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10 of the Best Cider Tours in the UK

There's nothing better than going on a real cider tour. The holy grail of cider enthusiasts! It’s not only a chance to see the best cideries and orchards, but it’s also an opportunity to meet the experts themselves who can show you the ins and outs of how they create their wonderful cider. 

We’ve travelled the length and breadth of the UK on our mission to discover real cider. Here is our review of some of the best tours in the UK, all of them a fun experience for any cider lover: 

1. Westons Cider Tours:  

Weston Cider Tours not only show you how they produce their world-class ciders, but they also walk you through the history of cider making at Westons. This cider tour also includes a tutored cider tasting with one of their experts, and it is perfect for a summer outing. Tickets for Westons Cider Tours are available on their website and are great value for money. You can find them in Ledbury, Herefordshire.

2. Burrow Hill Cider Tours:  

3. Ciderologist London Cider Tours:  

4. The Newt in Somerset:  

The Newt in Somerset is a great option. They offer much more than just cider tours, including hotel rooms and a spa. Their cider tours are free of cost and typically last half an hour, including a small tasting session. You can see the press and cellars on this cider tour, and since there's no age restriction, you can come here with your entire family. Additionally, you can also opt for garden tours and they have a great display of cheeses here too!

5. Dunkertons Cider Tours:  

6. The Ciderologist Bristol Cider Tour:  

7. Dorset Nectar:  

8. Kentish Pip Cider Tour:  

9. Sheppy’s Cider Tour: 

Sheppy’s offer weekend tours, giving you a peek behind the scenes at one of the oldest cider makers in the world. There’s plenty to see and each guided tour includes access to the orchards, the press house, the vat house and the Sheppy’s rural life museum and it culminates with a guided tasting of some of their best loved ciders. With a bar and restaurant on site as well you really can make a day of it. You can book on their website and they can also run private tours for larger groups. 

10. Perry’s Cider Tour: 

Perry’s farm is open to the public every day of the year (except Christmas day). It’s well worth a visit, with lots to do and see, including a cafe and farm shop. You can have a look around the working cider mills, taste the cider and also visit the small 16th century thatched cider barn museum on site (where the company first started from). 

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Apple-licious: The Best Cider Tours Here and Abroad

Real apple cider isn’t the sickly-sweet stuff you buy in six-packs. And it’s not the juice sold in jugs at the grocery store in October. Real cider is a revelation: an effervescent, lively and snappy drink that can be sweet or dry. Some artisan varieties taste like champagne, and some are closer to beer, but all are worth exploring. Here are a few of the best cider tours in the U.S., England and France.

The Best U.S. Cider Tours

A one-day Virginia cider tour will take you from Richmond to the rolling hills of Piedmont country. We’ll begin right here in the capital city, where Allianz Global Assistance has its U.S. headquarters. Richmond is home to Blue Bee Cider , an urban cidery in Scott's Addition that makes dry ciders from rare and heirloom Virginia apples. Also located in Scott's Addition,  Buskey Cider , which occupies a former train car-loading building in an industrial-chic part of the city. Then head west on I-64 to Castle Hill Cider in Keswick, Virginia, a beautiful estate dating to 1764 that makes sophisticated ciders. Taste the Celestial and the Terrestrial; we can’t pick a favorite. Drive just a bit further to visit Albemarle CiderWorks , a friendly, family-owned orchard and cidery. Stay the night at Albemarle’s guest cottage, or head to nearby Charlottesville.

Another region famed for its apples — and its cider — is upstate New York. Cideries abound in the Finger Lakes and the Hudson Valley regions. When you’re planning your New York cider tour, seek out places that are off the beaten track. As New York Times travel writer Freda Moon notes, “there seems to be something of an inverse correlation between an orchard’s status as a tourist attraction and the quality of its drink.” 1 Standouts include Hudson Valley Farmhouse Cider , which uses European techniques and ecological farming, and Aaron Burr Cidery , which specializes in making cider from wild apples. If you’d prefer to stay in the city, you can taste local ciders at more than 60 locations during Cider Week NYC .

Jumping from East Coast to West, Washington’s Olympic Peninsula is another place to find phenomenal cider. Try the Olympic Peninsula Cider Route , a beautiful drive that carries you past stunning views of Discovery Bay. Begin at Alpenfire , the state’s first organic cidery, where you can tour the orchard and take home some cider vinegar, too. Continue to Eaglemount , which also makes wine, and then to Finnriver Cidery , where you might catch a bluegrass or funk concert on Saturday nights and Sunday afternoons.

The Best British Cider Tours

The Brits have been making cider for more than two millennia, giving them plenty of time to perfect the art. 2 Cider has enjoyed a revival in Britain in recent years, and you’ll find popular varieties like Strongbow and Blackthorn in many pubs. But cider aficionados should venture to small farms and cideries in order to taste the real stuff: cloudy and uncarbonated in the West Country, lighter and fizzier in East Anglia. While England’s home to hundreds of cideries, here are just a few to consider adding to your British cider tour:

• The Somerset Cider Brandy Company ’s picturesque farm has been pressing cider for 150 years. Sample the cider and some 20-year-old brandy, and if you’re not knocked out, climb Burrow Hill for a glimpse of the distant Glastonbury Tor.
• Perry’s Cider invites visitors to enjoy Somerset cider varieties in its tasting room. Then visit the tea room, cider works and the small museum of cider-making equipment.
• Healey’s Cornish Cyder Farm makes cider with a 16th-century press, as well as wine, spirits and its signature cloudy lemonade. Don’t miss the family’s collection of vintage Healey sports cars.

