What cider slowdown? One of the biggest regional cider producers, Austin Eastciders, is opening a new facility and gearing up to produce 30,000 barrels this year. The new space will allow them to hit the chains harder and seed more of the Northeast, so expect to see them in more markets soon. Did we mention hot pineapple and hopped flavors? We pinged co-founder Mark King for a fly on the wall. Here are Austin Eastciders 2016 plans, in his words: