Bellingham Cider Company

What Bellingham Cider Company does

Bellingham Cider Company operates a solar-powered craft cidery and full-service restaurant at 205 Prospect Street in Bellingham, Washington, founded in 2018 by former fire service professionals Josh Serface and Bryce Hamilton. The facility produces small-batch hard ciders from 100% Washington apples with no added sulfites, sugars, or preservatives, including a year-round lineup (Dry, Blackberry Ginger, Blueberry Lemonade), imperial 8.5% ABV varieties, and rotating seasonal offerings such as POG, Raspberry Rhubarb, and Barrel Aged releases. The on-site restaurant offers lunch, dinner, weekend brunch, and weekday happy hour, with a large patio overlooking Bellingham Bay and the San Juan Islands. The kitchen is being expanded in 2024 with a wood-fired oven to add Italian-inspired pizzas and baked dishes.

The company operates a horizontal, community-focused go-to-market across four revenue streams: (1) on-premise restaurant and bar sales including takeout/delivery via ToastTab, (2) retail canned cider distribution at independent Pacific Northwest retailers such as Haggen, Community Food Co-Op, Aslan Brewing, Beach Cat Brewing, and Menace Brewing, (3) direct retail keg sales (1/6bbl at $124.20 and 1/2bbl at $247.25) for events, and (4) private events ranging from 15-35 person large party reservations at $50-$60 per person to full venue buyouts with $4,500-$11,000 minimums. Marketing is concentrated in local community engagement through Summer Sunset Sessions live music programming with New Prospect Theatre, regional festival participation, blog content, email newsletters, and Instagram/Facebook presence. The company is privately held, founder-owned, and bootstrapped with no disclosed external investment, and operates with approximately 7 employees across a single location.

Name

Bellingham Cider Company

Legal name

Bellingham Cider Company

Website

https://bellinghamcider.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2018

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Bellingham Cider Company operates a solar-powered craft cidery and full-service restaurant in Bellingham, Washington, producing small-batch hard ciders from 100% Washington apples and serving local residents and event customers through dine-in, retail distribution, keg sales, and private events.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Craft Cider Production

NAICS

Wineries (312130), Drinking Places (Alcoholic Beverages) (722410)

SIC

Beverages (2080), Retail-Eating & Drinking Places (5810), Wholesale-Beer, Wine & Distilled Alcoholic Beverages (5180)

akta.pro primary industry

Cider & Perry Producers & Brands (CRADAIAE)

akta.pro secondary industries

Cideries & Meadery Tasting Rooms (THAFALAI), Cider & Perry Production (AFAFAAAD)

Keywords

• Craft hard cider
• Small-batch cidery
• Cidery restaurant
• Washington apple cider
• Private event venue

Headquarters

HQ city

Bellingham

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Restaurant & Bar Sales: Full-service restaurant and bar offering lunch, dinner, weekend brunch, and happy hour. Revenue from food and beverage sales including proprietary ciders, cocktails, beer, and wine.
2. Canned Cider Retail Sales: Canned ciders sold through local retailers including Haggen, Community Food Co-Op, Aslan Brewing, Beach Cat Brewing, Menace Brewing, and others in the Pacific Northwest region.
3. Keg Sales: Retail keg sales of cider in 1/6bbl (5 gallons) and 1/2bbl (15 gallons) sizes for events. Includes keg deposit system and optional picnic tap rental.
4. Private Events & Large Party Reservations: Revenue from large party reservations (15-35 people) and full/partial restaurant buyouts for private events including anniversary dinners, Valentine's Day specials, New Year's Eve celebrations, and corporate events.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Bellingham Cider Company operates a solar-powered cidery combined with a full-service restaurant and bar, producing small-batch hard ciders from 100% Washington apples with no added sulfites, sugars, or preservatives. It sells these ciders (year-round, imperial, and seasonal/barrel-aged varieties) on draft at its waterfront Bellingham restaurant, in cans at local Pacific Northwest retailers, and in kegs direct to event hosts. The integrated restaurant offers lunch, dinner, weekend brunch, weekday happy hour, takeout/delivery, and private event hosting including large party reservations and full venue buyouts.

