Company Profile (AI Text)
Name: Crooked City Cider
Canonical URL: https://wefunder.com/crooked.city.cider
Updated at: 2026-06-18T05:02:48Z

Tagline: Oakland's first cidery; producing dry cider in the heart of the city
Elevator pitch: Crooked City Cider is Oakland's original cider; producing a variety of kick-ass dry craft ciders, currently available at select Oakland bars and restaurants and at our shared tasting room. We're raising funds to support the buildout of our new taproom in Oakland's Jack London neighborhood. We've secured a lease and are planning a late summer opening. The minimum cost of the buildout has already been secured through loans and company savings.

Key claims:
- Total raised on Wefunder: 107000 | citation: https://wefunder.com/crooked.city.cider#claim-total-raised
- Total investors: 207 | citation: https://wefunder.com/crooked.city.cider#claim-total-investors

Verified facts:
- Total raised on Wefunder: 107000 | observed_at: 2026-06-18T05:02:48Z | expires_at: 2026-06-19T05:02:48Z
- Total investors: 207 | observed_at: 2026-06-18T05:02:48Z | expires_at: 2026-06-19T05:02:48Z

Computed metrics:
- total_amount_raised: 107000
- total_investors: 207
- team_size: 1
- featured_investor_count: 0
- faq_count: 5
- recent_post_count: 2

Quick facts:
- Oakland's first cidery since prohibition. | citation: https://wefunder.com/crooked.city.cider#claim-fact-1
- Crooked City Cider is profitable.  | citation: https://wefunder.com/crooked.city.cider#claim-fact-2
- Only Bay Area cidery producing natural, dry cider with no baloney added. | citation: https://wefunder.com/crooked.city.cider#claim-fact-3
- This year we will produce over 5,000 gallons of cider.  | citation: https://wefunder.com/crooked.city.cider#claim-fact-4
- Our cider has no added juice or sugar. | citation: https://wefunder.com/crooked.city.cider#claim-fact-5
- We will be Oakland's first cider tap house with over 25 taps of cider. | citation: https://wefunder.com/crooked.city.cider#claim-fact-6
- Cider is one of the fastest growing industries in the U.S. | citation: https://wefunder.com/crooked.city.cider#claim-fact-7
- Cider is the fastest-growing alcoholic beverage industry. | citation: https://wefunder.com/crooked.city.cider#claim-fact-8

FAQ:
- Q: Couple of questions. 1) Will repayment be based on net revenues of all of your operations (current plus new tap room) or just the new tap room revenues? 2) Revenues declined from 2016 to 2017 due to lower "Sales of Product Income". Can you explain what "Sales of Product Income...
  A: Hi Brandon, yes, the repayment will be based on the net revenues of both the production and tap room revenues. Salea of Product income is the total dollar amount coming in from cider being sold in kegs. In 2017 I signed with a distributor in the hopes they would significantly boost sales, unfortunately, they did not (as you can see!). I'm currently on the hunt for a new distributor to help expand sales.
- Q: “Net Revenues​” means all of the Borrower’s cash receipts, less returns, discounts and shipping costs, from all sales of any kind. in 2017 you made 65K. 5% is just over 3K. it would take years to pay back at ~3K a quarter.
  A: Hi Daniel, those are all past sales and yes, it would take a long time if we planned to cease growth. However, we project net revenues to be significantly higher with the opening of the tap house.
- Q: What are those projections? Any way to display the financial docs in the raise instead of having to "fake" invest and then find the documents? This raise has little to no information in the main wefunder page so that is concerning. Transparency is key.
  A: Thanks for the question. You can find our financial statements prior to investing by clicking on the Form C link towards the bottom of our page (it's under the section called "Other Disclosures") and then document 5. If there's anything else I can do to clarify this please let me know. Thanks!
- Q: The net income is in negative for current fiscal year. Do you have plans to overcome this.
  A: Hi Meenakshi, absolutely! We're planning to not only increase sales through a new distributor, but also increase net revenue through direct to consumer sales at the new tap house.
- Q: After the full re-payment, investors won't have an ownership interest in the company, right? In other words, the crow-funding would be closer to a loan than an investment.
  A: Hi Daniel, correct. Via Wefunder, your investment is a loan. If you'd like to discuss equity, please contact us at info@crookedcitycider.com

Recent posts:
- Business is Booming! (2019-05-26T00:16:36Z) https://wefunder.com/feed/117533
- Exploring the Most Unique Relationship in Investing (2018-10-09T01:11:12Z) https://wefunder.com/feed/95701