"Growth Isn't Always Good!" Why Bird Dog Cider Is Laser-Focused On Staying Local & Getting People to Hang Out Again

Pete Endres grew up dreaming of owning a farm.

And when his mother passed away in 2011, Pete and his brothers decided they wanted to not only own a farm, but to open up a cidery on said property.

Pete, who later moved to the Seacoast in the mid-2010s, spent years searching for the perfect property until, finally, he found it in 2019.

That farm? It's now home to Bird Dog Cider in Greenland, N.H., which formally opened its doors last fall.

From the cozy confines of Bird Dog, Pete sits down with host Troy Farkas to discuss his childhood days of apple farming in western New York, the blood, sweat, and tears poured into revitalizing the once-dilapidated farm, the family atmosphere that defines Bird Dog, and having lines out the door the day they opened their barn doors to the public.

Plus, getting chased by a sea lion, and even the MURDER that took place on the farm!?

CHAPTERS:

• Our love for apples (00:00)
• Getting chased by a sea lion (06:00)
• The (sad) motivation for opening Bird Dog (11:10)
• America's up-and-down love affair with cider (15:06)
• Turning a run-down Seacoast farm into a cidery (22:34)
• SPONSORS: Soul Models & Chinburg Properties (32:20)
• Why Bird Dog is focused on staying local (34:54)
• Lines out the door last fall (41:40)
• Balancing Bird Dog with a full-time job (46:00)

• How do you want to be remembered? (58:15)
• The murder that happened on the farm (01:04:08)

To learn more about Bird Dog's upcoming events, including their collaboration with Portsmouth's 3 Bridges Yoga on 10/4, just visit this link.

EVENTS:

• Seacoast Stories Dinner Club in Kittery on Wednesday, 9/17. Meet your new best friends by ⁠⁠signing up here.⁠⁠

SPONSORS:

• ⁠⁠⁠Soul Models: Get your tickets for Soul Powerful on Wed. 9/24 in Dover here.
• ⁠⁠⁠⁠Chinburg Properties⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠
• David Higgins: The official investment office of "Seacoast Stories!" Email ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠[e-mail]⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to get started on the path toward better investment.

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