The Best French Cider Tours

If American and British ciders are too tame for your palate, head to France for the famous Normandy cider tour: La Route Du Cidre . The region is known for three types of apple-derived alcohol: cidre , which can be dry ( brut ) or sweet ( demi-sec ); Calvados, a super-strong aged apple brandy; and Pommeau, a mixture of Calvados and apple juice. 3

The 25-mile cider route through Normandy can be explored at leisure. One favorite stop is Domaine Dupont , a family estate that offers free distillery and cellar visits all year round. Calvados Pierre Huet is a distillery operated by the fifth generation of Huets and operating with modern, sustainable methods. Splurge on a bottle of Calvados Millesime 1972 , which is aged 38 years or more. En route, you’ll also see postcard-perfect towns, marvels like the Bayeux and Rouen Cathedrals, and historic D-Day sites.

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Cider mill tours.

A completed stack of ground apples is rotated under the press.

At the Heart of the Mill is the historic 1889 Boomer & Boschert Press.

Spent ground apples called pomace is spread on the field as a fertilizer or fed to local beefers.

Mixing a variety of apples from sweet to tart makes the best cider.

Two-stroke water hydraulic pump that creates pressure for the press.

Creating 60 tons of pressure to make 100 gallons of sweet cider.

FDA approved UV light processing to ensure cider safety.

Take a self-guided tour of the Mill's production area in the Cider Gallery on the second level. The Gallery houses the exhibit Power, Process and Popularity that depicts the entire process, portraying the unique equipment that powers the Mill and offering information about apples and cider. The Gallery overlooks the 1889 Boomer & Boschert water-powered, water-hyraulic cider press producing some 20,000 gallons of cider each fall. The actual process takes place in the fall  at non-scheduled times dependent on cider sales.  At other times a video demonstrates the cider making process.

The cider making starts with the harvest of hand-picked Apples from New York® Apples. The apples are stored at 38 degrees Fahrenheit before pressing. As needed the apples are sent through the apple washer located in the Mill's old ice house where they are scrubbed with nine rows of brushes and heavy jets of fresh, clean water.

After washing, the apples fall into the grinder, a stainless-steel drum with knives running at high speends.  The grinder shreds the whole apple in to a course mash called pomace.  A progress-cavitey feed pump transfers the pomace to the second-level grinding area.

Layers of pomace are placed in nylon cloths between plastic racks in a formation called a "cheese." After the "cheese" is complete the entire pressing tray is rotated under the press. Pressure is applied by a two-cylinder water pump that is powered by the Lestner Water Turbine located in the basement of the Mill. The spinning turbine runs another flat belt to transfer power to the press's water-hydraulic pump creating pressure on the "cheese." The resulting sweet cider is pressed out of the pomace and held in a storage tank for the next step: assuring cider safety.

The Mill's newest piece of technology is an ultraviolet light processing machine called "Cidersure." The Cidersure process guarantees cider safety by shining high intensity ultraviolet light through a very thin stream of cider. The light eliminates the possibility of any harmful contaminates in the fresh juice the same as with pasteurization without the addition of heat, therefore retaining a freshly pressed taste.  Another advantave of the UV method is that it does not damage any of the natural yeast in the juice so it will still ferment.  The cider is then pumped into two storage tanks ready to be tasted and purchased by Mill visitors.

All of our cider is made in this fashion and without any preservatives....  nothing added - nothing taken away!

Tours are complimentary and self-guided.

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“The wonderful, sweet, delicious golden flow of the autumnal harvest from the Fly Creek Cider Mill has arrived. We sit here in SW Florida sipping on this exceptional cider and have paired it with homemade guacamole and tortilla chips. This rich, syrupy apple cider, pressed on your historic Boomer and Boschert cider press using NY state apples kissed by the autumn frost, is as fresh as if it was squeezed earlier today. It truly is a remarkable treat for us.”

“"...but the Apple Cider itself, really was the best! In CT we have several well known cider farms but they really do not compare to the Fly Creek Cider! Fly Creek has no sediment on the bottom, just a fresh clean apple taste. (It even freezes very well without compromising the taste.) Will be back before Thanksgiving to pick up more cider... and pie! Great tasting apple pie without the overkill of nutmeg, cinnamon, or sugar like other places."”

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Tours are approximately 1.5 hours long and are ideal for cider enthusiasts or the inquisitive.  This visit offers you a dedicated guide for the duration of your tour. The tour will include a walking visit to our orchards, our press house, vat house and rural life museum with a DVD of our cider-making year.  The culmination of your visit will be a fully guided tasting of a selection of our award-winning ciders.

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From the mountains to the valleys, from the cities to the farms and rural communities, these CiderCon® 2024 tours will explore the diverse natural beauty, apple growing regions, and cider traditions of the Great Northwest.

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• All tours will involve decent amounts of walking and may involve mud, rough terrain, stairs and/or inclement weather. Please come prepared with sturdy walking shoes and clothing for all weather possibilities.

One Day Tours

Columbia Gorge Cidery & Brewery Tour

Tuesday, January 16, 8:30 AM – 5:45 PM

Visit three fermentation focused businesses in the scenic Columbia River Gorge that make both cider and beer: Double Mountain, Mt View Orchards, and Working Hands Fermentation. We’ll tour production spaces and tasting rooms to see how these businesses attract both the local community and tourists, both beer and cider drinkers. Tour cost includes tastings, lunch, and transportation.