Product overview

Bellingham Cider Company operates as a cidery with an integrated full-service restaurant and bar. The core offering includes small-batch hard ciders made from 100% Washington apples in both standard (4-7% ABV) and imperial (8.5% ABV) varieties. The restaurant provides lunch, dinner, weekend brunch, and happy hour service. Additional revenue streams include retail keg sales, private event hosting (large party reservations and venue buy-outs), takeout/delivery, and seasonal live music events. The company emphasizes its fiercely local sourcing and solar-powered operations.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Small-Batch Hard Ciders Handcrafted hard ciders made from 100% Washington apples with no added sulfites, sugars, or preservatives. Available in year-round flavors (Dry, Blackberry Ginger, Blueberry Lemonade, Cucumber Lime, Honey Dew List, POG, Rainier Cherry Dry, Raspberry Lemonade, Sunday Cidermosa) and seasonal/limited offerings. Sold at the restaurant on draft, in cans at local retailers, and in kegs for events.
• Imperial Ciders Higher alcohol content ciders (8.5% ABV) featuring bold tropical and dark fruit flavors including Imperial Guava, Imperial Pineapple, and Obsidian Imperial Blackberry.
• Restaurant & Bar Service Full-service waterfront restaurant and bar at 205 Prospect Street, Bellingham, offering lunch, dinner, weekend brunch, and weekday happy hour service with a Pacific Northwest-inspired menu featuring locally-sourced ingredients and a large patio overlooking Bellingham Bay and the San Juan Islands.
• Retail Keg Sales Cider available in 1/6bbl (5 gallons / ~40 pints) and 1/2bbl (15 gallons / ~120 pints) keg sizes for direct purchase for events. Pricing $124.20 for 1/6bbl and $247.25 for 1/2bbl plus tax, with a $50 cash/check deposit and optional $8 picnic tap rental. Pickup Mon-Fri 10am-5pm or Sat-Sun by appointment.
• Private Events & Venue Buyouts Private event hosting including large party reservations (15-35 people) at $50-$60 per person and full or partial venue buyouts (Patio, Restaurant, or Full Buyout) starting at $4,500 minimum. 50% deposit required; 20-22% gratuity required. Available for anniversaries, corporate events, Valentine's Day, New Year's Eve, and other milestone celebrations.

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration3 records

Feature1 record

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• New Prospect TheatrecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 23 June 2024Long-standing partnership hosting Summer Sunset Sessions - weekly live music performances on the Bellingham Cider patio every Sunday during summer months. This is a flagship recurring event featuring diverse local musical talent including Mbrascatu, The Yankee Drivers, Millie and the Mentshn, The Northwinds Quintet, Rosin & Reed, Lindsay Street, Paul Klein, The Penny Stinkers, The Diamond Lane 5tet, and others. Events are ticketed through New Prospect Theatre's ThunderTix platform with ticket prices ranging from $5-$15 per session.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Tieton Cider Works: Washington-state craft cider producer making small-batch ciders from regional apples with an on-site tasting room. Directly comparable to Bellingham Cider as a Pacific Northwest craft cidery leveraging local sourcing and direct-to-consumer taproom sales.
• Seattle Cider Company: Seattle-based craft cider producer with broad distribution into the same Pacific Northwest retail and on-premise accounts that Bellingham Cider targets (Haggen, regional co-ops, brewpubs). Operates a comparable cider-and-taproom model scaling across multiple SKUs.
• Schilling Cider: Pacific Northwest (Portland-area) craft cidery with an integrated taproom experience and broad canned retail distribution. Comparable vertically integrated cider/restaurant model in the same region.
• Finnriver Farm & Cidery: Olympic Peninsula cidery combining orchard operation, farm, and on-site taproom/food service. One of the closest analogs to Bellingham's cider-plus-restaurant vertical model in the PNW, with a similarly fierce local-sourcing brand narrative.
• 2 Towns Ciderhouse: Oregon craft cidery known for fruit-forward seasonal ciders, imperial SKUs, and broad Pacific Northwest retail distribution. Highly comparable product portfolio (rotating fruit ciders, imperial lines) competing for the same regional shelf space.
• Snowdrift Cider Co. Pacific Northwest craft cidery with a diversified specialty cider portfolio and direct-to-consumer taproom. Competitor for similar fruit-forward and barrel-aged SKUs and the same regional wholesale/tap accounts.
• Reverend Nat's Hard Cider: Portland/Seattle-area craft cidery emphasizing small-batch, unconventional flavors. Comparable to Bellingham on craft positioning, specialty SKUs, and PNW regional distribution.

Broad incumbents

• Bold Rock Hard Cider: Larger-scale hard cider producer with regional taprooms in Virginia/North Carolina and broader U.S. retail distribution. Useful comparable for benchmarking scale, multi-channel retail, and taproom economics.
• Angry Orchard: National category leader in U.S. hard cider (owned by Boston Beer). Frames the competitive ceiling and category dynamics that small PNW craft cidery-bars like Bellingham must position against in retail buyer negotiations.

Regional players

• Goat Tough Cider: Local Bellingham-area craft cidery focused on the Whatcom County community. Direct head-to-head competitor in the same hyperlocal market that Bellingham Cider claims as its fiercely local territory.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/BellinghamCiderCompany
• Instagraminstagram.com/bellinghamcidercompany
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/bellingham-cider-company

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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