Every craft cidery has its own unique story. You don’t exactly fall into cidermaking, which means that passion and commitment is at the heart of it all. Any craft lover will tell you that a visit to the tasting room; a sip of fresh-off-the-tap cider, and a conversation with the cidermaker or someone their team is the best way to experience the art of craft cider. Use the information below to learn about individual cideries and get inspired to start planning your very own cider trail.
Creston
Nestled in the breathtaking Creston Valley of the Kootenays, Baillie-Grohman is more than just a winery, it’s a testament to family dedication and passion.
Our vineyard focuses on farming some of the finest cool-climate grapes with which we craft exquisite wines that artfully reflect our distinct terroir.
Sunshine Coast
Banditry Cider crafts its cider from real ingredients using time-honored techniques. With 100% BC-grown apples and no concentrates or artificial flavorings, every cider reflects a commitment to quality and authenticity.
While rooted in traditional cider-making, Banditry Cider also embraces experimentation, exploring new approaches and flavors—all in pursuit of creating something truly delicious.
Nanaimo
Crafted on site, Big Bang Cider aims to reintroduce the community to traditional heritage cider. Our orchard features over 25 cider specific apple varieties from France, England and North America.
We also have a limited supply of modern dry cider using local ingredients such as farm-grown hops, Okanagan blackberries and fresh quince from Nanaimo-Ladysmith.
Bowen Island
Experience the passion and dedication of our family-run cidery, where heritage apples are handpicked and crafted into a perfect balance of traditional and innovative flavors. Each sip tells a story of our attention to detail and love for the craft.
Sunshine Coast
It all started as an idea sitting on the deck overlooking the family orchard. Using the inspiration from Grandma Anne, Brickers aims to create delicious, dry, clean, and crisp ciders using locally sourced products that are accessible for all.
Brickers Cider Co. is a 100% family owned and operated farm in West Sechelt, Sunshine Coast. Crafting crisp, dry ciders using Sunshine Coast and BC apples, they love trying something different.
Burton
A great cider relies on the science of fermentation, the art of selecting the right apples and time. A great cider takes the time it takes!
At Burton City Cider we are always working to find the perfect blend. We have found a few! Just as wine changes with the grapes each year – apples and cider do too. The fun is finding flavour combos that make cider a drink for any occasion.
Vernon
Our family has proudly been growing apples here since 1946. Today we grow more than two dozen varieties including modern dessert apples, nearly forgotten heritage cultivars, and vintage cider fruit. These sugar-laden fruit are hand-harvested and slowly fermented into delicious craft ciders which we blend, bottle, and share at our orchard ciderhouse.
Our acres of old, standard apple trees clean the air, capture carbon, provide animal habitat, and of course – produce an abundance of delicious apples perfect for crafting into cider.
Agassiz
Cedar Cider is a farm based cidery located in the Harrison Mills, British Columbia. We produce small batch natural ciders, using wild yeasts, barrel aging and barrel ferments to obtain complex flavours, highlighting the unique qualities of the fruits. All of our ciders are unpasteurized and unfiltered, with no sugars or acids added, our ciders are vegan and gluten free. We are inspired to share single varietal ciders and foraged raw ingredient ciders, our main interests are in Dry & Bone dry ciders. Best kept cold!
Salt Spring Island
Our organic orchard is is at the centre of everything we do. We grow more than 425 heritage & connoisseur apple varieties right here on our property and make all of our ciders in our modest Ciderworks building, which overlooks the orchard. Our approach is to make cider with minimal intervention, never adding sugar and allowing our distinctive apples to express themselves. While we use modern equipment, our approach is traditional, as are our ciders.
Penticton
We are a family run farm and cidery. Drawing inspiration from cidermaking and winemaking around the world, we produce wild fermented ciders that are left unfined and unfiltered. Each of our ciders are made using our own Certified Organic fruit grown on our Naramata farms.
Summerland
Dominion Cider Co. in Summerland, BC, crafts dry, fruit-forward ciders using locally grown apples and traditional techniques. Focused on quality and minimal intervention, their ciders highlight the pure flavors of the Okanagan. Visitors are welcome to stop by and experience their thoughtfully made ciders firsthand.
