This is a list of cider brands. Cider is an alcoholic beverage made exclusively from the juice of apple or pear. This list also includes perry, which is a similar alcoholic beverage made from pear varieties.
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This is a list of cider brands. Cider is an alcoholic beverage made exclusively from the juice of apple or pear. This list also includes perry, which is a similar alcoholic beverage made from pear varieties.
| Name | Town | Country | Type | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Towns Ciderhouse | Corvallis, Oregon | USA | ||
| 5 Seeds Cider | Lidcombe | Australia | ||
| Ace Cider | Sebastopol, California | USA | ||
| Angry Orchard | Walden, New York | USA | ||
| Arsenal Cider House | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | USA | ||
| Aspall Cyder | Debenham | United Kingdom | ||
| Bantam Cider | Somerville, Massachusetts | USA | ||
| Black Star | Bedford | United Kingdom | ||
| Blackthorn Cider | Shepton Mallet | United Kingdom | Constellation Europe | |
| Bold Rock Hard Cider | Nellysford, Virginia | USA | ||
| Brothers Cider | Shepton Mallet, Somerset | United Kingdom | British makers of Pear Cider | |
| H. P. Bulmer | Hereford, Herefordshire | United Kingdom | hard cider | British makers of Scrumpy Jack, Strongbow, Strongbow Sirrus, Woodpecker, White Lightning, Pomagne and Bulmers Original |
| Lost Boy Cider | Alexandria Virginia | USA | hard cider | Sugar Free, unfiltered, unpasteurized |
| Bulmers | Clonmel, South Tipperary | Ireland | hard cider | Marketed as Magners outside Ireland |
| Burrow Hill Cider | Martock, Somerset | United Kingdom | hard cider | |
| Carling Cider | London, Ontario | Canada | ||
| Ciderboys | Stevens Point, Wisconsin | USA | ||
| Cidergeist | Cincinnati, Ohio | USA | Brand name for Rhinegeist's ciders | |
| Crispin Cider | Colfax, California | USA | Discontinued | |
| Cydr Lubelski | Lublin | Poland | Made by Ambra S.A. [1] | |
| Downeast Cider House | Boston, Massachusetts | USA | ||
| Fizz | Iisalmi | Finland | Finnish cider made by Olvi | |
| Fox Barrel Cider | Colfax, California | USA | Pear cider brand, purchased by Crispin Hard Cider Company | |
| Frosty Jack Cider | Aston, Birmingham | United Kingdom | ||
| Gaymer Cider Company | United Kingdom | Producers of a number of brands including Gaymer's Olde English Cider, Blackthorn, K, White Star, Diamond White | ||
| Harpoon Brewery | Windsor, Vermont and Boston, Massachusetts | USA | Makers of Cider Jack | |
| Herrljunga Cider | Herrljunga | Sweden | soft cider | |
| K Cider | Bath | United Kingdom | ||
| Kingstone Press Cider | United Kingdom | |||
| Kopparbergs | Kopparberg | Sweden | soft cider | |
| Magners Irish Cider (see Bulmers) | Ireland | hard cider | ||
| Mercury Cider | Hobart, Tasmania | Australia | hard cider | |
| Merrydown | East Sussex | United Kingdom | ||
| Orchard Pig | Somerset | United Kingdom | ||
| Miłosławski | Miłosław | Poland | Made by Browar Fortuna | |
| Monteiths Crushed Apple Cider | New Zealand | Locally made by Dominion Breweries | ||
| Old Rosie | Much Marcle, Herefordshire | United Kingdom | hard cider | Made by Weston's Cider |
| Pomagne | Hereford | United Kingdom | Made by Bulmers | |
| Rabbits Foot Meadery | Sunnyvale, California | USA | Made by Red Branch Cider Company | |
| Rekorderlig Cider | Vimmerby | Sweden | soft cider | |
| Samuel Smith's | Tadcaster, North Yorkshire | United Kingdom | ||
| Savanna Dry | South Africa | |||
| Schneewittchen Cidre | Martinsmoos, Black Forest | Germany | ||
| Scrumpy Jack by Bulmer | United Kingdom | hard cider | ||
| Somersby cider | Copenhagen | Denmark | soft cider | Made by Carlsberg Group |
| Stella Artois cider brand | Belgium | Belgian Brewer, marketed as a Belgian style cider | ||
| Stonewell Cider | Nohoval, County Cork | Ireland | ||
| Stowford Press | Much Marcle, Herefordshire | United Kingdom | Made by Weston's Cider | |
| Strongbow Cider | Hereford | United Kingdom | hard cider | Made by H.P. Bulmer |
| Superstition Meadery | Prescott, Arizona | USA | Producer of the top user rated cider on RateBeer, the Blueberry Spaceship Box | |
| Taunton Cider Company | Churchstanton, Somerset | UK | ||
| Thatchers Cider | Somerset | United Kingdom | hard cider | |
| Three Hammers | Tiverton, Devon | United Kingdom | Made by Devon Cider Company | |
| Three Oaks Cider | Australia | Made by Vok Beverages | ||