• Double Mountain Brewery & Cidery
• Gold Row Hard Cider/Mountain View Brewery
• Working Hands Fermentation
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Portland’s Quirky Culinary Adventure: Exploring Weird and Wonderful Food and Cider Pairings

Tuesday, January 16, 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM

Indulge your senses in a culinary adventure like no other as we take you on a journey through the heart of Portland, Oregon, where food, cider, and culture collide in a tantalizing fusion of flavors and experiences. This tour features 5 unique locations, with multiple pairings at each location. Don’t miss out on this chance to celebrate the vibrant culinary scene of this beautiful city, known for its diverse and quirky offerings and world-renowned ciders.

Co-Existing & Co-Fermenting in the Willamette Valley Cider & Wine Region

The Willamette Valley, just south of Portland, contains two-thirds of Oregon’s wineries and vineyards. It’s also home to fabulous cideries, many of them using the bounty of the region to make co-ferments. On this tour we’ll visit four cideries and orchards to chat about how they coexist in wine country and taste their ciders. Tour cost includes tastings, lunch, and transportation.

• Bauman’s Cider Company
• Art+Science Cider & Wine
• Raw Cider Company
• Salt Creek Cider House

2 Towns Ciderhouse Open House

Wednesday, January 17, 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM

Catch a ride to 2 Towns Ciderhouse – Oregon’s largest craft cider producer – for a special CiderCon Open House. Tour the 2 Towns production space, meet with cidermakers, and mingle with CiderCon attendees under the big tent. Lunch and snacks from food trucks and more than 20 ciders will be available for purchase.

Overnight Tours

Olympic Peninsula Cider Tour

Monday, January 15, 12:00 PM – Tuesday, January 16, 6:15 PM

Journey north to discover the beauty and history of the cideries, orchards, and lands of the Olympic Peninsula. This two day tour will visit two cideries, one cidery event space, and a new cider education facility. Tour cost includes tastings at 3 stops, dinner, lunch, breakfast, hotel, and transportation. In addition to the official tour agenda, you’ll have the opportunity to explore Fort Worden Historical Park where we will stay overnight in historic officer’s homes.

• Eaglemount Cider’s Palindrome
• Alpenfire Cider  
• Finnriver Farm & Cidery 
• Craft Brewing & Distilling Center
• Fort Worden Historical State Park

Production Tour: Seattle & Surrounds

Overnight Full Tour Cost: $395

Monday, January 15, 9:00 AM – Tuesday, January 16, 6:00 PM

From small DIY to high tech high volume, this tour will visit 4 Seattle area cideries showcasing different production facility scales and styles. On this 2 day tour of production facilities you’ll visit Schilling Cider, Seattle Cider Company, Locust Cider, and Greenwood Cider Company. We’ll also make time for a tasting at Yonder Cider’s taproom and a cider pairing dinner at Capitol Cider. Tour cost includes tastings at each stop, 2 lunches, 1 dinner, 1 hotel night in Seattle, and transportation to and from Portland. In addition to the official tour agenda, you’ll have the opportunity to explore the Ballard brewery district and Capitol Hill neighborhood on your own.

• Greenwood Cider Company 
• Locust Cider
• Seattle Cider Company
• Schilling Cider
• Yonder Cider
• Capitol Cider

Partial Tour Cost: $100

Tuesday, January 16, 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM

Live in the Seattle area? Join the Seattle tour for a cider pairing dinner at Capitol Cider on Monday evening and all activities on Tuesday 1/16. Bring your luggage and meet at the hotel in Seattle on Tuesday morning  You’ll meet the tour and catch a ride to Portland.

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Nothing hits the spot more than a crisp, refreshing pint of cider and the United Kingdom is home to some of the best cider farms and orchards in the world. Cider enthusiasts planning a tour should look no further than any of these UK-based brewers.

Torre cider farm, somerset.

For one of the most authentic cider experiences in the country, Torre Cider Farm should be right up your street. This orchard and farm also houses a cafe where visitors can enjoy locally sourced produce and, of course, a glass of fresh cider! Though there is no ‘formal’ tour of the farm on offer, visitors can take a leisurely stroll around the grounds at their own pace and view the old cider press room.

📍 Torre Cider Co Ltd, Washford, Somerset, United Kingdom

Pure North Cider Press in Holmfirth, West Yorkshire, hand-presses all their carefully chosen apples and produces some of the best cloudy cider in the region. Open Wednesday to Sunday, this cider press offers a combined meal and tour for just £10 per person. For more information, head here .

📍 New Laithe Farm, West 3td, 43 Deanhouse Ln, Holmfirth, United Kingdom

Healey’s Cornish Cyder Farm, Cornwall

Producers of the famous Cornish Rattler cider, Healey’s Cornish Cyder Farm are up there with the best in the game. Conveniently situated near the town of Newquay , a tour of Healey’s allows visitors to see every process of the cider pressing process from start to finish, as well as other areas of their expertise such as their jam kitchen. There’s also a restaurant, tea rooms, farm shop and an animal courtyard for the little ones. Head here for further information on their varied guided tours.

📍 Penhallow, Truro, United Kingdom

Butford Organics, Herefordshire

For something a little more central, Butford Organics in the Herefordshire town of Bodenham packs plenty of history into their cider tours. Home to a 300-year-old cider mill, Butford Farm produces cider and desert apples, pears, plums and walnut trees. The latest of their trees were planted in 2000 – continuing the farm’s proud local heritage. More information on tours and tastings can be found here .

📍 Butford Farm, Bowley Lane, Bodenham, Hereford, United Kingdom

Thatcher’s Cider: Myrtle Farm, North Somerset

Did you know that one of the country’s leading cider makers offer tours of their farm and orchards? Visitors can partake in guided tours of Thatcher’s Cider’s orchard and mill in Winscombe, North Somerset, every Friday at 12:30pm with tasting sessions included in the price. Book your tour voucher here .

