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West Michigan Cidery in Running For Best in the U.S. Get our free mobile app Fennville's Virtue Cider is among 20 cider makers up for "Favorite American Cidery" in a USA Today 10 Best Readers Poll: The popularity of cider as a beer alternative has exploded in recent years. According to Statista, there were more than 800 cider makers in the United States as of 2018. We asked a panel of industry experts to nominate their 20 favorite cideries from coast to coast.
Here's USA Today's praise for Virtue Cidery: Virtue Cider makes traditional farmhouse ciders using sustainable methods. Each cider starts with hand-picked apples from the orchards of Michigan. These apples are pressed, fermented and barrel-aged onsite.
>> these look great. >> johns, macs, we have the goldens. >> greg hall of fenville, michigan, is very picky about which apples go into his cider. this morning, he and peter, owner of nearby seedling orchard, are testing. >> you can see how they cluster, which is an unusual feature. >> and tasting. >> as a cider maker, we're looking for aroma and flavor, acid and tannin from the apple. >> as an independent brewer, greg is part of a small but rapidly growing beverage category, hard cider, where his label has been thriving. >> now it's all over the tv, all over the supermarkets. >> no surprise, all of this rapid growth has not gone unnoticed by big players in the beer category. greg is now getting stiff competition from big beer brands who have recently acquired cider