Review: Original Sin Apricot Cider
Original Sin Apricot Cider was introduced September 2014. It is one of five ciders made under authority of Original Sin Corp. at the Florida Beer Company in Cape Canaveral Florida. They also create 3 Heirloom Series Ciders. Original Sin Cider may be as well known for their product posters, as their cider. OS Apricot is crafted with apple cider, apricot juice, and Champaign yeast in small batches with no artificial flavors, sugar, or color added and it is sold in four packs of 12 Oz. bottles. Read more 
Review: Strongbow Ginger Hard Apple Cider
Strongbow Ginger Hard Apple Cider was introduced March 2015 along with their Red Berries Hard Cider. It is available in 12 pack variety packs. The Strongbow brand was launched in England by the HP Bulmer Co. in 1962. In 2008 it was acquired by Heineken. Heineken also acquired the Stassen Ciders Co August 2012. Strongbow Ginger is made at Stassen in Aubel Belgium with apples, yeast, fresh sliced ginger and other natural flavors. Read more
Review: Crown Valley Blackberry Hard Cider
Crown Valley Blackberry hard cider is one of five hard ciders crafted in a converted school house in Ste. Genevieve Missouri. The other flavors include Strawberry, Pumpkin, Ginger Bread, and Apple. They also brew several beers, distill several spirits, and create several wines. Their Blackberry cider is made with hard apple cider that is infused with Midwest grown blackberries. Read more
Review: Woodchuck Cheeky Cherry Hard Cider
Woodchuck Cheeky Cherry Hard cider was previously part of their Cellar Series of ciders and it was then called Sour Cherry. Now renamed it is the third member of their Out on a Limb cider series. Each of these ciders are available for 45-60 days. Cheeky Cherry is crafted with common eating and bittersweet apples that are fresh pressed and blended with Champaign yeast to start the fermentation process. After cold filtration dried tart cherries from Michigan are infused directly into the cider base. Belgian cherry juice is added to the final blend before bottling at 5.5% alcohol. Read more
Review: Kiss Cherry Cider
Kiss Cherry Cider is one of six hard cider flavors they create in Lithuania. The brand was launched in 2001 at the Saku Brewery. The other flavors include apple, strawberry, pear, peach, and blueberry-raspberry. It is made with fermented apple juice, pear juice and cherry juice and is sold in 16 Oz. cans. In 2008 they were acquired by The Carlsberg Group. Read more
Review: Woodchuck Raspberry Hard Cider
Woodchuck Raspberry hard cider was introduced April 2002. It is one of six year round ciders in their Core Line of ciders. It is made with fresh picked local apples. These apples are fresh pressed. Champaign yeast is added to the juice to start the fermentation process. After cold filtering raspberry juice is added to the blending tank. Read more
Review: Crown Valley Strawberry Cider
Crown Valley Strawberry Cider is one of several year round and seasonal ciders crafted in a converted school house in Ste. Genevieve Missouri. Crown Valley also brews several beers, distill several spirits, and also bottles several wines. They opened in 2008 and have continued to expand their product offerings. Beside Strawberry cider they also make a pumpkin, blackberry, ginger bread, and hard apple cider. Their strawberry cider is made with hard apple cider infused with fresh strawberries. Read more
Review: Wild Cider Hard Berry
Wild Cider Hard Berry is one of five ciders created north of Denver by the Rocky Mountain Cider Company. It is made with fermented apple juice, apple juice, elderberry juice, and natural flavors. While elderberry is far more popular in Europe than North America, Hard Berry is not the first Elderberry flavored cider brewed in North America. It is made on a former dairy farm, turned creamery that now uses the former creamery to brew their cider. While the apples are currently sourced, they recently planed 1300 apple trees on their 14 acres in Firestone Colorado which when mature will supply their apple needs. Hard Berry is sold in 4 packs of 16 ounce cans. Read more
Review: Wild Cider Hard Pumpkin
Wild Cider Hard Pumpkin is one of two seasonal ciders that along with three year round ciders are created north of Denver by the Rocky Mountain Cider Company. 75 years ago there were 2 million fruit trees in Northern Colorado. In 1951 a hard freeze killed the entire cherry crop and decimated the rest of the fruit trees. Most were never replanted. Until now. 1300 apple trees were recently planted on fourteen acres on a former dairy farm in Firestone Colorado. Once mature these trees will provide the base for their Rocky Mountain Cider. Their Hard Pumpkin cider is made with fermented apple juice, apple juice and natural flavors. It is sold in 4 packs of 16 ounce cans. Read more
Review: Ciderboys Grand Mimosa Cider
Ciderboys Grand Mimosa cider will be introduced in November. I was lucky enough to get my hands on a bottle a little early. It is one of six seasonal ciders created at the Steven Point Brewery in Stevens Point Wisconsin. They also brew two year round ciders. Grand Mimosa blends pure apple juice from Washington state apples, orange juice, natural flavors, along with a special hard cider yeast from France. The mix is fermented at cool temperatures for two weeks in stainless steel tanks and then filtered before bottling at 5% alcohol. Read more