📍 Myrtle Farm, Station Rd, Sandford, Winscombe, United Kingdom

Burrow Hill Cider Farm, Somerset

Operators of Glastonbury Festival’s famous Cider Bus, Somerset Cider Brandy and Burrow Hill Cider offer guided tours of their orchards and distillery at the wallet-friendly price of just £4 per person. Tours include visits to the cider vats and strolls through the orchards, where visitors will be guided through the entire process from apple picking through to distilling and maturing. Call 01460 240782 to book a guided tour.

📍 Burrow Way, Kingsbury Episcopi, Martock, United Kingdom

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The Cider Junction

A cider & beer taproom, a place to explore food and cider.

We invite you to Silicon Valley's first Cider Taproom - a place where you can explore craft ciders from around the world (and craft beers too!) and enjoy a small bite along with them.

The Cider Junction brings together the ``old`` and the ``new``: From craft ciders made in the traditional style (dry, aged, sometimes still, sometimes sparkling) to experimental ciders fermented or infused with other fruits, herbs and hops - We offer ciders on tap and in bottles and cans. Our friendly staff will assist you with your selections.

Our ambience leans on Santa Clara Valley’s rich history of orchards  in a casual and friendly atmosphere.

What exactly is a craft cider?

Cider is technically a fruit wine. Craft Cider has at its base either fresh pressed apples or 100% apple juice (i.e. the cider maker bought the juice, not the apples). The often small batches are then fermented (like wine), sometimes with the addition of fruit/puree/juices or herbs. Some bring them to market in a few weeks, others let them mature for months or even years. It is not brewed, i.e. there is no heat applied or water added.

We have over 20 taps  and 40+ ciders in cans and bottles for on-site consumption, plus craft beer and a selective wine offering.

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Here in Pennsylvania, we are blessed with an abundance of cideries all across the Commonwealth. There are orchard cideries that grow their own fruit, wineries and breweries that have added cider to their line of products, and city cideries that bring the flavor of the country to downtowns and urban neighborhoods. 

Visiting a cidery (or two) is a lovely way to spend the day — many offer tours, guided tastings and flights, as well as to-go sales of cans, bottles and growlers. Some cideries in PA are more akin to full-fledged bars and restaurants, with additional local beverage options, like PA beer, wine and cocktails, as well as happy hours, dinner and brunch service. 

To help you explore all that PA cider has to offer, we’ve put together the Pennsylvania Cider Trail. There are cideries to discover in all four corners of the state, and everywhere in between; use our guide to string together your own cider road-trip, add a cidery visit onto a vacation, or just check out a cidery in your own town the next time you’re looking for a fun night out.  

All along the Western side of Pennsylvania, you’ll find craft cideries, as well as wineries, making their own lines of hard cider. From urban cideries in the bustling city of Pittsburgh to charming tasting rooms in rural communities, there is so much great cider to try in Western PA.

Conneaut Cellars Winery & Distillery

Nestled in the idyllic Pennsylvania resort community of Conneaut Lake, Conneaut Cellars Winery makes a number of Lake Erie wines, spirits and a tight assortment of ciders . The tasting room, which overlooks the shore of the pretty lake, is open every day (except major holidays), with free guided tours, free tastings, glass pours and to-go sales. 

12005 Conneaut Lake Rd., Conneaut Lake, PA; (814) 382-3999. 

After the Fall Cider

Second-generation orchardist, Maria Kretschmann, makes harvest-driven ciders using apples grown at Kretschmann Farm , which was founded in 1971 by her parents Don and Becky Kretschmann. Her brand-new tasting room offers tastings by reservation only on Thursdays and Saturdays; look for After the Fall ciders at the Lake Erie Arboretum at Frontier (Leaf) Market, and the Squirrel Hill and East Liberty Farmers Markets in Pittsburgh.

257 Zeigler Rd., Rochester, PA; (412) 254-6346.

Arsenal Cider House

Since 2008, this U.S. Civil War-thematic winery/cidery has been making small-batch, handcrafted hard apple cider, fruit/grape wines and meads. In the years since, Arsenal has expanded to include a number of locations: Its original urban cidery is located in the Lawrenceville neighborhood of Pittsburgh, and it’s open Wednesday through Sunday with 13 ciders, meads and wines on tap. The location in Dormont, PA combines a cider house with a menu of bites from Haversack Sandwich Co. ; and its Farm Cider House in Wexford, PA is on location at the lovely Solebury Orchards .

300 39th St., Pittsburgh, PA; (412) 682-7699 ; 2905 W. Liberty Ave., Dormont, PA; (412) 403-6174; 2537 Brandt School Rd., Wexford, PA; (724) 777-2402.

Threadbare Cider

This established cidery runs a Cider House in Pittsburgh’s Troy Hill neighborhood that offers over a dozen Threadbare ciders by the glass, PA beers, Wigle Whiskey barrel-aged cocktails, snacks, and tasty craft pizza. There’s plenty of family-style seating inside the tasting room and outside on the (dog-friendly) patio!

1291 Spring Garden Ave., Pittsburgh, PA; (412) 322-5100 .

KingView Mead, Wine and Cider

KingView’s full-service Mt. Lebanon mead house has all your beverage options covered, with 40 rotating taps of cider, mead, wine and beer, which are a mix of its own products and other PA-made items. Cocktails and mocktails are also available, as well as an extensive food menu, including options like lobster rolls, flatbread pizzas and charcuterie boards. This location is open Wednesday through Sunday, with a great happy hour. KingView also has two other locations: one in the Tanger Outlets in Washington, PA and the other inside the Lumberjaxes axe-throwing facility in Cranberry Township, PA.

