Ciders

Click on any of our ciders to learn more. We use only 100% locally-sourced apples for 100% of our products, 100% of the time. Never from concentrate. These ciders and more are available for purchase at our tasting room, or Want to find this cider near you? Click here.

• Core

  Available to all Citizens year round. These ciders are what started it all and continue to be favorites amongst our fans.

  • 

    Unified Press

  • 

    The Dirty Mayor

  • 

    The Lake Hopper

  • 

    Wit’s Up

  • 

    For Shore

  ×

  

  Unified Press

  ---

  Made from 100% locally sourced apples, never from concentrate, the Unified Press is Citizen Cider’s flagship cider that keeps you wondering where it’s been your whole life. This naturally gluten-free cider is an off-dry, crisp, clean and refreshing cider that keeps you coming back. Want to find this cider near you? Click here

  Availability: Forever

  • No added sugar, never from concentrate.

  • Apples pressed at our Press House in Burlington, VT.

  Pairings: Pork, soft cheese, spicy food, smoked fish, rustic bread & butter.

  ABV: 5.2

  Draught
  16oz. Cans
  22oz. Bottle
  5 gal. Keg
  50L Keg
  

  ×

  

  The Dirty Mayor

  ---

  We offer this cider to the honorable and fully infamous mayor of the only non-town in America, Fort Ethan Allen, USA. The mayor likes his cider with a ginger nip, so in our current effort to ensure local harmony and diplomacy we offer this cider up to the mayor and his fellow citizens.

  Want to find this cider near you? Click here

  Availability: Forever

  • No added sugar, never from concentrate.

  • Apples pressed at our Press House in Burlington, Vt. 

  Pairings: Fried chicken, Thai cuisine, pan-seared seabass, vegetable Phó

  ABV: 5.2

  Draught
  16oz. Cans
  22oz. Bottle
  5 gal. Keg
  50L Keg
  

  ×

  

  The Lake Hopper

  ---

  The Lake divides us. The Lake connects us. Citizen Cider is proud to work with the good growers on both sides of mighty Lake Champlain, Vermont and New York. Made entirely with apples and cascade hops from the same landscape, and in some cases the same farms, this cider is a tribute to those things that connect us. Two States. One Landscape. One Cider. Get Connected. Drink the Lake Hopper. Want to find this cider near you? Click here

  Availability: Forever

  • No added sugar, never from concentrate.

  • Apples pressed at our Press House in Burlington, Vt. 

  • Dry-Hopped with 100% local cascade hops.

  Pairings: Scallops, pork burger, ceasar salad, cheddar cheese.

  ABV: 6.2

  Draught
  16oz. Cans
  5 gal. Keg
  50L Keg
  

  ×

  

  Wit’s Up

  ---

  There are ciders for the people, and there are ciders for the people who make the cider for the people. Wit’s Up is a classic cider maker’s cider. Drawing on the old and new traditions of cider making, it starts like an ale and finishes like the dry, sessionable craft cider that it is. It’s cider for today, it’s cider for what we believe the future of cider to be. Come, enjoy the future with us and drink Wit’s Up.

  Want to find this cider near you? Click here

  Availability: Forever

  • No added sugar, never from concentrate.

  • Apples pressed at our Press House in Burlington, Vt. 

  • No Sulfites, No Potassium Sorbate.

  Pairings: Bratwurst, brioche, roasted chicken, root vegetables.

  ABV: 5.9

  Draught
  16oz. Cans
  5 gal. Keg
  50L Keg
  

  ×

  For Shore

  ---

  Availability: Forever

  For Shore is our Gose inspired cider finished with coriander seeds and sea salt. It’s dry, bubbly & best enjoyed alongside your favorite waterfront view. Citizen Cider will donate a portion of proceeds from sales of this cider to preserve and protect our home waters of Lake Champlain. For you, For us, For Shore. Want to find this cider near you? Click here

  Draught
  16oz. Cans
  5 gal. Keg
  50L Keg
  

• The Origin Series

  OR·I·GIN – noun: The point or place where something begins, arises, or is derived. Each of the ciders in this series is derived from a place special to our hearts. Take a trip on our supply chain and enjoy these ciders and the places they come from.

