Cidery Tours

Come try more than a dozen varieties of cider, listen to live music and even try group yoga in the orchard. Family owned and operated, Albemarle CiderWorks offers an intimate experience at its tasting room and huge events like the harvest festival, featuring large crowds and more than 20 vendors.

• Picnics welcome, a la carte menu available. 
• Leashed pets welcome
• Indoor and outdoor seating

Featuring a beautiful stone tasting room, Potter’s Craft is the perfect place for a cider tasting, a wedding or a casual evening around a crackling fire. Outside food is welcome and food trucks are regularly on the premises to supplement the snack menu. Check out Potter’s long list of specialty cocktail recipes!

• Open Thursday-Sunday
• Fire pits available for reservation

Farm-to-table hard cider made with a variety of apples and enough seats for 500 people, indoors and out, make for a perfect day. Open seven days a week, Blue Toad offers tastings, great views and special events.

• Cider made with a custom blend of different apples
• Farm-to-table
• Special events with food trucks and music

Bold Rock Tap Room at Carter Mountain Orchard offers a full kitchen, special events and a riverside walking area. Come for the views, stay for the wide portfolio of ciders, hard seltzers, cocktails and specialty drinks. Bold Rock also regularly holds live music events with food trucks and a festive atmosphere.

• Open seven days per week
• Food, cider and specialty drinks
• Riverside walking area

With an orchard tracing back to the 1700s and specially crafted terra cotta clay vessels for cider making, Castle Hill Cider blends history, craftsmanship and passion. Reserve a special “date night” package and make memories with fresh drinks, snacks and flowers ready upon your arrival.

• Open Thursday-Monday
• Kid and pet friendly
• Outside food welcome