BRAD PAGE USED TO WORK in construction.Now he's building a business - in hard cider.Page is among a growing number of hard cider makers across the United States who are tapping into a market fueled heavily by millennials who have a taste for hard cider. Compared to beer, wine and spirits, cider is showing the most growth in on-premise consumption at 1.7 percent in volume and 3.8 percent in dollars. That's according to a Nielsen/ CGA study on cider trends looking at 2016 versus 2015 that was released at the industry's CiderCon gatheringearlier this year in Chicago. While off-premise sales are down overall, the craft category is substantially up in off-premise sales for 2016.
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