2-6, 2026) highlighting seminars and events with chats from the American Cider Association’s Jennie Dorsey & […]

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