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http://www.jsonline.com/blogs/entertainment/381208221.html
Lost Valley Cider Co., Milwaukee's first hard-cider bar, opens Wednesday in Walker's Point
Cider and more cider: Lost Valley Cider Co., Milwaukee's first bar with a focus on hard cider, will open Wednesday at 408 W. Florida St. with more than 20 ciders on tap and 120 ciders in bottles and cans.
The ciders favor the crisper, tarter style of European ciders, and Lost Valley's list includes ciders from around the world as well as from Wisconsin.
The bar will have several beers on tap, in part so it can mix a Snakebite, the cider-beer cocktail. It also will have mead on tap and will serve wine.
Lost Valley also has a retail component: Customers can take home 32-ounce howlers of draft ciders and buy discounted packaged cider before 9 p.m.
Ciders on tap at the bar will show the range produced now, including herbal and spiced ciders, and ciders that incorporate other fruits.
One that won over dubious customers during preview nights Thursday and Friday was Uncle John's apple-blueberry cider from Michigan. "It tastes just like you're biting into fresh blueberries," co-owner Chandra Rudolph said. Guests at the preview also were partial to the habanero-laced El Chavo from Blake's Hard Cider, also in Michigan. "People are really gravitating toward that one," she said.
For snacks, Lost Valley will have popcorn from Knight's Gourmet and cheese from nearby Clock Shadow Creamery. Customers are welcome to bring in food or have it delivered, said Rudolph.
The 50-seat bar is on the ground floor of Brix, the loft apartments converted from a seven-story former candy factory and warehouse. The bar's interior has a modern industrial feel, Rudolph said, to reflect the building's past.
Some objects found in the building's renovation were incorporated into the decor, like the old fire door that now bears Lost Valley's name at the front of the bar, and old windows used for the bar's face. "It was fun to be creative with old pieces we found," Rudolph said.
A small booth for two to four patrons has been dubbed the Starry Night booth, for the twinkling LED lights overhead. It evokes the Rudolph family's love of the outdoors, Chandra Rudolph said.
Lost Valley will have a tasting table for classes that will be held at 2 p.m. Sundays. The first, on June 26, will be Cider 101, with a tasting of five ciders. Other classes will be on the ciders of Europe, the Pacific Northwest and Wisconsin.
Hours will be 3 to 11 p.m. Wednesdays and Thursdays, 3 p.m. to midnight Fridays, noon to midnight Saturdays and noon to 8 p.m. Sundays. Lost Valley will have patio seating for 20 or more.
The cider bar is on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. To contact: (414) 885-5678.
http://www.jsonline.com/blogs/entertainment/381208221.html
Lost Valley Cider Co., Milwaukee's first hard-cider bar, opens Wednesday in Walker's Point
Cider and more cider: Lost Valley Cider Co., Milwaukee's first bar with a focus on hard cider, will open Wednesday at 408 W. Florida St. with more than 20 ciders on tap and 120 ciders in bottles and cans.
The ciders favor the crisper, tarter style of European ciders, and Lost Valley's list includes ciders from around the world as well as from Wisconsin.
The bar will have several beers on tap, in part so it can mix a Snakebite, the cider-beer cocktail. It also will have mead on tap and will serve wine.
Lost Valley also has a retail component: Customers can take home 32-ounce howlers of draft ciders and buy discounted packaged cider before 9 p.m.
Ciders on tap at the bar will show the range produced now, including herbal and spiced ciders, and ciders that incorporate other fruits.
One that won over dubious customers during preview nights Thursday and Friday was Uncle John's apple-blueberry cider from Michigan. "It tastes just like you're biting into fresh blueberries," co-owner Chandra Rudolph said. Guests at the preview also were partial to the habanero-laced El Chavo from Blake's Hard Cider, also in Michigan. "People are really gravitating toward that one," she said.
For snacks, Lost Valley will have popcorn from Knight's Gourmet and cheese from nearby Clock Shadow Creamery. Customers are welcome to bring in food or have it delivered, said Rudolph.
The 50-seat bar is on the ground floor of Brix, the loft apartments converted from a seven-story former candy factory and warehouse. The bar's interior has a modern industrial feel, Rudolph said, to reflect the building's past.
Some objects found in the building's renovation were incorporated into the decor, like the old fire door that now bears Lost Valley's name at the front of the bar, and old windows used for the bar's face. "It was fun to be creative with old pieces we found," Rudolph said.
A small booth for two to four patrons has been dubbed the Starry Night booth, for the twinkling LED lights overhead. It evokes the Rudolph family's love of the outdoors, Chandra Rudolph said.
Lost Valley will have a tasting table for classes that will be held at 2 p.m. Sundays. The first, on June 26, will be Cider 101, with a tasting of five ciders. Other classes will be on the ciders of Europe, the Pacific Northwest and Wisconsin.
Hours will be 3 to 11 p.m. Wednesdays and Thursdays, 3 p.m. to midnight Fridays, noon to midnight Saturdays and noon to 8 p.m. Sundays. Lost Valley will have patio seating for 20 or more.
The cider bar is on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. To contact: (414) 885-5678.
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