Abel Methode Cider is made by us in small quantities, crafted from 100% apples and pears. We hand harvest tree-ripened fruit, crush it, then ferment until dry. This is quite different from your usual cider as we ferment the skins, stalks, pips and all, to maximize fruit aromatics and flavour. Abel cider is unfined and unfiltered. This basically means we allow our cider to naturally clarify via gravity to retain character. It's fermented in the bottle, like champagne. This natural carbonation gives a finer bubble which retains the aromas and flavours. Bottle fermentation adds complexity and texture, as well as giving cloudiness from the natural yeast sediment that remains.

Our cider is dry as this is the way we like to drink it - refreshing and full of flavour! ENJOY You have a couple of options when it comes to enjoying a bottle of Abel Methode Cider: EITHER...Place bottle upright in the fridge overnight, the colder the better. This will allow the natural sediment to settle to the bottom of the bottle. When you're ready to drink it, pour the clear cider (everything but the settled sediment) into a champagne flute or wine glass of your choice. OR...If you like cloudy cider, invert the bottle a couple of times then pour away!

For all you citrus & botanical fans out there. A bright refreshing style that offers everything you are looking for in real cider. KAFFIR LIME, LEMON & JUNIPER

Prepare to relax.

 5.8% ABV

MIXED BERRY

Step1: Take our clean, new world cider.
Step2: Add our special mix of local Nelson berries.
Step3: Enjoy.

5.6% ABV

Abel Methode Cider is made by us in small quantities, crafted from 100% apples and pears. We hand harvest tree-ripened fruit, crush it, then ferment until dry. This is quite different from your usual cider as we ferment the skins, stalks, pips and all, to maximize fruit aromatics and flavour. Abel cider is unfined and unfiltered. This basically means we allow our cider to naturally clarify via gravity to retain character. It's fermented in the bottle, like champagne. This natural carbonation gives a finer bubble which retains the aromas and flavours. Bottle fermentation adds complexity and texture, as well as giving cloudiness from the natural yeast sediment that remains.

Our cider is dry as this is the way we like to drink it - refreshing and full of flavour! ENJOY You have a couple of options when it comes to enjoying a bottle of Abel Methode Cider: EITHER...Place bottle upright in the fridge overnight, the colder the better. This will allow the natural sediment to settle to the bottom of the bottle. When you're ready to drink it, pour the clear cider (everything but the settled sediment) into a champagne flute or wine glass of your choice. OR...If you like cloudy cider, invert the bottle a couple of times then pour away!

For all you citrus & botanical fans out there. A bright refreshing style that offers everything you are looking for in real cider. KAFFIR LIME, LEMON & JUNIPER

Prepare to relax.

 5.8% ABV

Scoundrels and Rogues - Sometimes, bigger is better.  Made by the most irrepressible Scoundrels and Rogues in North Canterbury, this Pear cider was made from the contents of only a few pear trees, fermented in barrels, and then promptly forgotten about for six months.  It gives new meaning to the term rustic, as it's made in a very traditional French farmhouse style, with a strong pear character.  You may love it, you may hate it, but i'm not sure i'm too bothered either way.

This Pear cider is rustic and funky, but you'll get over it.

There's a saying "plant pears for your heirs", which is why several years after grafting over to perry pears, we still have a limited crop. For our 2021 vintage, we have blended these tannin bombs with Taylor's Gold pears and added a few Egremont Russet apples to bring a little acidity to the blend.

The result is a smooth, creamy perry with a modest natural sweetness.

Fruit: Perry pear (unidentified), Taylor's Gold, Egremont Russet
Residual sugar: 9g/l
Aged: 6 months in oak and steel

5.7% ABV.

Sparkling medium dry cider. Full bodied English style cider made from a variety of traditional cider apples.

5% ABV

This cider is the 3rd release of our original style, made with a touch of sweetness, to balance out the full body. It has spent 18 months in barrel, and is comprised of a blend of both dry and sweet cider batches, from a mix of heritage and desert apples. This blend gives it an impressive intensity, rich tannins, and a balanced sweetness, that should not be cloying. Once the juice is pressed it is left to undergo wild fermentation in old French oak barrels. Post ferment, the cider is aged in barrel, on lees, to build complexity and to soften the tannins. It’s designed to be a cider that delivers more than just sweetness and a light apple flavour, it’s designed to deliver a balance between tannins, sweetness, and alcohol.

This cider is handmade and mildly offensive, but you'll get over it.

8.5% ABV

Haweke's Bay Brewing Co. - Using an old fashioned ginger beer recipe we cold infuse mandarine flavours to create a crisp, spicy refreshing beer that you can enjoy anytime.

5.0% ABV.

This medium version of our Kingston Black single variety cider retains some residual sweetness. Slowly fermented over winter and beautifully expresses the spice and vanilla notes that Kingston Black creates in our Southern Hemisphere environment.

Apples: Kingston Black
Yeasts: Wild yeasts
Aged: 12 months in stainless and French oak
Medium Dry: approx 20g/l residual sweetness
Serve: Cellar temp. (10–13ºC)

6.9% ABV.

3.5% abv

This fabulous Ciderkin is dry, super refreshing and only 3.5% abv while still having loads of heritage apple flavour.  In fact, we think the flavour is so good, you won't even notice this isn't a traditionally made cider!

Ciderkin is naturally lower in alcohol than our other ciders because it is made by soaking pressed apple skins which results in a much lower sugar content before fermentation.  For this ciderkin we soaked the skins for 48 hours to extract as much flavour as possible.  With much less sugar to ferment, we've end up with a really tasty drink with only 3.5% abv.

So good for summer!  Stock up now.

Residual sweetness: 15g/l

Apples: Stoke Red, Kingston Black, Chisel Jersey, and Brown's

Hazy Apple has been wild fermented and left unfiltered to create a delicious naturally cloudy, full bodied cider with a soft texture.

Off-dry in style, it's packed with juicy apple and stonefruit flavour coming from Tom Putt apples.

As this cider is unfiltered, a natural sediment may be present.

Made from 100% heritage cider apples.

Residual sugar: approximately 30g/L

Alcohol: 5.2% abv

Serve chilled