Mountain West Cider and Red Rock Brewing present The Garten, an outdoor patio reminiscent of an old-world German beer garden, with a modern twist. Officially opening on Thursday, May 24th, The Garten located at 417 N. 400 W., will be hosting the Salt Lake City Chamber for Business After Hours from 5-7pm. The event will feature at ribbon cutting at 4pm, live music from the Will … [Read more...]
Turning Passion into a Business: Interview with Jennifer Carleton from Mountain West Cider
Jennifer Carleton and her husband, Jeff, “have never been big beer drinkers and generally gravitate to wines and mixed drinks.” But after a visit to Ireland, they became “hooked on ciders.” They especially loved the hand-crafted ciders available at the pubs they visited. “The dry, gluten free, crisp refreshing taste was a perfect fit for my palate and system,” Jennifer says, and … [Read more...]
Mountain West Cider Keeps Producing Creative and Unique Ciders
Salt Lake Cider Company, Mountain West Cider, keeps pumping out creative and unique ciders that are continuously growing in popularity. Most recently they teamed up with Green Urban LunchBox, "a local non-profit that harvests urban fruit and donates the market worthy fruit to food banks across the Salt Lake region," says Jennifer Carleton, owner at Mountain West Cider. The … [Read more...]
Mountain West Hard Cider
Hard apple cider once quenched the thirst of Americans for generations. Before Prohibition started in 1920, hard apple cider, also known as apple jack, outsold beer as the go-to American beverage of choice. After Prohibition was repealed in 1933, the country’s taste shifted more toward beer, with hard cider being viewed as a European import. But Jennifer and Jeff Carleton, o … [Read more...]