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A LOCAL WHISKEY MAKER IS
BRANCHING
OUT.
GETTING INTO THE HARD CIDER
BUSINESS WITH
A NOD TO ITS PITTSBURG ROOTS.
WHISKEY ARE
EXPANDING THEIR ALCOHOLIC
OFFERINGS.
WE WILL BE PRODUCING HARD
CIDER,
ALCOHOLIC CIDERS.
THE COOWNER SAYS HARD SAP
-- HARD
APPLE CIDER WILL BE SOLD UNDER
A UNIQUE NAME.
THREADBE -- THREADBARE
CIDER.
THIS ONE ACRE SITE IN SPRING
GARDEN ON
THE NORTH SIDE WILL HOUSE
THREADBARE'S CIDER
FERMENTATION HOUSE, A NEW
BARREL HOUSE FOR
WHISKEY, AN OUTDOOR PERFORMANCE
SITE AND PLENTY
OF PARKING.
THREADBARE CIDER IS NAMED
FOR THE
SCANT CLOTHES WORN BY JOHN
CHAPMAN, BETTER
KNOWN AS JOHNNY APPLESEED WHO
TURNS OUT TO HAVE
ROOTS IN PITTSBURG.
AROUND 1800, 185, HE LIVED
IN
PITTSBURG ON THE HILL DISTRICT.
HE HAD A
LITTLE CABIN UP THERE AND HE
HAD A LITTLE
ORCHARD.
THE STORY AS JOHNNY
COLLECTED APPLE
SEEDS WITH CIDER -- AND
DISTRIBUTED THROUGHOUT
THE MIDWEST RETURNING TO
PITTSBURG FREQUENTLY
FOR MORE SEEDS.
THESE APPLE SEEDS WERE KEY TO
HARD CIDER.
APPLE SEEDS FROM SEED
PRODUCE UGLY
APPLES THAT ARE TART AND NOT
VERY WONDERFUL TO
EAT.
BUT THEY PRODUCE WONDERFUL
CIDER APPLES,
SO ALL OF HIS ORCHARDS THAT
SPREAD ACROSS THE
FRONTIER WERE, IN FACT,
INTENDED FOR ALCOHOL
PRODUCTS.
Reporter: CIDER THE COLONIAL
MAN'S
DRINK WAS REPLACED BY BEER
UNTIL RECENTLY U.
IT'S ACTUALLY THE FASTEST-
GROWING
CATEGORY IN AMERICA RIGHT NOW.
AS FOR TASTE, CIDER BREWER
SAFE BARRY
SAYS JUST AS WINE IS MORE THAN
GRAPE JUICE,
HARD CIDER IS MORE THAN APPLE
JUICE.
THE HARD CIDER IS GOING TO
HAVE A LOT
OF EXTRA FLAVOR AND CHARACTER
THAT WILL CREATE
ALL KINDS OF INTERESTING
COMPOUNDS.
YOU'LL HAVE TO WEAR.
THREADBARE'S
NEW HARD CIDER WON'T BE
AVAILABLE UNTIL