They have been brewing for a while and have now signed a lease to take the metal warehouse building next to the Paramount on Film Row. Will be both a brewery and taproom.

https://okciderco.com/


We make Beer-Inspired Cider
Our vision is to provide a cider drinking experience similar to beer for those who can’t [drink beer], or want a lighter bodied drink. Beer-Inspired means ciders that are made in the differing styles of beer using beer yeasts, beer fermentation profiles, hops, fruit, and other adjuncts. Our ciders are not overly sweet or candy like!

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I am confused.

Is it beer tasting like cider ? Or is it real apple cider ? In this case, you do not brew cider, you ferment the apple. Cider is closer to wine than beer in the making process.

I am confused.

Is it beer tasting like cider ? Or is it real apple cider ? In this case, you do not brew cider, you ferment the apple. Cider is closer to wine than beer in the making process.

It's pretty much beer made with apples instead of grain, making it gluten free.

If you have had Bold Rock, Wood Chuck, Angry Orchard, etc it will be similar I assume. I'm a big Cider fan, so excited to hear about this.

If you have had Bold Rock, Wood Chuck, Angry Orchard, etc it will be similar I assume. I'm a big Cider fan, so excited to hear about this.

OK Cider Co. was at the OK Hall of Fame's Born and Brewed fundraising event this year. Similar in style to Wood Chuck, Angry Orchard, etc. but significantly better in my opinion. I'm not a huge mass market cider fan (typically too sweet for me) but I was blown away by OK Cider Co.'s products. Very tasty and many different styles. Probably not for everyone but the US cider market has been growing substantially and hopefully they can capture this growth and enjoy success.

I'm really looking forward to trying their stuff.

OK Cider Co. was at the OK Hall of Fame's Born and Brewed fundraising event this year. Similar in style to Wood Chuck, Angry Orchard, etc. but significantly better in my opinion. I'm not a huge mass market cider fan (typically too sweet for me) but I was blown away by OK Cider Co.'s products. Very tasty and many different styles. Probably not for everyone but the US cider market has been growing substantially and hopefully they can capture this growth and enjoy success.

Good info...thanks! I look forward to it as well.

OK Cider Co. was at the OK Hall of Fame's Born and Brewed fundraising event this year. Similar in style to Wood Chuck, Angry Orchard, etc. but significantly better in my opinion. I'm not a huge mass market cider fan (typically too sweet for me) but I was blown away by OK Cider Co.'s products. Very tasty and many different styles. Probably not for everyone but the US cider market has been growing substantially and hopefully they can capture this growth and enjoy success.

Thank you for the explanation !

Real apple cider it is !
Very exciting as it is hard to fine good dry and plain cider. Angry Orchard had an Easy Apple, less sweet one but It did not last I think.
It was the closest from Brut French cider which are the reference for me. I am not sure it so hard to have the same quality which is basic and cheap oversea. I think they use different apples.

I love ciders bu t the american ciders are just too sweet. The European ciders tend to run more dry and less sweet. Strongbow used to be excellent but in 2014, they changed their recipe for the United States to make it a sweeter product. Austin EastCider is fairly decent and not sweet like Angry Orchard, woodchuck and crispin.

Hopefully this place will do some European styles.

You can see a few of their offerings on their website (https://okciderco.com/). I remember trying and really liking (descriptions from their website) Naughty Apple– almost a traditional cider, almost…; Cisón– fermented on Belgian Saison yeast with white peppercorns; Cocked Hat– Wit inspired with notes of coriander and orange; and Nelson Farm’s– our take on the farmhouse ales of France.

I don't like sweet ciders at all and thoroughly enjoyed all that I had. Not too sweet and just incredibly fresh tasting. Really enjoyed the classic cider and then some of their funkier options were great and not like anything I've had before (though I'm far from a regular cider drinker).

Looking forward to this and can add it to when we do our Tap house sunday fundays. may actually get some more folks to tag along now since some of the friends are GF or just not a fan of Beer.

This is decently off topic, but I have always found this particular article fascinating. Makes me want to find some random apple trees and plant them in my back yard:

https://www.motherjones.com/environment/2013/04/heritage-apples-john-bunker-maine/2/

Tim and Luke of OK Cider Co. both come from a brewing background. They have been members of Red Earth Brewers, an OKC metro area home brew club, for several years now (a club known for turning out good brewers). They will be a good addition to the downtown market.

3 new breweries and taprooms coming to Film Row area (http://www.okctalk.com/content.php?r=566-3-new-breweries-and-taprooms-coming-to-Film-Row-area)

Progress here but it looks like they still have quite a bit of work to do on the interior.

http://www.okctalk.com/images/pete/okcider120819a.jpg

They are planning on a April/May 2020 opening.