101 Beverly Rd., Mt. Lebanon, PA; (412) 388-1990 ; 2200 Tanger Blvd., Suite 875, Washington, PA; (412) 335-0070; 20111 Route 19, Cranberry Township, PA; (412) 408-2650.

Bella Terra Vineyards

This lovely spot, which was originally opened in 2016 as a wedding venue, now includes a large winemaking facility, as well as a sizable tasting room, plenty of patio seating and private event spaces. Though the main focus of the beverage list is wine, there are a number of Bella Terra ciders to try, as well as PA beers, seltzers and cocktails. Bella Terra’s Hunker location is its original tasting room space, and includes a bistro , live music Wednesday through Sunday, and unique outdoor igloos and cabanas. The other locations are a tasting room in downtown Bedford , PA, and a spot inside the Hartwood Wine Cave in Allison Park, PA.

121 Sunny Lane; Hunker, PA; 107 E. Pitt St., Bedford, PA; (724) 635-3658 ; 3141 Harts Run Rd., Allison Park, PA; (412) 486-1050.

Tattiebogle CiderWorks

Nestled in the scenic Chestnut Ridge in the Pennsylvania Laurel Highlands, find Tattiebogle CiderWorks, which specializes in both traditional and modern ciders, using fruit from the no-spray, heirloom trees on its property, as well as apples sourced from other select Pennsylvania orchards. Visit its tasting room, which is open Friday through Sunday, to try seven to 10 craft ciders on tap. 

175 Ankney Hill Rd., Acme, PA; (724) 424-2437 .

Brother Monk Ciderworks

Brother Monk Ciderworks is owned and operated by brothers Dan and Joe Holoubek, who are both Navy veterans with a long history of military service in their family. On their property in Indiana County, PA, they grow over 2,000 cider-specific apple trees; the rest of the fruit for their ciders is sourced from Pennsylvania. A public tasting room on the farm is still in development, but they are open most weekends for takeout (call ahead first to be sure), and you can often find Brother Monk set up at the Mt. Lebanon Uptown Market on Saturday and the Carnegie Farmers Market on Sunday.

779 Elm Rd., Northern Cambria, PA; (814) 626-8800 .

Central Pennsylvania is apple country, through and through. In fact, apples are PA’s fourth-largest agricultural commodity, and the majority of that fruit is grown in Adams County, which is part of South Central PA, and includes Gettysburg and many of the surrounding townships and boroughs. This area is the largest producer of apples and peaches in the state! Central PA is home to many fine cideries, each with its own unique style and products.

Reid’s Orchard & Winery

Find the Black Bear Hard Cider line, which is part of Reid’s Orchard’s beverage program (which also includes wine ) on draft at its welcoming Cider House in downtown Gettysburg, which is open seven days a week. Cider bottles, drafts and flights, as well as glasses of wine and snacks, are all available.

  400 Baltimore St., Gettysburg, PA: (717) 334-7537 .

Ploughman Cider

Using apples and other fruits grown at Three Springs Fruit Farm in Wenksville, PA, Ploughman Cider has made a name for itself selling at farmers markets and wholesale to bars and restaurants. It also runs a charming taproom in historic Lincoln Square in Gettysburg, which serves its own ciders plus local beers, wines and distilled spirits from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Settle in to make an afternoon or night of it with a pub-inspired food menu, including snack plates, savory pies and pastries and sandwiches. The Ploughman Taproom is open every day but Wednesday.

14 Lincoln Square, Gettysburg, PA; (717) 420-2582 .

Big Hill Ciderworks

This highly awarded cidery opened its taphouse in 2019, allowing guests to come visit its beautiful property, which is located along the northern extension of the Blue Ridge Mountains, just a stone’s throw from Gettysburg and the Appalachian Trail. It’s currently open weekends year-round, with pours of its harvest ciders as well as PA beer, food trucks, firepits and live music.

338 Georgetown Rd., Gardners, PA; (717) 677-0250 .

Armstrong Valley Winery

Though it primarily serves wine, cider lovers can order pours of Armstrong Valley’s Bad Boy and Bad Girl ciders at the winery’s tasting room (which is inside a barn!). This location is open every day and often hosts food trucks.

212 Rutter Rd., Halifax, PA; (717) 896-7700 .

Grand Illusion Hard Cider

Pop into Grand Illusion’s playful, magic-themed bar in Carlisle, PA, for the largest selection of Pennsylvania cider on draft in the world, including its own ciders, as well as a rotating selection of five PA beers and eight PA wines on draft. The food menu offers many gluten-free options, and the events calendar is full of fun entertainment, including escape rooms . Bonus: 100% of Grand Illusion’s servers are Cider Certified Professionals, certified through the program run by the American Cider Association. This spot is open every day except Tuesday.

26 W. High St., Carlisle, PA; (717) 462-4716.

Wyndridge Farm

At the original Wyndridge Farm restaurant you’ll find a scratch kitchen with a well-rounded beverage menu to complement it, including Wyndridge’s own line of award-winning ciders, its Winding Path Brewing beers, Wyndridge Vines wines and other PA wines, as well as cocktails. During warm weather, enjoy its outdoor beer garden . It is open every day but Monday.

Wyndridge also recently opened a Lancaster Tasting Room with a limited menu of scratch-made food and a tight beverage menu, including ciders, beer and cocktails. It’s open Wednesday through Sunday (including Sunday brunch!).

885 S. Pleasant Ave., Dallastown, PA: (717) 244-9900; 398 Harrisburg Ave., Suite 100, Lancaster, PA; (717) 296-8102 .

Levengood’s of Lancaster

This urban cidery in downtown Lancaster reopened after being closed during the pandemic and is now open Thursday through Sunday. Enjoy the bright, airy space hung with local art, for draft pours, flights, bottles/can sales and local snacks. On nice days, grab a seat in the window for a nice view of the neighborhood. 

