Mini Cider Tasting at The Annex: Mt. Diablo Cider Company – Thursday, October 10, 2024 from 5pm-6pm
Join Cider Makers, Thomas & Tracy Henry , from Mt. Diablo Cider Company to taste and learn about their ciders on Thursday, October 10 from 5pm-6pm at The Annex.
Thomas & Tracy believe that like all things in life, what you get out of something depends entirely upon what you put in and cider is no different. The quality of a cider is only as good as the fruit it’s made from. They use heirloom apple varieties that were widely grown on the North Coast and Central Valley of California in the days before Prohibition. This was before large commercial farming practices gave rise to monocultures of “supermarket apples.” Today, such apples come from small, family-owned-and-operated orchards. The growers there keep alive the tradition of working the land just as their forefathers did, to produce fruit of incomparable quality.
Come learn about this small, local, family owned and operated cider company specializing in making premium cider where quality is valued over quantity, the journey just as important as the destination and family is valued and celebrated above all else.
https://www.mountdiablocider.com/
There is a $5 tasting fee and you must be 21+ to participate
Beer & Cider Summer Tasting, Sunday, August 25, 2024
We have a lot of really great breweries that will be pouring tastes on Sunday, August 25, 2024 at The Annex. If you are interested in expanding your knowledge of what we have to offer, stop by and discover your new favorite beer or cider.
It’s only $10 to taste and we are offering 10% Off on all beer & cider purchases that day at The Annex, 10387 San Pablo Ave, El Cerrito, CA. (510)526-5150
Must be 21+ to participate.
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Far West Cider – Get to Know Your Farmer

The family founded Far West Cider in 2016, making and blending their product in a former Naval ammunition warehouse in Richland on the east side of San Francisco Bay. (TJ Mullinax/Good Fruit Grower)
Every cider that Far West Cider creates is a product of their fourth-generation family farm in San Joaquin County, California. All of their apples and sometimes other fruit (hello cherries, pluots, & citrus) are harvested, and pressed into juice on their 100 year old ranch. That juice is then cared for throughout fermentation, cellaring, and bottling at their cidery on the waterfront in the city of Richmond CA. Their ciders are available for purchase in The Annex and at The Berkeley Natural Grocery Store
“One California fruit farm is doing everything it can to keep it in the family.
To make room for all three siblings of the fourth generation, Chinchiolo Family Farms has diversified business outlets with a cidery, U-pick orchard and stalls at some of the state’s best-known farm markets to capitalize on the San Francisco Bay Area’s locally sourced ethos.”
Check out this article from Good Fruit Grower Magazine to learn more.