MINNEAPOLIS - In this week's Inventures two friends take their passion for hard cider and turn it into a business. Sociable Cider Werks started in the garage and now has a new brewery owned by Jim ...

Over the last five years, the craft brewery movement has grown exponentially in Minnesota. The Associated Press says licensing records show two-thirds of Minnesota breweries have opened just since ...

Two years ago Jim Watkins and Wade Thompson set out to bring craft cider to the Twin Cities. This was a risk due to the heavy dose of "alcopops" we've been served for years here in the midwest. "It's ...

The apples for Sociable Cider Werks' taproom come from a Lake City orchard. The hard cider that people will soon be drinking in a new Minneapolis taproom will come from an orchard near the shores of ...

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MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) --Move over craft beer makers, there's a new player in town and they're putting a craft spin on cider. Sociable Cider Werks is a hard cider brewery that will join an already brewery ...

The first cidery in the city of Minneapolis defies expectations. In fact, they technically make graff, which is a cider-like beverage that includes beer ingredients like grains and hops. Though they ...

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As Minnesota's craft-beer landscape grows faster than your holiday-season waistline, the local hard cider scene has stayed undesirably thin. However, Wade Thompson and Jim Watkins are throwing their ...

Yia Vang and Chris Her of Union Kitchen have been popping up all over town with their food pop-ups spotlighting Hmong fare. Recent appearances include the St. Paul Winter Farmers’ Market at Market ...

Since the passage of the so-called “Surly Bill,” taprooms have been popping up around the Twin Cities, where local brewers can now sell their beer directly to thirsty consumers. The fast-paced growth ...