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MAINSTREET PROGRAM? Carlisle was Pennsylvania’s first!
Responding to the steep decline in the economic health of American downtowns in the 1970s, The National Trust for Historic Preservation developed the Main Street Project in 1977. For the first three years the project focused on preserving downtown buildings that were facing demolition. What evolved was a belief that in order to preserve historic […]
Pairing Food and Cider at Grand Illusion
Grand Illusion is quickly becoming known for our unique menu and varieties of cider we have on tap here. Naturally, our customers and even our employees have started pairing the two. A popular combo would be Sir Charles Hard Cider’s “Deep Blueberry Sea” with our BBQ Chicken Flatbread pizza. Our BBQ Chicken flatbread is just […]
Time to Board Your “Flight” at Grand Illusion
So no one really knows who started beer flights, and now that Grand Illusion is open, our cider flights are becoming wildly popular, often selling them more than traditional pints themselves. At Grand Illusion, we have a number system and a flight card to fill out. Our taps are all numbered 1-24 and wine,1-4. You […]
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Opening Soon in Carlisle: Grand Illusion Hard Cider
An Urban Cidery Startup: Vol. 2
This is Chad Kimmel, co-owner of Grand Illusion Hard Cider. This is volume 2 of our multi-part series on starting a cider company in Pennsylvania. Part 1 can be found here. We learned early into the process that everyone we talked with about our cider business idea wanted to know our business name–the brand. This, […]
An Urban Cidery Startup: Vol. 1
This is Chad Kimmel, co-owner of Grand Illusion Hard Cider. My wife, Andrea, and I are developing a hard cider startup in Carlisle, PA, which will open in January 2018. I wanted to use this blog series as a vehicle to outline both our story and the journey of starting an urban cidery. We’ve met […]