  • 

    Tree Tapper

  • 

    Northern Spy

  • 

    Big Juicy

  • 

    Tulsi

  • 

    Stan Up

  ×

  

  Unified Press

  ---

  Made from 100% locally sourced apples, never from concentrate, the Unified Press is Citizen Cider’s flagship cider that keeps you wondering where it’s been your whole life. This naturally gluten-free cider is an off-dry, crisp, clean and refreshing cider that keeps you coming back. Want to find this cider near you? Click here

  Availability: Forever

  • No added sugar, never from concentrate.

  • Apples pressed at our Press House in Burlington, VT.

  Pairings: Pork, soft cheese, spicy food, smoked fish, rustic bread & butter.

  ABV: 5.2

  Draught
  16oz. Cans
  22oz. Bottle
  5 gal. Keg
  50L Keg
  

  ×

  

  The Dirty Mayor

  ---

  We offer this cider to the honorable and fully infamous mayor of the only non-town in America, Fort Ethan Allen, USA. The mayor likes his cider with a ginger nip, so in our current effort to ensure local harmony and diplomacy we offer this cider up to the mayor and his fellow citizens.

  Want to find this cider near you? Click here

  Availability: Forever

  • No added sugar, never from concentrate.

  • Apples pressed at our Press House in Burlington, Vt. 

  Pairings: Fried chicken, Thai cuisine, pan-seared seabass, vegetable Phó

  ABV: 5.2

  Draught
  16oz. Cans
  22oz. Bottle
  5 gal. Keg
  50L Keg
  

  ×

  

  The Lake Hopper

  ---

  The Lake divides us. The Lake connects us. Citizen Cider is proud to work with the good growers on both sides of mighty Lake Champlain, Vermont and New York. Made entirely with apples and cascade hops from the same landscape, and in some cases the same farms, this cider is a tribute to those things that connect us. Two States. One Landscape. One Cider. Get Connected. Drink the Lake Hopper. Want to find this cider near you? Click here

  Availability: Forever

  • No added sugar, never from concentrate.

  • Apples pressed at our Press House in Burlington, Vt. 

  • Dry-Hopped with 100% local cascade hops.

  Pairings: Scallops, pork burger, ceasar salad, cheddar cheese.

  ABV: 6.2

  Draught
  16oz. Cans
  5 gal. Keg
  50L Keg
  

  ×

  

  Wit’s Up

  ---

  There are ciders for the people, and there are ciders for the people who make the cider for the people. Wit’s Up is a classic cider maker’s cider. Drawing on the old and new traditions of cider making, it starts like an ale and finishes like the dry, sessionable craft cider that it is. It’s cider for today, it’s cider for what we believe the future of cider to be. Come, enjoy the future with us and drink Wit’s Up.

  Want to find this cider near you? Click here

  Availability: Forever

  • No added sugar, never from concentrate.

  • Apples pressed at our Press House in Burlington, Vt. 

  • No Sulfites, No Potassium Sorbate.

  Pairings: Bratwurst, brioche, roasted chicken, root vegetables.

  ABV: 5.9

  Draught
  16oz. Cans
  5 gal. Keg
  50L Keg
  

  ×

  For Shore

  ---

  Availability: Forever

  For Shore is our Gose inspired cider finished with coriander seeds and sea salt. It’s dry, bubbly & best enjoyed alongside your favorite waterfront view. Citizen Cider will donate a portion of proceeds from sales of this cider to preserve and protect our home waters of Lake Champlain. For you, For us, For Shore. Want to find this cider near you? Click here

  Draught
  16oz. Cans
  5 gal. Keg
  50L Keg
  

  ×

  

  Tree Tapper

  ---

  Every spring the sap flows from the maple trees in Vermont and every spring we start thinking about getting to the business of making Tree Tapper and drinking it with our friends as they gather in sugarhouses. Tree Tapper is fermented with maple syrup, red wine yeast, aged on untoasted oak and infused with dark Belgian candi syrup to add rich and hearty characteristics reminiscent of the season and the good maple farmers at the sugarhouse.

