Greg Hall Talks About Mateo Kehler and Jasper Hill
Greg Hall mentioned that a high school career aptitude test said that he should become a farmer So we asked Hall, “Is this new venture more than just about just about cider for you? ...
Author: Kari Skaflen
Greg Hall Sees a Higher Calling For Cider
Everyone wanted the brewmaster to stay. Greg Hall was 45 and savvy enough to help Goose Island Brewery through the transition after Anheuser Busch purchased the brewery for $38.8 million in 2011. Plus, Goose...
Champaign Illinois Takes On Champagne France
The German poet, Goethe said, ‘Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it.” The quote has been prophetic for Illinois Sparkling Company. Illinois Sparkling has embarked on a bold move to create methode champenoise sparkling...
Craft Beer Craze Opens Doors for Midwest Cider, Sparkling and Wine
The growing U.S. appetite for regional craft beers is having a positive, knock-on effect for the makers of local cider, sparkling and still wine. According to the Brewers Association, the craft beer industry grew...
Prima Cider Rides the Hard Cider Wave
Imagine a fermented beverage that was once popular and jovial, then ravaged by prohibition, finally driven to the brink of extinction, only to be kept alive by farmers and locavores for decades. Years later,...