Collection: Alcoholic Ciders

The authentic taste of Australian craft cider made from fresh apples and pears

Our alcoholic ciders showcase the huge variety of delicious drinking experiences you can create from just apples and pears and traditional cider-making methods without compromise.

Dry ciders, sweet ciders, intensely sparkling champagne method ciders, still ciders. Blended ciders and single variety ciders. There's something for everyone in our range or grab a mixed case and avoid that tough decision!

Ciders are generally lower alcohol than wines; making them a great refreshing drink with a little less alcohol. The strength of our alcoholic ciders range from the our Sydney Royal Champion Pink Lady with 4% ABV* to the Pommeau; a fortified cider with 17% ABV. Looking for something without the alcohol? We also have our non-alcoholic cider range.

* ABV = Alcohol By Volume: The percentage of alcohol in a drink.

What is "Craft Cider"

The big international cider brands use very industrial processes to make cider: They ship Apple Juice Concentrate from the cheapest producers around the world and use complex processes and ingredients to produce a standard drink cheaply and consistently that they can sell around the world.

Craft cider makers take a different path; using fresh apple and pears to produce their ciders and perries and never using artificial colours or flavours.

For Small Acres Cyder you can add to that a more traditional approach to cider-making.  We have an orchard of 900 cider apple and pear trees selected purely for cider-making. In addition we source apples from local producers in the cool-climate of Orange; ensuring we always have amazing fruit to start our ciders with.  We don't dilute our ciders with water and the sweetness of our ciders comes from the fruit; not from added sugar.

Apples and Pears are amazing fruit: Natural sugars ready to convert to alcohol or keep some sweetness, acidity for freshness, tannins for depth and bite, myriad aromas and flavours... There's so much we can do just to bring these qualities out. Cider has been around since Roman times and there's still so much to explore. We're just getting started on this journey.

If you're new to our why not pick up one of our mixed cases and taste the huge variety of flavours you can create from just two types of fruit. You won't be dissapointed.