Raging Cider & Mead Co

Raging Cider and Mead has many roads which have led to its inception. The name itself was born of founders Dave and Kerry Carr’s wild days as punk rock youth in the early 1980’s. They later married and eventually settled down in the farming community of Valley Center where they built their home with their own hands and dabbled with farming their own food, including growing their own fruit trees, as well as learning about and foraging wild foods. Around 2008, Dave started experimenting with making cider and mead, partially due to Kerry’s gluten intolerance, after 20 plus years of home brewing. He fell in love with the idea of wild fermented, locally sourced ciders which has led to the creation of Raging Cider & Mead Co. All of the fruits and honey used are locally grown here in San Diego County, including apples and other fruits from Dave and Kerry’s estate orchard and farm. All their ciders and meads are produced using traditional methods, including wild fermentation of all the ciders and perries as well as maceration and fermentation on the skins of various fruits for addition to the meads. Show Less