  Availability: Limited

  • No added sugar, never from concentrate.

  • Apples pressed at our very own Flynn Ave Press House, Burlington, VT

  • Made with pure VT maple syrup from Runamok Maple in Northern Vermont.

  • Manufactured in Burlington.

  Draught
  12oz. Cans
  

  ×

  Northern Spy

  ---

  The Origin Series is all about featuring the unique people, places and crops of our region in the Northeast. This single varietal cider made with heritage Northern Spy apples touches on all three. This apple brings a big, bright and slightly acidic character to our cider. The farmers growing Northern Spy apples are as unique as the cider itself. Proud, a little but stubborn and full of character. Enjoy. Want to find this cider near you? Click here

  Availability: Limited

  • No added sugar, never from concentrate.

  • Apples pressed at our very own Flynn Ave Press House, Burlington, VT

  • Made with 100% locally sourced Northern Spy apples.

  • Manufactured in Burlington.

   

  ABV: 6.4

  Draught
  12oz. Cans
  

  ×

  

  Big Juicy

  ---

  We gave the cider makers a task, make a cider that is juicy. A conundrum of sorts, Vt-made apple molasses was produced from fresh apple cider in a local sugarhouse, blended with the sweet cider and fermented to be completely dry. We present to you, Big Juicy, an imperial dry cider. Want to find this cider near you? Click here

  Availability: Limited

  • No added sugar, never from concentrate.

  • Apples pressed at our very own Flynn Ave Press House, Burlington, VT

  • Made with apple molasses from Happy Valley Orchard, Middlebury, VT

  • Manufactured in Burlington.

  Draught
  12oz. Cans
  5 gal. Keg
  50L Keg
  

  ×

  

  Tulsi

  ---

  Tulsi, more commonly known as Holy Basil an aromatic perennial. Harvested in the summer of 2018 right here in Burlington at Hallow Herb Farm. We add this local herb to our off-dry cider blend and let it steep letting the aromatic basil complement the fresh apple cider. Once a house favorite only shared locally, now a cider to share with the Citizens.   Want to find this cider near you? Click here

  Availability: Special

  • No added sugar, never from concentrate.

  • Tulsi harvested at Hallow Herb Farm in Burlington, VT.

   

  ABV: 6.5

  12oz. Cans
  

  ×

  

  Stan Up

  ---

  We gave Stan the task of making us the finest blend of cider possible from the fruit at his orchard. Made with heirloom blends, this year we did something a little different with Stan Up and used only 2015 apples giving this year’s cider a vintage. We aged the cider in our steel tanks for 10 months starting last November, bottled it in late August and then let it bottle condition for another 2 months. And Voila!  A year later we present Stan Up – 2015 Crop. Want to find this cider near you? Click here

  Availability: Limited

  • No added sugar, never from concentrate.

  • Apples picked from and pressed at Happy Valley Orchard in Middlebury, VT.

  • Manufactured in Burlington and Middlebury, VT.

  Pairings: Braised herbed chicken, hard cheese, prosciutto, hummus.

  ABV: 8.0

  750mL Bottle
  

• Rosé

  There is fermenting and then there is co-fermenting. Our Rosé line focuses on the marriage of co-fermentation between apples and locally sourced fruit. The embodiment of cooperation that creates unique and delicious ciders.

  • 

    BROSÉ

  • 

    Companion

  • 

    bRosé

  • 

    The AmeriCran

  ×

  

  Unified Press

  ---

  Made from 100% locally sourced apples, never from concentrate, the Unified Press is Citizen Cider’s flagship cider that keeps you wondering where it’s been your whole life. This naturally gluten-free cider is an off-dry, crisp, clean and refreshing cider that keeps you coming back. Want to find this cider near you? Click here

  Availability: Forever

  • No added sugar, never from concentrate.

  • Apples pressed at our Press House in Burlington, VT.

  Pairings: Pork, soft cheese, spicy food, smoked fish, rustic bread & butter.

