Lynn Nichols

Hard cider popularity on the rise — and it's about time!

Hard cider popularity on the rise — and it's about time!

Like wine, cider can be still or effervescent, dry or sweet, and everything in between. The range of flavor profiles is limited only to the imagination and skill of the cider maker.

Ask the average person around the region “What's the fastest growing segment of the alcoholic-beverage market?” and you'd probably expect to hear “craft beer.”

Makes sense, right? The growth of beer from small-scale breweries in the United States has indeed been phenomenal, but in the last few years, sort of under the radar, sales of another traditional American brew have tripled.

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