219 W. Walnut St., Lancaster, PA; no phone.

Lancaster County Cider

Lancaster County Cider is the cider brand made by Mount Hope Winery . Using locally grown ingredients, it offers a range of ciders, including dry, traditional, sweet and specialty flavors. You can find these ciders in cans and growler fills at any of the winery’s retail locations ; for more of a tasting room experience, check out the original winery (also the home of the Pennsylvania Renaissance Faire) in North Lancaster County.

2775 Lebanon Rd., Manheim, PA; (717) 665-7021 .

This large region of the state, which includes the Lehigh Valley and the Pocono Mountains, the Greater Philadelphia metro area and Scranton, is packed with incredible cideries to explore. Whatever experience you seek, from a sleek modern cidery on a busy city street, to a small tasting room on a quaint Main Street, to a verdant patch of farmland, you can find it all here. 

Deep Roots Hard Cider

Tucked in the rolling hills of Bradford County in Northeastern PA, Deep Roots make high-quality hard cider with locally grown apples. Its comfy tasting room offers pours of cider, including many fruit ciders , like peach, blackberry and cherry, as well as all-apple ciders. It’s open Friday through Sunday, or by appointment.

348 Back Rd., Sugar Run, PA; (570) 746-3222.

Space Time Mead & Cider Works

This small production winery is known for its innovative ciders, including harvest ciders, perries, and cysers. Experimental beverage fans may also want to try Space Time’s meads in esoteric flavors, like Chaotic Evil, an apple honey wine with added chipotle. Inside its small retail space, Space Time offers sampling, best for groups of 4-8 people. FYI: There is no seating or food, so this is less of a hangout spot than a place to try some sips and then grab a few bottles to go. Regular hours are held Wednesday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday; call or send a message through Facebook to set up a tasting on other days/times.

419 S. Blakely St., Dunmore, PA; (570) 504-5758 .

Hardball Cider

If you’re planning a trip to the Delaware Water Gap area, be sure to include a trip to Hardball Cider, a fifth-generation family farm which presses its own apples to make its line of baseball-themed ciders . The tasting room, which has a beautiful view and ample outdoor seating, hosts local food trucks and live music artists from April through December.

805 Orchard Rd., Mt. Bethel, PA; (484) 341-3101 .

Five Maidens Craft Cider

Stop into Five Maiden’s sleek tasting room in downtown Bethlehem for pours of ciders made from local apples, as well as live music. If you’re a local, or plan to visit regularly, consider joining its mug club , which comes with tons of perks with its annual membership fee. The tasting room is open Wednesday through Saturday.

327 Polk St., Bethlehem, PA; (610) 295-9260.

Southeastern PA

Frecon Farms Cider

This family orchard has been growing quality tree fruits since 1944, and uses its own apples and to craft its line of everyday session and special estate ciders . To try these on-site, pay a visit to Frecon Farms’ Espresso and Cider Bar which has hard cider on tap, along with coffee drinks, kombucha and beer from Wissahickon Brewing Company. The farm market also sells Frecon Farms in bottles to go. It’s open seven days a week.

501 South Reading Ave., Boyertown, PA; (610) 367-6200.

Excursion Ciders

Newer to the PA cider community is Excursion Ciders, the project of an ex-brewer and friends, which makes small-batch hard ciders with locally pressed apples, which are fermented on site, without additives. At its new tasting room in Kimberton Village, find its ciders alongside other Pennsylvania beer, wines and beverages, and a small menu of local cheese and other snacks. It’s currently open Friday and Saturday evenings. 

14 Prizer Rd., Phoenixville, PA; no phone.

Wissahickon Brewing Co.

While this family-owned and -operated craft brewery makes a large array of beers, it also produces a handful of house-made hard ciders. Visit the brewery, adjacent to the entrance of Wissahickon Valley Park, perfect for post-hike sips. It’s open seven days a week with plenty of food trucks and events . 

3705 W. School House Ln., Philadelphia, PA; (215) 483-8833 .

Hale & True Cider

An urban cidery in Philly’s Bella Vista neighborhood (right off South Street), Hale & True crafts modern ciders with juice pressed at local orchards. Its stylish taproom offers cider made on site, as well as other local beer, wine, spirits, and small plates. They hold hours Wednesday through Sunday, with indoor and outdoor seating and to-go sales. 

613 S. 7th St., Philadelphia, PA; (267) 639-4334.

Stone & Key Cellars

Stone & Key Cellars is a cozy winery (with a cool make-your-own wine program) that produces a variety of wines, as well as ciders made with local apples, ranging from bone-dry to sweet-and-fruity. The taproom is open seven days a week, with a menu of cheese, charcuterie and snacks on offer Friday through Sunday.

435 Doylestown Rd., Montgomeryville, PA; (215) 855-4567 . 

Manoff Market Cidery

Located on the edge of charming New Hope, this cidery is part of Manoff Market Gardens , a family-owned farm. It makes a variety of dry sparkling and still ciders with estate-grown fruit. Stop by Thursday through Saturday for bottle sales; check out the calendar for the late-night hours of the tasting room. In addition to to-go sales, flights, bottles and snacks are available in the outdoor cider garden with its orchard views. BYO lawn chair and food.

