Damin is a long standing member of the Hard Cider community as both a personality online, as well as building a reputation with his work with Original Sin Cider of NY. He has been a previous judge in this event, as well as a GLINTCAP & PA Farm Expo Competition judge in the past. He first discovered hard cider in a hotel bar on a snowy night in 2013, and since then, he has dove headfirst into the industry in all of its aspects from tree to bottle.