The Process

What is Cider?

Cider is an apple wine that is fermented and not brewed. It is a naturally gluten free drink made from a blend of apples sourced in the Pacific Northwest. Hard Cider is an alcoholic drink made from the fermented juice of apples.

How is it Made?

process diagram

STEP 1

Source: Ripe apples are sourced from the Pacific Northwest where they are juiced and delivered to our facility in Tempe.

apple

STEP 2

Fermentation: Once arrived we take the apple juice concentrate and add water, yeast and nutrients. The fermentation ends when all sugars have been turned into alcohol leaving little to no sugar.

cartoon clock

STEP 3

Filter: The cider is now ready to be filtered for clarification. This refines the clear pure liquid gold color we finish with as the base of our product.

cartoon filter

STEP 4

Blend: When we are happy with the base we add variety of spices, herbs, hops, berries and other juice to replace some of the sugars. This process creates the different ciders we finish with for our core four selection.

Bag of hops in hand

STEP 5

Carbonate: The cider is placed in our Brite tank which carbonates the finished product.

Interior, a brewery tank

STEP 6

Keg: After we carbonate it is time to send off our ciders to bars and restaurants in kegs.

Beer kegs

STEP 7

Enjoy: This is our favorite step because it's when we truly get to enjoy the efforts of our work. Cheers!

Glass of cider served outside