KANNAPOLIS — There’s something new brewing following to Old Armor Beer Enterprise. And it is not ale.

Immediately after mastering the beer-producing procedure, the homeowners of Aged Armor have turned their consideration to cider. Kyle Lingafelt and Stefan Perrine are on the brink of formally opening Tipsy Hare Ciderworks at 211 West Ave. The new cidery is linked to the duo’s corner brewery, allowing patrons to fluidly transfer from Old Armor to Tipsy Hare by means of an interior doorway.

The notion for Tipsy Hare arrived when Lingafelt and Perrine have been thinking of what to do with the space beside their brewery. Seeing how popular the really hard cider they carried at Outdated Armor was with customers, it appeared like a no-brainer.

“We had the area following doorway to increase, but what is the appropriate way to grow?” Lingafelt said. “Looking at it we stated, ‘Well, why do not we do cider?’ There is no cideries in Cabarrus County. There are one particular or two in Mecklenburg County. It was not listed here. It was a require/want for the region, it looked like.”

Whilst it accounts for just a portion of the full alcohol market place, difficult cider has been getting acceptance more than the earlier numerous many years. The fermented apple-based mostly beverage is not only offered by large firms like Angry Orchard or Woodchuck, but it also setting up to give rise to area cideries throughout the region.

By opening the cidery, Lingafelt and Perrine are including additional solutions for non-beer drinkers who however want a excitement. Tipsy Hare also offers customers a chance to enjoy a distinct environment.

“It’s a minimal bit a lot more chill, a little quieter and more relaxed,” Lingafelt mentioned. “There are couches, chairs. It’s a whole different search and truly feel. We certainly took a various spin to that than we did the brewery.”

In advance of the duo started out obtaining major about opening Tipsy Hare, they initially experienced to verify they could make superior cider. The cider-making process itself is not that unique from brewing, Lingafelt reported, other than there are a less ways and it is not as forgiving.

The procedure starts off with pasteurization of the apple juice to boil absent any hazardous microbes. The liquid is then put in fermentation tanks. Yeast is additional…