The year of 2006 wasn’t exactly the golden age of cider in America. The cider industry was still young, with patrons and businesses alike only beginning to recognize the burgeoning potential the fermented beverage had to offer. Cider sales worldwide only amounted to $217 million, less than a third of what it is today. Today, we see this time as a beginning, but living in the era, the prospect of opening a cidery would have been like entering into uncharted territory.
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