Christina and Jesse don’t make beer.

At least not commercially. They have a palate for bone-dry, flavor-driven ciders and their late project Redwood Coast Cidery was their gift to the hard apple cider drinking world. Or at least to the Bay Area of San Francisco.

These guys opened a Cidery in 2015 because they couldn’t find the styles of cider they liked to drink - which sounds a lot like every home brewer I knew in the early 2000s.

They opened on a responsible budget, grew quickly and expanded when it made sense. They had a plan to be the neighborhood hangout and to serve drinks to their friends, which sounds a lot like most breweries out there.

They made a variety of products inspired by flavor, not profit. Brewed to be enjoyed, not ticked off on Untappd. They were passionate about creating a brand that meant something by crafting products that were true to who they were and how they saw the world.

And, like entirely too many breweries with a similar ethos and whatever that French phrase is for Reason for Being, they were forced to close their doors. In late 2022 they closed both their production facility and their satellite tasting room. Putting a period, or maybe a comma in the story of Redwood Coast Cidery.

I caught up with them about a month after they locked the doors for the last time and they were gracious enough to share their story, the lessons they learned and their advice with each and every one of us.

So listen in, Because you’re about to learn something.

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