Duluth Cider began with a simple question: “Why isn’t anyone making cider in Duluth?”
It just made sense that a city with a rich history of craft excellence, in a region with a long history of apple production, in a state where neighbors provide for each other, there should be a great locally-made cider option.
In 2016 founders Jake and Valerie Scott got to work learning everything they could about cider’s rich history and traditions. In 2017 they backpacked from northern France through Switzerland and south through Italy, learning from some of the world’s best cider and winemakers at every stop.
Their educational travels resulted in a value of locally-produced high end cider that combines the best of age-old international tradition with the experimentation of modern, often untested innovation.