Western Cider: Batch No. 1

March 11, 2017 12:00PM - 10:00PM at The Dram Shop

To all you MOUNTAIN HIPPIES, TRAIL DOGS, RIVER RATS, SKI BUMS, LOWLANDERS, HIGHLANDERS, RANCHERS, FARMERS and . . . everyone in between - JOIN US! at The Dram Shop to break open the first batch of cider - hand crafted by Missoula's FIRST LEGAL APPLE FERMENTEURS - Western Cider. Try our initial lineup, including limited run ferments and our flagship POOR FARMER Classic and Hopped. Come meet the gang between 4 and 8, try a flight, and learn about the cider culture we are bubbling in Montana!

Western Cider is Missoula, Montana's first cider house. Our venture into cider started in 2010 when Michael Billingsley was infected by an obsession with apples. He planted 2,500 cider apple trees in the Bitterroot Valley – just south of Missoula. He continued to plant hundreds of trees every year since - on his farm and orchards throughout the valley. Now, he is finally in the process of using those apples, as well as apples from throughout Western Montana and neighboring Washington, to produce a unique line of ciders. As a company, Western Cider aspires to create an institution of great cider, good times and a life worth living in this far-flung region of the American West.

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