MORNING SENTINEL • November 29, 2020
A chemical engineer and a longtime hedge fund manager are onto a new joint venture — hard cider. As the owners of Freedom’s Edge Cider Co., Ned Ervin and Andrew Kaplan are fully invested in the full-time endeavor. The co-owners aim to develop Freedom’s Edge Cider Co. to a larger scale, similar to wholesale producers Angry Orchard of Walden, New York; Downeast of East Boston, Mass.; and Citizen Cider of Burlington, Vermont. Ervin and Kaplan said they were surprised to learn Maine did not have a major cider maker. Across the state, there are 17 operations making hard cider, according to www.ciderguide.com.