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Craft Cider
where people wore all white to lessen the effects ingredients, whether buying herbs from local farm-
of the sun. ers or even growing their own. Fry, for example,
started a garden in her backyard and may produce
Last year, the Houston Cider Company formed a some herbs in bulk for the cidery.
partnership with Bee2Bee Honey Collective, where
the cidery made honey sourced from six different As we emerge from the Covid-19 pandemic,
Houston neighborhood apiaries, each yielding dif- research indicates that we can expect to see more
ferent flavors of honey. Customers could vote for and more innovation from cideries like the Houston
their favorite honey cider, with the cidery giving the Cider Company. Cider is one of the fastest-growing
winner a $500 donation to distribute to organiza- segments of the liquor industry, and today there
tions in that neighborhood working on bee-friendly are over 900 cideries spread across the country.
projects. “We hope to do this every year,” Engle
said. “We really enjoyed partnering with Bee2Bee As Houston Cider Company says on their website,
and educating our neighborhoods.” “We believe cider is for everyone, and that it is best
enjoyed with good friends, great food, and high
As Houston Cider Company looks to the future, spirits.” That pretty much says it all.
they will continue to create modern American craft
ciders with a focus on fresh ingredients, but expect To learn more about Houston Cider Company, or
some surprises. “Our approach to cidermaking is to buy its products, visit...
traditional, but in terms of flavor, the sky’s the https://www.houstoncidertx.com
limit,” Engle told Beverage Master Magazine. “I like
to cook at home and have all these flavors in my
head, so I make ciders that have more flavor com-
ponents than just apples.”
Their game plan also includes using more local
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