Pier City Cider

For the Love of Making Wine – The Pier City Hard Cider Story Ask any winemaker and they’ll tell you, “It takes a case of beer to make a barrel of wine.” This was no different for master winemaker Gary Stewart and his wife Karen at Four Brix Winery. But when Gary’s wife became gluten intolerant, beer was off the menu. The Stewarts turned to gluten-free hard ciders to get their refreshing fix during the Four Brix wine making process. While this solved the gluten issue, they still couldn’t find a hard cider to recommend to any of their friends. Many hard ciders were too sweet and others too sour. So what does a master winemaker do when he can’t find a hard cider he likes? He creates Pier City Ciders.