Unique Blends from Cidery in Elk Township Please Fans Right Down to the Core

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Image via Old Stone Cider.

For the past five years, Evan Gruber and his family have been making and selling a variety of ciders at Old Stone Cider in Lewisville, in Elk Township. Roger Morris squeezed out their backstory for The Hunt Magazine.

The cidery was created in a converted bank barn. It now boasts a modern tasting room with multiple taps on the upper level, while the downstairs is filled with equipment for fermenting and aging. Old Stone also offers its ciders at Hood’s BBQ in Kennett Square and sells jugs of cider that can be enjoyed at home.

The family is making ciders that are not so common domestically.

“My dad had to spend time in England as part of his job, and he turned us on to Euro-style ciders,” said Gruber. “They’re a niche of tart cider that’s different from the sweet ciders popular in America.”

Everybody in the family has a role to play in the business. Gruber’s father is CEO and accountant; his mother tends to the orchards.

In addition to using their own yield, the Grubers augment their cider flavor profiles with apples purchased from other local orchards.

Read more about Old Stone Cider in The Hunt Magazine.

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