5 locally crafted hard apple ciders


5 locally crafted hard apple ciders


As the saying goes, “An apple a day keeps the doctor away,” and this fall we’re embracing that mantra by sampling hard ciders from local purveyors.

From Branch to Bottle

The Cider Farm team is responsible for every step of the cider-making process, including growing all the apples themselves at an organic orchard in Mineral Point.... theciderfarm.com

Creative Cidery

Walker Fanning has dedicated the past four years to growing apples and making his own cider. Fanning launched Hidden Cave Cidery...

Small-Batch Sips

Marie and Matt Raboin experimented with ciders even before they planted their first tree at their orchard, which recently moved from Barneveld to a farm near Mount Horeb where they’re starting a new orchard...

Fruit-Forward Flavors

Restoration Cider Co. prides itself on the real apples and fruits in its ciders. Paul Asper?—?who co-owns the business with his wife, Lisa Koop?—?says a lot of other big-name cider brands use cheap apple juice concentrate filled with sugar and artificial aromas and colors...

Sweet As Honey

When he realized there weren’t many local options for cider, Joseph Baird decided to make his own. After perfecting the recipe in a home setting, Baird opened Mershon’s Artisan Cider in 2014 in Stoughton...


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