NITTY’S CIDER STARTED IN 2018 WHEN MASTER NITTY DECIDED IT WAS TIME TO VENTURE OUT ON HIS OWN TO MAKE CIDER. HIS PASSION FOR CIDER MAKING BEGAN AFTER HE GRADUATED FROM UNIVERSITY OF OREGON AND STARTED WORKING FOR A CIDER COMPANY. HE MASTERED THE NECESSARY SKILLS TO CREATE WHAT MANY LOCAL CIDER DRINKERS BELIEVE TO BE ONE OF THE BEST CIDERS OUT THERE.

HISTORY OF CIDER FUN FACTS:

  • CIDER WAS THE PREFERRED ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE DURING COLONIAL TIMES

  • JOHN ADAMS ENJOYED A GLASS OF CIDER FOR BREAKFAST EACH MORNING

  • IN THE 1800’S PEOPLE PLANTED APPLE TREES TO MAKE CIDER, NOT TO EAT APPLES

  • CIDER GREW EXTREMELY POPULAR DURING THE ELECTION CAMPAIGN OF 1840 WHEN WILLIAM HARRISON USED IT TO RELATE TO THE WORKING CLASS

  • CIDER GREW LESS POPULAR DURING THE WESTWARD MOVEMENT OF AMERICA, AND THE MIGRATION OF GERMANS TO AMERICA, HENCE BEER TO THE PEOPLE.

  • CIDER HIT ITS END IN AMERICA DURING THE PROHIBITION, UNTIL IT WAS BROUGHT BACK IN THE 1990’S WITH THE ARRIVAL OF MICROBREWERIES, CREATING A BUZZ FOR SMALL CRAFT BREWS AND CIDERS.