Armstrong
A family run business making high quality small batch cider on a heritage farm in the Okanagan Valley. Farmstrong’s tasting room is housed in a historic barn built in 1896 which has been home to cattle, teams of horses and now houses a cidery and tasting room.
Lake Country
We are passionate about creating premium, sustainable craft cider using only the finest locally sourced ingredients. From our classic blends to our unique seasonal ciders, each bottle tells a story of our family’s dedication to the craft.
Cawston
Forbidden Fruit Winery is a family owned and operated organic boutique winery located on Ven’Amour Organic Farms, a organic tree fruit farm, vineyard and nature estate along the banks of the pristine Similkameen River in Cawston, BC.
Hornby Island
Nestled on the point with panoramic ocean views is where we make Fossil Beach Farm’s hard cider and non-alcoholic drinks. Join us in the tasting room or enjoy our outdoor picnic area while you sip the farm based craft ciders. All of our cider is handcrafted by a blend of Fossil Beach Farm’s orchard apples planted in 1921 and other BC farmed apples to make the best and most sustainable cider we can.
Langley
It started with a dream—a love of classic cider and a crisp mountain view.
In 2014, we found our 12-acre farm, planted 1,800 cider apple trees, and built a cidery. Since opening in 2016, our team has been crafting cider using traditional methods with 100% pressed apples, welcoming guests to the tasting room, and celebrating with music and community events. The work is hard, but we wouldn’t want to be anywhere else!
Agassiz
Nestled between Mount Cheam and Bear Mountain in Agassiz, Homestead Cider began as an idea to keep the family homestead thriving and grew into a way for us to share the place where we grew up with our community.
Our cider is crafted with our farm-grown apples and local BC ingredients to create something that is flavourful and easy to drink.
We hope you enjoy our cider just as much as we enjoyed making it for you.
Oliver
Rooted in BC and made with 100% fresh pressed apple juice, using traditional cider making techniques including cider-specific apples, cold slow fermentation and long maturation. Visit their family-friendly tasting room between April and September.
Victoria
Set beside Prospect Lake, our rustic 8-acre farm is a welcoming West Coast venue. The freshness and minimal processing of whole, fresh in-season fruit leads to better, richer, fuller flavours. Ciders get released when they are ready and not a minute sooner. We’ve been known to spend three years crafting the perfect bottle.
Penticton
All of our ciders are created using high-quality, hand-picked fruit cultivated on our very own Blue Bee Orchard. We looked to France and their long history of cider production for inspiration, and so our products showcase the best of both old and new world cider-making techniques.
Logan Lake
Family-owned and operated by sisters Theresa and Kate, Left Field focuses on a small batch approach to traditional cider-making which brings out the natural characteristics of the apples. We make handcrafted, artisanal English-style cider by blending English and French cider varieties with BC dessert apples.
Lillooet
Lillooet Cider is crafted from certified organic cider apples from Riley Creek Farms and hand-harvested fruit from the riverbanks, farms, and fields around Lillooet, BC. We blend traditional cider apple varieties with hand-picked dessert apples to create a cider with balanced acidity, tannins, and complex aromatics.
Cobble Hill
Merridale is BC’s first established craft cidery, located in the heart of Cobble Hill on Vancouver Island. From the orchard to the glass, every step is meticulously managed to deliver character-driven products, including easy-drinking and sessionable flagship and seasonal ciders.
Summerland
We are a family run cidery located in Summerland on an orchard that was once known to be part of Millionaires’ Row. Growing both cider and dessert apples, we carefully blend them into our fine line of hand crafted ciders. Each cider tells a part of the Millionaires’ Row story and Summerland’s early days.
Naramata
Our ciders are made from 100% local fruit and nothing else. Naramata Cider Company crafts ciders that are testament to the elements that make them sing: the fruit, the people who grow it, and the place that makes it all happen.
Summerland
We are a farm-to-glass Summerland, BC craft cidery passionate about making cider the way it was traditionally crafted; by hand with only fresh pressed apples and pears. We are devoted to producing exceptional cider made only from local apples and pears grown by us and our dedicated farming partners in the Okanagan-Similkameen region of BC.