| White Star | Somerset | United Kingdom | ||
| Willie Smith's | Tasmania | Australia | ||
| Woodchuck Hard Cider | Middlebury, Vermont | USA | hard cider | Owned by Northeast Drinks Group [2] |
| Woodpecker Cider | Herefordshire | United Kingdom | hard cider | Made by H.P. Bulmer |
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Apple cider is the name used in the United States and Canada for an unfiltered, unsweetened, non-alcoholic beverage made from apples. Though typically referred to simply as "cider" in North America, it is not to be confused with the alcoholic beverage known as cider in other places, which is called "hard cider" in the US. Outside of the United States and Canada, it is commonly referred to as cloudy apple juice to distinguish it from clearer, filtered apple juice and hard cider.
Babycham is a light, sparkling perry invented by Francis Showering, a brewer in Shepton Mallet in Somerset, England. The name was owned by Accolade Wines until December 2021 when it was bought back into the Showering family business Brothers Drinks Limited. The brand was particularly popular during the 1960s and 1970s. The new owners are planning a major rebrand and relaunch of the drink.
Woodchuck Hard Cider is a brand of hard cider produced by the Vermont Hard Cider Company, LLC, in Middlebury, Vermont. In 2011 it was the top-selling hard cider in the United States, capturing approximately 47% of the hard cider market in the country.
Magners Irish Cider is a brand of cider produced in County Tipperary in Ireland by the C&C Group. The product range includes the cider varieties: Original, Light, Berry, Pear and Rosé. The cider was originally produced as Bulmers Irish Cider and continues to be sold under that name in the Republic of Ireland, it is sold as Magners in all other markets.
A. Le Coq is an Estonian brewery. The company was founded in 1807 by a Prussian family of the same name, who were descendants of the Huguenots who had fled France in the 17th century. The company was bought in 1997 and is currently owned by Finnish company Olvi. It produces many types of drinks including beers, long drinks, ciders and soft drinks. The best known beer is the A. Le Coq Premium, which is the most popular beer in Estonia, according to the latest AC Nielsen results in October 2008. A. Le Coq Arena in Tallinn was named after the beer.
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Cider is an alcoholic beverage made from the fermented juice of apples. Cider is widely available in the United Kingdom and Ireland. The UK has the world's highest per capita consumption, as well as the largest cider-producing companies. Ciders from the South West of England are generally higher in alcoholic content. Cider is also popular in many Commonwealth countries, such as India, South Africa, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. As well as the UK and its former colonies, cider is popular in Portugal, France, Friuli, and northern Spain. Germany also has its own types of cider with Rhineland-Palatinate and Hesse producing a particularly tart version known as Apfelwein. In the U.S. and Canada, varieties of alcoholic cider are often called hard cider to distinguish it from non-alcoholic apple cider or "sweet cider", also made from apples. In Canada, cider cannot contain less than 2.5% or over 13% absolute alcohol by volume.
Somersby is a brand of 4.5% abv cider by Danish brewing company Carlsberg Group. Developed in 2008, it was originally developed for the Danish market, but today has been launched in more than 46 markets, including all of Europe, Israel, Nepal, Australia, New Zealand, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Thailand, South Korea, Canada, Sweden, Sri Lanka, South Africa and the United States. Of the world's ten biggest cider brands, Somersby was the one that grew most in 2012.
Cider in the United Kingdom is widely available at pubs, off licences, and shops. It has been made in regions of the country where cider apples were grown since Roman times; in those regions it is intertwined with local culture, particularly in the West Country.
In the United States, the definition of cider is broader than in Europe. There are two types: one is the traditional fermented product, called hard cider, and the second is sweet or soft cider. However, in some regions, cider is the alcoholic version, whether made from apples or pears, and apple cider is the non-alcoholic version.
