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Old 01-07-2020, 04:11 PM   #1
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Default Craft Cider

In the Beer Thread, Hockeyguy15 correctly recommended I start a separate Cider thread. Here it is . . .

https://www.avenuecalgary.com/restau...se-in-calgary/

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Calgary’s craft beer scene has exploded in the past few years, with at least 15 new breweries opening in 2018 alone. Meanwhile, a handful of craft cideries have quietly started turning out hard apple cider in the city. SunnyCider is the first of these to officially open a brick-and-mortar establishment dedicated to cider. Located in the Franklin industrial area, the space is the business’s headquarters for production and service, acting as a cider-equivalent to a brewery’s taproom.

While about 90 per cent of its fruit (apples, pears, berries and more) come from the Okanagan, Tim says that has nothing to do with the quality of fruit in Alberta — simply the amount they can get their hands on. As for local fruit, SunnyCider has a fruit donation program that offers perks to donors and offers harvesting services to people who prefer to outsource that work.

The current flavours at SunnyCider include a dry apple cider, a not-too-tart sour cherry apple cider and a Prairie-inspired Saskatoon berry apple cider. SunnyCider has a novel service model compared to some of its taproom peers. Rather than focus solely on its own products, its guests taps outnumber the house offerings in an attempt to showcase the breadth of flavour cider has to offer. It serves cider from fellow Calgary cideries Uncommon Cider Co. and Lekker Cider, as well as producers from Quebec, British Columbia and Ireland.
https://www.sunnycider.ca/

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