Salmon Arm
Northyards Cider Co. is a craft cidery, orchard, and tasting room located in Salmon Arm, B.C. Our ciders are produced using traditional cider making methods and made from 100% B.C. apples and other local fruit. We start with pressed apples and then ferment the juice: we let the apples speak for themselves. Our tasting room is designed to enhance your cider drinking experience in a bright and upscale surrounding.
Osoyoos
Orchard Hill’s family business is located between Oliver and Osoyoos on the Golden Mile bench, with 14 acres of high-density, high quality fruit bearing trees. Eight acres are purely for dessert apples, boasting the succulent flavours of pure Okanagan apples.
Sunshine Coast
Persephone Brewing Company, a farm-based brewery in Gibsons, BC, seamlessly blends craft beer with sustainability. As a Certified B Corp, they are committed to community, organic farming, and environmental stewardship.
Nestled on an 11-acre farm, they grow hops and produce while crafting fresh beer and cider using locally sourced ingredients. Visitors can relax in the welcoming tasting room, explore the farm, and experience a true farm-to-glass connection.
Courtney
Our batches are small. In every bottle of cider you will find the crisp juice of naturally grown heirloom and heritage apples from our farm and other BC farmers. You will find the traditional art of fermentation combined with a twist of a new age of cider. Always with apples as the base, we blend in other Vancouver Island and BC fruit, infusions and botanicals.
Gabriola Island
Gabbie’s Premium Cider is handcrafted on Gabriola Island. Nearly 100 years ago, B.C.’s Gulf Island farmers concocted exceptional hard cider. Legend has it, those makers then journeyed out to sea to share their libations with the mainland. To those Cider Makers, we salute you. Today we join you.
Gabbie’s Premium Ciders are perfected by Ravenskill Orchards at our unique island location. Amongst 1,000 heritage trees, 25 varieties of apples, grow fresh, crisp, sun-kissed and gently-breezed by the salty sea air. We are a family of farmers, sea lovers and makers crafting the best small batch premium cider the Gulf Island have enjoyed since prohibition. A distinct taste and cider experience.
Bowen Island
Our cidery sits in a one-of-a-kind apple orchard on Bowen Island, rich in biodiversity and home to nearly one thousand varieties of heirloom apples. These apples all have their own interesting stories and the cidery is our way of sharing and preserving this unique place.
Lake Country
Made on the farm in small batches, Rosehill Orchard Cider showcases the flavors of Lake Country, BC. Crafted from a blend of orchard-grown apples and local cider apples, each batch reflects a dedication to quality and local agriculture. Stop by the tasting room to experience cider that truly captures the essence of the region.
Salt Spring Island
Salt Spring Wild Cider House developed out of a passion to create quality cider from the wild apples that grow on Salt Spring Island. Apples are from 100-year-old heritage trees, organic orchards, and wild trees.
Kelowna
Scenic Road Cider Co. is a land-based cidery nestled in the heart of the Glenmore Valley, near Kelowna. Apple and cherry orchards surround the historic cidery and tasting room, with picnic tables dotted throughout.
Saanichton
We are a community-minded, farm-based family business growing certified organic cider apples and producing award-winning cider. We aim to create exceptional cider experiences and to make a positive environmental impact!
Kelowna
Soma Cider is an extension of our field to tap philosophy, always local, handcrafted, and sustainably produced. We use all-natural ingredients, harvest from Okanagan Valley orchards, and utilize fresh pressed juice. We never use cane sugar, sweeteners, or concentrates. Soma produces small batch ciders through a rigorous process of tasting, testing, and refinement. We hope you enjoy our cider as much as we enjoyed making it and we look forward to sharing it with you.
Summerland
Farm pressed craft cider made with heritage apple varieties sourced from our own orchards. Though our ingredients are simple, our flavours are anything but. Whether you’re a cider enthusiast or simply enjoy cider from time to time, we’re pleased to present you with delicious varieties to choose from.
