AdvertisementRenegade Cider Makers Get Funky To Cope With Apple ShortageApril 30, 2014Alastair BlandfacebookEmailNat West, owner of Reverend Nat's Hard Cider in Portland, Ore., uses sweet apples to make cider, and gives it an extra kick with ginger juice, herbal tonics, coffee and hops. (Courtesy of Reverend Nat's Hard Cider)