At the end of April, Citizen Cider's Pine Street pub will close its doors. By June, it will reopen at the cidery's Press House at 180 Flynn Avenue, bringing the entire operation under one roof. The Press House Pub will occupy a former showroom at the front of the warehouse building and have a large horseshoe bar. As on Pine Street, it will offer flights, full pours and cider cocktails. Details of the food menu are still in the works, but popular dishes such as smash burgers, poutine and wings will remain. General manager of operations Nicole Pierce said the team has been planning the move since they acquired the Flynn Avenue space near Burlington Beer and Switchback Brewing in 2017, but the pandemic caused delays. The company's lease on Pine Street is up this year. "Even though it's only 1.4 miles away, we spend a lot of time just running back and forth in super-inefficient ways," Pierce said, referring to the distance between the pub and Press House. Half of the company's production already took place on Flynn Avenue, and the rest moved this month. Controversy around the release of the company's Hey Bub beer in 2023 led to a boycott and a third-party investigation into Citizen Cider's policies and practices. The consolidation indicates no reduction in output, Pierce said. The Press House's higher ceilings allow for larger tanks than the Pine Street site did, so production can remain at the same level. The Press House's entire warehouse and production space will be visible through the back wall of the new taproom, general manager of hospitality Terra Heilenbach said, including the large apple press, which was left out of tours on Pine Street. "We'll be able to show customers the entire process," Heilenbach said. "And it really smells like apples," Pierce added… ...read more read less