Photo Provided Brooke Glover with Lucy Pickles, the Swilled Dog mascot.

UPPER TRACT, W.Va. — Parkersburg native Brooke (Litton) Glover, co-owner of Swilled Dog, was recently elected to a one-year term as vice president of the Executive Committee for the U.S. Association of Cider Makers.

Glover, a 2002 graduate of Parkersburg High School, is currently serving the second year of a three-year term as an at-large USACM board member and is working to raise awareness of the cider industry throughout the country.

Glover also serves as the chair of the Marketing Committee and serves on the Legislative Committee for the USACM board.

Swilled Dog, West Virginia’s rapidly growing hard cider company, announced the grand opening of its new facility in Pendleton County, W.Va., will be Friday through Sunday. The award-winning, family-owned hard cider company will be opening its 20,000-square-foot tasting room experience and production facility next weekend.

Swilled Dog is not only creating an experience for its craft cider fans in the region but will also be offering their favorite local craft beers and wine from West Virginia.

Photo Provided Lucy Pickles at the Swilled Dog facility in Pendleton County, West Virginia, before it was completed.

“From the beginning, we wanted to create a new concept for not only our Swilled Dog fans but for craft beverage fans. Our West Virginia craft beverage friends make some great products,” said Glover, Swilled Dog’s director of sales.

Barry Glover, one of the company’s owners and director of operations, said the grand opening weekend will be a family affair. “This is an exciting weekend for us that has been in the works for quite some time and has had the involvement of a lot of people from the local community. We can’t thank everyone enough for their hard work to make this happen.”

Saturday, April 27, will be the biggest day of the weekend with giveaways planned from Swilled Dog and other local businesses, local bands and a disc jockey, food provided by Hank’s fly’n Pig food truck, meet and greet with the Swilled mascot Lucy Pickles, facility tours, a ribbon-cutting, and fun for the entire family, the company said. Sunday, April 28, will feature the first Swilled Cornhole Tournament.

Patrons of the grand opening event will have the opportunity to meet the owners and hear about their future plans. “We want our facility to be a regional destination that showcases West Virginia’s incredible ability to make award-winning craft cider as well as craft beverages,” Glover said.

Swilled Dog’s mission is also about making an impact, the owners said. One unique feature of their tasting room is Lucy’s Tap. “It’s not only important for us to make great craft cider, but we also want to make an impact in the communities we serve,” said Glover.

In addition to donating a minimum of 1 percent of all sales proceeds to local communities and charities as well as 100 percent of West Virginia Scrumpy sales each year, they are creating Lucy’s Tap — where $1 of every pour from the tap will benefit a rotating list of causes that will be voted on by their fans.

Events from musical entertainment to unique vendor shows and workshops, festivals, and tasting/food experiences are planned throughout the year by their newly hired Chief Experience Manager, Kim Kirk. “Kim brings an impressive marketing and event coordination background to our team and will make sure everyone gets the full brand experience every time they step in the door,” the owners said.

The new facility is located at 28 Industrial Park Road, Upper Tract, W.Va., and will be open on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays beginning April 20. The facility, in eastern West Virginia, is a three-hour drive from Parkersburg.

Launched in 2016, Swilled Dog’s rapid growth has been fueled by their passion to bring their customers fun, flavorful and refreshing craft hard ciders to enjoy with friends and family during the moments that matter the most while making an impact in the communities they serve, the owners said.

Swilled Dog’s multi-state distribution footprint encompasses the entire state of West Virginia as well as northwestern and southwestern Virginia with other locations launching in 2019. The website is swilleddog.com.