Hard cider
From Sonoma’s Tilted Shed and Sacramento’s Two Rivers all the way to the Olympic Peninsula (and the East Coast as well), serious cider has acquired the same status as the best small-production beers. America’s original hard drink is back. Pictured is Jolie Devoto-Wade, of Devoto Orchards in Sebastopol with bottles of hard cider they produce and sell as seen at the Ferry Plaza Farmers' Market in San Francisco. Photo: Michael Macor / The Chronicle / ONLINE_YES