3157 Comfort Rd., New Hope, PA; (215) 297-8220 .

Old Stone Cider

For a relaxing country outing, visit Old Stone’s tasting room in an historic rebuilt Pennsylvania bank barn in the rolling hills of Chester County. There, you’ll find English-style ciders made with over 20 varieties of cider apples grown in Old Stone’s orchard. The tasting room is open Thursday through Sunday, with draft and to-go cider, food trucks and live music.

You can also find them Tuesday through Saturday at Hood’s BBQ in Unionville, PA. 

959 Chesterville Rd., Lewisville, PA; (484) 441-3344 .

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Thatchers Cider Tour

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Book onto our guided Thatchers Cider Tour, where you’ll learn about how we’ve been making cider here in Somerset for over 115 years. You’ll see how times have changed and no doubt you’ll hear a story or two about the Thatcher family. And of course, you’ll also get the chance to try a few ciders too!

We look forward to welcoming you to Myrtle Farm in Somerset sometime soon!

Please don’t worry if the “valid till” date is looming on your voucher – for the foreseeable future we’re accepting all vouchers issued as a result of cancelled tours. We don’t want anyone to be disappointed!

What to expect from your Thatchers Cider Tour

Our tour is available for individuals (1-15 people) or groups (15-30 people) and lasts approximately 2 hours. Please note some of the buildings in our mill have narrow corridors and uneven floors, steps and stairs. Therefore we regret they are unsuitable for wheelchairs, mobility scooters, or similar mobility aids. Please read our terms and conditions before booking.

The tour is £15.00 per person.

We’ll take you around the mill, where you will be shown how we make our cider from start to finish, with over 115 years of cider making expertise. The tour introduces you to our working mill and packaging hall, and whilst we always want to show you as much as we can, we can’t guarantee that every line will be operating during every tour.

At the end of the tour, you’ll get the chance to sample some of our Somerset Ciders, from the well-known brands, to our limited edition range.

A fantastic way to spend a couple hours in the heart of Somerset cider-making country.

For general enquiries, or if you’re booking on behalf of a commercial organisation, please email [email protected] with full details of your tour request, so we can best accommodate your needs.

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• Tours will consist of indoor and (weather permitting) outdoor areas.
• Please wear suitable outerwear and footwear. We reserve the right to refuse participation on the tour if we consider inappropriate clothing is worn. This includes open shoes / flip flops / sandals.
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• Some of the buildings in our mill have narrow corridors and uneven floors. Therefore we regret they are unsuitable for wheelchairs, mobility scooters, or similar mobility aids.
• We are a working mill and therefore some restrictions may be in force and for that reason all aspects of the tour cannot be guaranteed.
• Minimum age for tour participants is 15. Only participants aged 18 years or over may taste our ciders.
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From Pip to Pint – A Thatchers Cider Tour

Thatchers Cider is without a doubt a Somerset staple, but despite choosing to lay my roots in the county I don’t yet have cider running through my veins. However that’s all about to change after a 2-hour cider tour with a cider tasting that would convert even the most cider-loathing person.

Disclaimer: I was invited to participate in a guided tour as part of the Visit Bristol Summer in Bristol campaign. I was not paid for this experience, and all opinions expressed in this article are my own.

Who are Thatchers Cider?

Thatchers Cider is a common sight across the West Country (and Australia apparently), but you’ll be forgiven for any lack of comprehension of the brand. Even as someone living in a cider-loving county, where the products are as synonymous on supermarket shelves as cheese and bread, I was completely unaware of the family traditions and innovations that form the brand.

As one of the few remaining independent cider makers, their heart-warming story from pip to pint truly showcases their dedication and pride in the products they produce, which they’ve lovingly crafted for over 115 years directly on Myrtle Farm.

Although Somerset is one of the main cider-producing counties in England, Thatchers is one of the few to use their own apple orchards – with around 500 acres – rather than farming their apples abroad. With complete transparency of the varieties grown, a bottle of Thatchers Cider can always promise the highest and standardised quality.

Thatchers Cider Tour

The family has meticulously planned each part of the plant-to-package process to produce around 50,000 canned and bottled products an hour.  During the 2-hour cider tour , you’ll be guided around the orchard and mills to learn more about the art of independent cider-making. Public tours run Wednesday to Sunday at £15 pp for a 2-hour tour with cider tasting.

Here are some of my highlights.

The Exhibition Orchard

The Exhibition Orchard pays homage to the haughty apple, preserving around 458 of the rarest apple types that may otherwise be forgotten. Some of the varieties were rescued from the Long Ashton Research Station when the agricultural and horticultural research centre closed in 2002. Besides keeping a gene stock of the apple varieties, the farm completes ‘tree trials’ to discover new flavours that may be released as limited edition flavours. In fact, both the Rose and Haze were developed this way!

The orchards are even bee-friendly with on-site bee hives managed by local beekeepers to promote effective pollination.

The process is truly a sight to behold with tanks holding 200,000 pints, storing the cold liquid until its ready to be fermented. At the farm, you get to see the full-circle life of the apple from the orchard, to the cleaning and pressing, to bottling and packaging. The apple pomace – the waste – is taken away to be used for clean energy. Much of the process is automated, with a keen attention-to-detail, like the technology that ensures every label is perfectly placed each and every time.

The Historic Oaks Vats

Made in 1850 when Henry 8th was King, these 30ft tall oak vats still have a prime place at the farm. The largest of the 11 vats is said to hold around 135,500 pints of cider.

The Railway Inn

The restored traditional country pub on-site at Myrtle Farm is a reason to visit itself. It’s garnered quite a reputation as a foodie hot spot for its delectable menu that uses local, high-quality produce, even using cider in some dishes. And of course, it offers the full Thatchers cider range – as well as some limited edition flavours.