The first interior photo is of the brewing side of the building (west side); 2nd two are of the taproom.

They should be fully open in a few weeks.

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i generally prefer cider over beer, so i'm looking forward to trying out their varieties once cans are available.

i generally prefer cider over beer, so i'm looking forward to trying out their varieties once cans are available.

i have been fortunate to try a bunch of their stuff. and and i have had a few i personally didn't care for, but they were still solid and others may like. but all have been very high quality. hopefully you feel the same way, because i really like what they have produced

It's a cool setting at the taproom.

There is an overhead door that opens to the bar, the seating inside is cool and I'm sure they'll put some tables and chairs outside.

The owners have done most of the work themselves and have done a good job.

I don't know, those chairs look a little uncomfortable for sitting and enjoy more than one pint of cider...

I don't know, those chairs look a little uncomfortable for sitting and enjoy more than one pint of cider...
I thought the same thing.

Very close to opening. From their FB page:

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Surprised no one has posted since opening. This place is great! It has gone to the top of my rotation. The owners Tim and Luke are keeping a nice supply of different ciders. They have several that are always on tap but then rotate other flavors. For example, currently there is a blueberry cider and a watermelon jalapeno cider on the members tap. None of the ciders are sweet though...these are more crisp and clean. Other ciders have been Hazy IPA, Cison, Pineapple Cison, Naughty Banana (One of my favorites) and a cider finished with whiskey staves.

Very friendly staff and covid protections in place with staff wearing masks and masks required to enter. Hand sanitizer out and plenty of room to social distance between tables.

Prices are super reasonable and growlers to go are available.

How does the membership work?

i went here a couple weeks ago and forgot to post... i got a couple growlers to go and really enjoyed them. the staff was friendly and were happy to answer all of my questions. agree on the clarity of their cider... both of the ones i ordered weren't hazy at all. i am fine with drinking a slightly sweeter cider but this was just fine for me and not overly bitter at all. i do prefer a bit more carbonation, though... but i suspect that any carbonation in their product is natural rather than from back-carbonating. it seems to me that they take quite a bit of pride in their craft and i have nothing but respect for that.

i'm not entirely clear on how the membership works... my impression was that it was a discount for regulars. i didn't get the impression that any of the taps were 'off limits' to random people (like me) who show up.

How does the membership work?

$125 a year which gets you invitation to three private member parties/tastings a year. 10% off your tab and access to the rotating #9 member's tap which is members only as it will usually be small batch stuff they are working on or just produced a small amount of. The current members tap is the watermelon jalapeno. Although not in the "agreement", as a member I have gotten emails of very small batch release for one day only where they just produced a few gallons experimenting.

These guys are still around and doing great work. USA Today just ranked them in the top ten cideries in the country.

https://10best.usatoday.com/awards/travel/best-cidery-2024/

These guys are still around and doing great work. USA Today just ranked them in the top ten cideries in the country.

https://10best.usatoday.com/awards/travel/best-cidery-2024/

This is awesome. I am not much of a Cider guy, but my Brother is their biggest fan. He loves their cider.

This is awesome. I am not much of a Cider guy, but my Brother is their biggest fan. He loves their cider.

I encourage everyone to try their cider even if not cider fans. This is not like the usual sweet ciders we seem to get in the US. Most of their ciders are dry and alot of them use hops much like beer, They don't some across as hoppy though except a couple that were designed to be. The blackberry radler is fantastic and a huge seller. They do a lot of barrel aged ciders also that can run 11-13% ABV. Family friendly and they have a non alcoholic cider (kinder cider).

I encourage everyone to try their cider even if not cider fans. This is not like the usual sweet ciders we seem to get in the US. Most of their ciders are dry and alot of them use hops much like beer, They don't some across as hoppy though except a couple that were designed to be. The blackberry radler is fantastic and a huge seller. They do a lot of barrel aged ciders also that can run 11-13% ABV. Family friendly and they have a non alcoholic cider (kinder cider).

I have a confession, anytime I went to a local brewery with friends and wasn't a fan of the beer, if OK Cider was on tap I was drinking it. Very good Cider!

I encourage everyone to try their cider even if not cider fans. This is not like the usual sweet ciders we seem to get in the US. Most of their ciders are dry and alot of them use hops much like beer, They don't some across as hoppy though except a couple that were designed to be. The blackberry radler is fantastic and a huge seller. They do a lot of barrel aged ciders also that can run 11-13% ABV. Family friendly and they have a non alcoholic cider (kinder cider).

You've convinced me to try it.

I'm pretty sure I tried that blackberry radler at the Patriarch just last week, it was very good.