Our Story
Owners Brian and Lavina grew up on opposite ends of the country,but their childhoods shared one parallel: apple orchards; Brian in the robust orchards of Western New York and Lavina on her family’s 80 acres in Douglas County, Oregon.Â
In the mid 2000’s their paths crossed in Portland, Oregon initiating a love affair with cider neither of them could have imagined. Moving into their first home together, instead of a dining room table in the kitchen they found themselves with only room for 9 fermenters. That particular batch of cider was juice they purchased from their friend’s farm stand in Milwaukie, Oregon, which came from the orchard they currently pick their cider apples from. Those 9 fermenters were enjoyed by all at backyard BBQs, birthdays, campfires, and Tuesday nights.
In the coming years, they would be very resourceful in their picking endeavors. Getting a variety of juice from Lavina’s family farm, knocking on doors to pick apple trees in yards, to purchasing a majority of their juice from the Milwaukie farm stand. Many of their pressings were weekend long events; full days of picking, and full days of pressing. The one constant was the clear, dry, fruit forward cider they produced.