Traditional cider workers at the form loved the cider so much, they were paid in cider so enjoying it with a meal is nothing new. But perhaps less known is that the Thatchers offers such a range of styles that it can be paired with many different dishes or used in recipes .

It’s recommended to stop by for a bite to eat after your tour, and be sure to ask for a recommendation on a cider to complement the dish.

Thatchers Cider Shop

The on-site shop is open various times Tuesday to Sunday selling the all-important ciders, as well as limited editions, gifts, local cheeses and chutneys, books, cider mugs, glasses, and clothing.

The Strawberry Line

Amblers and cyclists can rejoice at knowing the farm sits on The Strawberry Line, a former railway path that is undergoing a transformation into a beautiful greenway through North and Mid-Somerset. Once completed, the path will be ‘ suitable for walkers, cyclists, wheelchair users, mobility scooters, and on some sections, equestrians’. The Railway Inn offers the perfect pit stop for those enjoying the path.

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Portland Cideries Win Acclaim at the International Cider Awards

T hree Oregon cideries — Portland Cider Company , 2 Towns Cider , and Bauman’s Cider — won big at the International Cider Awards in London on May 1, bringing home a combined nine medals. Portland Cider Company’s Original Gold cider won the trophy, the competition’s top award. It is the first time in the competition’s 136-year history that a U.S. cidery has won best-in-show.

“Of course we aspire to our cider being among the best in the world. But I admit, I was speechless when I heard that our industry peers awarded us the top honor at the competition,” Portland Cider co-founder Jeff Parrish told Willamette Week . Bauman’s Cider won five medals and 2 Towns Cider was awarded two. The International Cider Awards are considered the most prestigious accolade in the industry and are determined by judges who are current practicing cidermakers themselves. The full list of winners is listed here .

A new cookbook profiles several Korean restaurants in Portland

Koreaworld, a new cookbook from Bay Area chef Deuki Hong and journalist Matt Rodbard, examines modern Korean cuisine in Korea and the United States. The book profiles Portland restaurants Han Oak, Jeju, Du’s Grill, Kim Jong Grillin, and Cameo Cafe. Hong and Rodbard will stop by Portland on their book tour for two events — at Powell’s City of Books on May 12 and at Jeju on May 13 (the $55 ticket includes a signed copy of the book, snacks from Jeju, and karaoke).

Kann and Ranger Chocolate are releasing a Caribbean chocolate bar

Gregory Gourdet’s Haitian restaurant Kann has collaborated with Ranger Chocolate Co. for the Portland chocolate makers’ first chef collaboration. The Caribbean chocolate bar is dairy-free and has notes of mango, ginger, and habanero, drawing flavor inspiration from Gourdet’s Haitian roots and Ranger founder George Domurot’s Puerto Rican roots. Pre-orders for the chocolate bar are open now — it will officially launch on May 18 (Haitian Flag Day) with a tasting and launch event at Ranger from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.

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Amazon Prime’s new swoon-y romantic drama, The Idea of You , has everything: Anne Hathaway looking hot as hell, genuine boy band bops sung by a fake boy band , and, most of all, Nicholas Galitzine looking very, very pretty while he cries.

Based on the 2017 novel of the same name by Robinne Lee—and not, in fact, Harry Styles fan fiction— The Idea of You  stars Hathaway as a 40-year-old single mom who dutifully takes her 16-year-old daughter to Coachella to see her favorite boy band, August Moon. When she accidentally walks into the trailer of the 24-year-old frontman, Hayes Campbell (Galitzine), there are immediate sparks. Solène (Hathaway) insists she’s too old for him, but Hayes is persistent, and, eventually, their love story blooms.

But as Solène quickly discovers, dating a famous, twenty-something pop star as a 40-year-old professional can sometimes kind of suck. Like, for instance, when Solène hangs out with Hayes’s gossipy, spiteful twenty-something friends on tour. Those friends are all too happy to inform Solène that she’s not the first older woman to have Hayes Campbell dedicate a song to her. Solène politely excuses herself and then packs a bag to go home. When Hayes tries to stop her from leaving, they get into their first big fight.

Hayes argues that no one would care about the age difference if the gender roles were reversed. Solène responds that she knows many who would judge, actually—herself included. And it’s here that Galitzine flaunts his beautiful crying skills.

“You’re ashamed of me? Is that it?” Galitzine demands, his eyes glistening with unshed tears.

“I am… ashamed,” Hathaway responds, with an equally devastating expression of pain. And that’s the moment where my heart broke into two.

Most people don’t look good when they cry. Quite a few of us look downright ugly when the waterworks turn on. But not Galitzine. This man knows how to look good while he cries like it’s his job—which, I suppose, it is. We’ve already seen him do it before, when he got his heartbroken as the Prince of England in Red, White, and Royal Blue , and when his character came out as bisexual in The Craft: Legacy . It really is an art: You have to look like you’re in devastating pain, while still maintaining enough composure to deliver clear dialogue, and look good while doing it. The man is talented!

And those tearful talents are once again on full display in The Idea of You , an addicting, heart-wrenching romance that hits all the deliciously painful beats of heartbreak. Did I feel a little bad for enjoying the scenes where Galitzine’s character was suffering quite so much? Sure! But that didn’t stop me from rewinding the film and replaying those pretty tears over and over again.

It should be noted that, Hathaway, too, is incredibly good at simply gazing at Galitzine in the movie—all of her big, conflicting emotions playing out on her expressive face. Come for the fanfcition-y plot, and stay for the electric chemistry and top-notch acting. You’ll laugh, you’ll cry, and you’ll be aching for these two unconventional lovebirds to make it work. Just don’t expect to look quite as good as Galitzine when you do cry.

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