Real Beer, Real Fruit:CRAFT BREWERIES, ORCHARDS PARTNER TO CREA UNIQUE BEVERAGES FOR DISCERNING PALATES

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KING ORCHARDS HAS GROWN Montmorency and Balaton tart cherries at the edge of Grand Traverse Bay on the shore of Lake Michigan for more than 30 years. They sell cherry juice to local grocery stories and fresh baked goods from their farm markets. In recent years, their cherries have started appearing in more than just tarts and pies."We started organically, as in the brewing industry found us," said Juliette King, project manager at King Orchards.Around five or six years ago she said brewers began approaching the orchard wanting cherries in larger quantities than their regular retail packages. After a few years of those breweries coming back again and again to King, the orchard realized they could market to breweries specifically.