Sunshine Coast
Sunday Cider is crafted on-site in small batches using 100% fresh-pressed BC apples. By crushing and pressing the region’s finest fruit, Sunday Cider creates a proper craft cider that is both fun to drink and curiously delicious. Enjoy your Sunday!
Abottsford
Taves Family Farms can be found on a scenic road in Abbotsford, where its location on an escarpment boasts an unparalleled view of the Fraser Valley. Every year thousands of families come to the Applebarn, for a great family-friendly farm experience and for the Upick apple and pumpkin farm. Now, the same great apples they pick can be enjoyed as a great hard cider.
Coldstream
We are a locally owned and operated family run craft cidery. All of our artisanal ciders are produced and packaged on our orchard in the beautiful Okanagan. From dessert and heritage cider apples to cherry varietals, our fruit is harvested, pressed and fermented on site. We believe in farm fresh ingredients and a truly handcrafted product. All of our ciders are gluten free, sulphite free and contain no artificial flavours. Come visit us!
Kelowna
Handcrafted in small batches using 100% BC apples. English and French cider apples are blended with crisp dessert apples for balance, revealing apple fresh aromatics and subtle tannins. Grown, picked, pressed, fermented, blended, and bottled on-site at Truck 59.
Pender Island
Harvesting dozens of century-old settler orchards on SDȺY¸ES, North and South Pender Islands, W̱SÁNEĆ and Coast Salish territory, we are makers of fine cider and perry fermented only with native yeasts—cider which communicates the land, the lost varieties and the stories of the place we live.
Twisted Hills Craft Cider is the only cidery in BC with a full lineup of Certified Organic ciders made with organic, estate-grown cider apples. Situated on a 12-acre orchard in the Similkameen Valley.
Cawston
After 17 years of farming in Cawston, and enjoying making our own cider, we decided to start a new project- create a cidery! For anyone that knows us, we do not like to rest on our laurels much. We’re always looking to keep busy and find our customers more things to enjoy.
In early 2019, we received our license to start production, and Untangled Craft Cider was born. We embrace field to table and a tree to tap philosophy. We use our own fruit, grown sustainably, to create the unique and natural craft ciders.
Kelowna
We produce our complex organic cider with depth and integrity. The best organic apple varieties are chosen, that are stored in controlled atmosphere giving a flavor like no other cider. Our production facility and tasting room is on our own Certified Organic Farm (SunReal Organics)in Kelowna, BC where we are committed to environmental sustainability and biodiversity. Not only do we use our own organic apples, but we also incorporate our own organic fruit and fruit from other farmers in the area.
Duncan
Valley Cider Co. is an exercise & commitment to discover an apple’s potential, from farmer’s field to sparkling bottle. Having the good fortune to be located in a veritable apple wonderland (BC) and more specifically a region steeped in rich apple history (Cowichan Valley), doesn’t hurt either. Almost everything needed to produce extraordinary cider is local, if not within arm’s reach. And it all evolved through this cidermaker’s years of unfettered trials and tribulation into the wonderful magical world of “what if…?”
North Saanich
Victoria Cider Co. is family-owned and operated, located on beautiful Vancouver Island in British Columbia. Our premium English and French cider apples are grown on our farm, surrounding the original 1912 farmhouse. Our harvest is crushed by family and friends, and the pure juice is hand blended in small batches – truly a farm to bottle process. We pride ourselves in producing cider of the utmost quality, having a full bodied aroma, and refreshing taste, to be enjoyed with your kith and kin.
Kelowna
Wards is a 5th generation family-owned business. Both cider apples and wine grapes are grown on the family estate. While our ciders take on the name of family’s pioneering forefather George Ward, the wines we make from our grapes are labelled under The View Winery label. From the orchard, to the bottle or can, every glass of Wards cider is an expression of our land and our people. We are proud to plant and grow our own apples and craft and package all of our ciders in-house.
Kamloops
We are the three Woodward brothers, three adventurous guys-turned-Engineers, who grew up on our family farm in Kamloops, BC. Unafraid to push our limits and try new things, we’ve returned to our roots to embark upon our newest and most exciting adventure yet: making craft cider!