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Taste Manitoba
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Dead Horse Cidery
By Laurie Hughes
Adventures in eating make travel experiences exhilarating. Whether visiting the province or local explorer, these destinations reveal Manitoba’ s farm-to-fork stories firsthand.
from orchard to taproom
Nestled alongside Dead Horse Creek in southern Manitoba, Dead Horse Cidery offers a hands-on look at apple cider production rooted in tradition and innovation. Founded by Marcus Wiebe, a fourth-generation farmer who transformed fresh-pressed apple juice into hard cider, the cidery marries sustainable farming with craft beverage artistry.
Weekend tours take guests through the orchard and production areas, showing every
step from tree to tap. Along the way, the story unfolds of how farm equipment inspired a new product line, leading to awardwinning ciders crafted with passion. Each 30 – 40-minute tour includes unique cider samples paired with taproom snacks, making it a mustvisit for cider lovers eager to connect with the orchard’ s seasonal rhythms.
Private group bookings are available, offering a tailored experience into the craft and care
Farmery Estate Brewery behind Dead Horse’ s celebrated ciders. It’ s an immersive journey that reveals how ambition and heritage combine in Manitoba’ s evolving cider scene.
prairie-brewed authenticity
Driving west on Highway 16, the endless prairie sky and rolling fields hint at a deeper story of place and provenance. For brothers Chris and Lawrence Warwaruk, this stretch of farmland near Neepawa is a perfect site to grow the barley and hops that define their signature brews. Farmery Estate Brewery is North America’ s first of its kind: an“ estate brewery” where every ingredient is grown on-site, brewed on-site, and crafted sustainably.
Visitors are welcomed by signs guiding them through verdant hopyards, where the bitter, citrusy flowers twine up reclaimed hydro pole trellises. At the brewery, free drop-in tours offer
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