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After four years as a little cider that could, Crispin Cider was hoping 2012 would be its breakout year, the year it would reach beyond liquor stores and the on-premise channel. And right on schedule as 2012 neared, the Minneapolis-based cider maker was getting courted by “quite a lot of people, many fund-types, private-equity companies, some major beer companies,” says Joe Heron, creator and president of Crispin Cider Co.

