Turning CALGARY Apples To Craft Cider? : Interview with SunnyCider

SunnyCider is a local artisan cider house in Calgary. What makes this cider house unique is that it makes cider from fruit grown in Calgary, 600km from the nearest fruit growing region in Canada! Connecting and applying permaculture principles makes SunnyCider a powerful example of what is possible with local food, and one of the most important craft alcohol producers in Calgary. Join Rob as he finds out what makes SunnyCider tick!
Links to topics in this video:
0:50 Dennis’ background in local food
1:30 The beginning of Sunnyside Cider
2:16 Why Dennis left IT
3:57 Low capital Urban farming to a high capital cider venture
6:05 Rise of the craft alcohol industry
7:15 About 100 Species of apples growing in Calgary
8:06 Locally grown fruit from decentralized orchards harvested by decentralized crews
10:23 Two alternative payment methods for fruit
11:23 Permaculture principles applied to cider production and marketing
14:07 Growth and future plans
17:59 Ciders on tap (summer 2020)
19:13 A closer look at the SunnyCider operation
19:13 Masher
19:40 Hydropress
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[@annettestcyr]

Dennis and team make an amazing array of ciders! I've joined their "incider" club from the beginning and it's a real pleasure to look forward to their unique seasonal cider flavours every quarter.. highly recommend it!

[@cindylouhoo144]

How wonderful. Such treasures right here in Alberta! Thanks for sharing.

[@Ahomesteadersdream]

Wow, this is such an incredible idea! So many residential apples go to waste every season, this is phenomenal!

[@ellenorbjornsdottir1166]

greetings from sunny, chilly Prince George, BC! Neat little operation.

[@philandhannahslittlefarm1464]

Not sure how you get questions for your q&a but I was wondering if you could do a video about how to come up with the perfect amount of square footage for a pasive solar greenhouse.. we are planing on building one in the next few years and dont want it to be way to big but we definatly dont want to regret not going bigger..

[@longarmsupplies]

There's a course on their website.....