SOUTH GLENS FALLS – Common Roots Brewing Company has made a name for itself in the region with its offerings of beer, coffee, and even hard and non-alcoholic seltzers; but now the brew guys are leaning even more into the fermentation game with a new line called “Common Roots Original Hard Cider.”
“We’re very fortunate that one of our production guys is a winemaker by trade,” said Christian Weber, co-founder and head brewer for the company. “Cider is a lot closer to wine than it is beer. It goes through a very similar fermentation process.”
Embracing the cider side of craft beverages was always on Weber’s radar for the company. Following the recent opening of the Bierhall and Albany Outpost, he said the time was right to expand the brewery’s portfolio as well…