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Bold Rock Hard Cider is an exciting, rapidly-growing craft cidery founded in Virginia, but expanding to serve its growing fanbase. The Company is very well-known within Virginia where it now holds a prominent market position and it is gaining traction within adjacent markets. Our hard cider product for which Bold Rock is renown is smooth, fruit forward and offers a clean finish—a beloved combination for a growing segment of clients electing to drink hard cider over beer. The Company was founded in the rural hamlet of Nellysford, Virginia—deep in the heart of the Blue Ridge Mountains—and near other prominent Virginia beer breweries. Upon the initiative of John Washburn and his partner Brian Shanks, a dream of using fresh, local apples to form a special family of ciders made carefully each day began in June, 2012. Today, the first and very modest cider barn in Nellysford has given way to a beautifully rustic timber-frame cidery and taprooms where both long-devoted and new cider drinkers can watch cider makers crushing local apples and crafting award-winning Bold Rock Hard Cider while “Drinking in the Scenery.” Bold Rock Locations: Nellysford, VA 1020 Rockfish Valley Hwy, Nellysford, VA 22958 Carter Mountain, VA 1435 Carters Mountain Trail, Charlottesville, VA 22902 Mills River, NC 72 School House Rd, Mills River, NC 28759 Asheville, NC 39 N Lexington Ave, Asheville, NC 28801

At Angry Orchard we use the ripest apples, harvested by hand to ensure the highest quality. The result is a distinctly crisp and refreshing cider. We think you'll taste the difference.

The California Cider Company was founded in 1993 by Jeffrey House, a British Beer & Cider Marketer with experience importing British and European beer and cider brands to the USA. The company is still owned and operated by the House Family. The California Cider Company's brand "Ace Cider" was the first hard cider to be made in California and one of the original American hard cider brands. It is the longest running independent cider company in the USA. The cidery operates in the rich fruit-growing county of Sonoma in the Northern San Francisco Bay Area with a cider tasting room in Sebastopol. All Ace Ciders are gluten free and are made all-naturally without added sugar.