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THE DA ILY ASTOR IAN • TUESDAY , DECEMBER 1 , 2015 NOR TH COA S T 3A F o rm e r b a n k e r b e t s o n c i d e r a p p l e s i n S h e rw o o d h a rd c id e r w a s an indu s t ry on H a r d c i d e r a n th e r i s e . C id e r i e s and c id e r p u b s w e r e p o p p i n g u p e v e r y - i n d u s t r y o n t h e where, especially in Portland, r i s e , l i k e c r a f t b e e r mimicking the rise of the craft B y ER IC MORTENSON C a p i t a l P r e s s SHERWOOD — R i ch a rd Ho s t e t t e r w a sn ’ t a f a rm e r , bu t h e kn ew th e in t e rn a t ion a l in - v e s tm en t g am e . H e kn ew th e b ig boy s w e r e in c r e a s ing ly f a - vo r ing ag r i cu l tu r e ov e r th e long h au l . P eop l e h av e to e a t , a f t e r a l l . A r r iv ing in O r egon in 2013 a f t e r 17 y e a r s in T okyo , wh e r e h e ’d wo rk ed fo r b ig b ank s and inv e s tm en t hou s e s , h e s e a r ch ed fo r an oppo r tun i ty . 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