The Night Owls

John Pagano - The Cidermaker

I’m a middle school science teacher who runs the Design and Engineering Center at my school. I teach kids about design thinking by using laser cutters, 3D printers, welders, saws, and lots of other cool tools. I spend most of my time making terrible dad-jokes and 80’s pop-culture references, while helping middle-schoolers learn that “Failure is FUN(damental)” when it comes to learning. I am a maker at heart and I enjoy building things myself; from robots to houses and everything in between. I believe in the scientific method. I’m loud and outgoing, with a special sense of style that includes a carefully curated collection of patterned button down shirts. I love my life as a wild tattooed teacher, but now I'm applying those same principles to cidermaking!

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Favorite owl: Snowy owl

Koreen Pagano - The CEO

I'm a product executive in learning technologies with an entrepreneurial heart! When John started making delicious ciders for me at home, I wondered if it could be come a business. Here we are a few years later, launching our own cider business. I work behind the scenes to manage the cider "business," but I love being the new product tester as well as suggesting new ideas for experiments. 

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Favorite owl: Barn owl

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Elvis Pagano - The GM

I've always been interested in flavor - it started with food, and now it's moved into cider! I've moved back from Maine to join the family business and have jumped into cidermaking as well as business side of Night Owl. 

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Favorite owl: The owl from the Tootsie pop commercial

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