CIDER MAKERS

Check out the Cider makers coming along to the 2023 festival below - click READ MORE to view the ciders and tasting notes!

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CIDER DEFINITIONS & PRICING

Beehave! Craft Meadery

Naughty humans have been fermenting honey and turning it into mead for 8,000 years give or take.

Good George Brewing Co.

Fresh, fruity, NZ made ciders with Hawkes Bay apples, and locally sourced ingredients.

Mata Brewery

Lovingly handcrafted Cider from Whakatāne

Paynter's Cider

The Paynter's are the largest family-owned fruit company in the country, farming more than 700 hectares. Probably best known for their 'Yummy' brand of fruit which was launched in 1974.

The Cider Collective

The Cider Collective will be showcasing 3 brand new ciders made using a new variety of cider apple from Cider Apples NZ.

Three Wise Birds

Three Wise Birds are crushing our family’s local fruit and creating something uniquely kiwi.

Bohemian Cider

Real Craft Cider from the beautiful beaches of Matakana.

Hawke's Bay Brewing Co.

Local Hawkes Bay legends, creating craft Cider & Beer

Morningcider

The MorningCider gang are joining us from Morning Side, Auckland. Home to AKL's first Cider bar and of course epic Cider's!

Peckham's Cidery & Orchard

Festival favourites - Peckham's have made the trek north from Nelson with their traditional Craft Cider range

The Cider Factorie

The Cider Factorie from Tauranga have been 'crushing it in the bay' since 2012.

Zeden Cider Co.

Way down at the bottom of the world, on the east coast of the isles of New Zealand, you’ll find a very special garden. A little slice of heaven that just happens to be the perfect place to grow cider apples.

Elemental Cider

A beverage so good you can live apple-ly ever after…

Left Branch Cider

Cider has been around for hundreds of years, but this one is a little bit different. "What if we use those apples?" 'Those apples' are the traditional export and eating apples of New Zealand. Coxes, Sturmer, Pink Lady, Premier Star.

Mount Brewing Co.

We’re a locally owned and operated 2nd generation brewery with a passion for making tasty high quality brews that represent the BOP and keep Mt Maunganui locals thirsts satisfied.