  ABV: 5.2

  Draught
  16oz. Cans
  22oz. Bottle
  5 gal. Keg
  50L Keg
  

  ×

  

  The Dirty Mayor

  ---

  We offer this cider to the honorable and fully infamous mayor of the only non-town in America, Fort Ethan Allen, USA. The mayor likes his cider with a ginger nip, so in our current effort to ensure local harmony and diplomacy we offer this cider up to the mayor and his fellow citizens.

  Want to find this cider near you? Click here

  Availability: Forever

  • No added sugar, never from concentrate.

  • Apples pressed at our Press House in Burlington, Vt. 

  Pairings: Fried chicken, Thai cuisine, pan-seared seabass, vegetable Phó

  ABV: 5.2

  Draught
  16oz. Cans
  22oz. Bottle
  5 gal. Keg
  50L Keg
  

  ×

  

  The Lake Hopper

  ---

  The Lake divides us. The Lake connects us. Citizen Cider is proud to work with the good growers on both sides of mighty Lake Champlain, Vermont and New York. Made entirely with apples and cascade hops from the same landscape, and in some cases the same farms, this cider is a tribute to those things that connect us. Two States. One Landscape. One Cider. Get Connected. Drink the Lake Hopper. Want to find this cider near you? Click here

  Availability: Forever

  • No added sugar, never from concentrate.

  • Apples pressed at our Press House in Burlington, Vt. 

  • Dry-Hopped with 100% local cascade hops.

  Pairings: Scallops, pork burger, ceasar salad, cheddar cheese.

  ABV: 6.2

  Draught
  16oz. Cans
  5 gal. Keg
  50L Keg
  

  ×

  

  Wit’s Up

  ---

  There are ciders for the people, and there are ciders for the people who make the cider for the people. Wit’s Up is a classic cider maker’s cider. Drawing on the old and new traditions of cider making, it starts like an ale and finishes like the dry, sessionable craft cider that it is. It’s cider for today, it’s cider for what we believe the future of cider to be. Come, enjoy the future with us and drink Wit’s Up.

  Want to find this cider near you? Click here

  Availability: Forever

  • No added sugar, never from concentrate.

  • Apples pressed at our Press House in Burlington, Vt. 

  • No Sulfites, No Potassium Sorbate.

  Pairings: Bratwurst, brioche, roasted chicken, root vegetables.

  ABV: 5.9

  Draught
  16oz. Cans
  5 gal. Keg
  50L Keg
  

  ×

  For Shore

  ---

  Availability: Forever

  For Shore is our Gose inspired cider finished with coriander seeds and sea salt. It’s dry, bubbly & best enjoyed alongside your favorite waterfront view. Citizen Cider will donate a portion of proceeds from sales of this cider to preserve and protect our home waters of Lake Champlain. For you, For us, For Shore. Want to find this cider near you? Click here

  Draught
  16oz. Cans
  5 gal. Keg
  50L Keg
  

  ×

  

  Tree Tapper

  ---

  Every spring the sap flows from the maple trees in Vermont and every spring we start thinking about getting to the business of making Tree Tapper and drinking it with our friends as they gather in sugarhouses. Tree Tapper is fermented with maple syrup, red wine yeast, aged on untoasted oak and infused with dark Belgian candi syrup to add rich and hearty characteristics reminiscent of the season and the good maple farmers at the sugarhouse.

  Availability: Limited

  • No added sugar, never from concentrate.

  • Apples pressed at our very own Flynn Ave Press House, Burlington, VT

  • Made with pure VT maple syrup from Runamok Maple in Northern Vermont.

  • Manufactured in Burlington.

  Draught
  12oz. Cans
  

  ×

  Northern Spy

  ---

  The Origin Series is all about featuring the unique people, places and crops of our region in the Northeast. This single varietal cider made with heritage Northern Spy apples touches on all three. This apple brings a big, bright and slightly acidic character to our cider. The farmers growing Northern Spy apples are as unique as the cider itself. Proud, a little but stubborn and full of character. Enjoy. Want to find this cider near you? Click here

  Availability: Limited

  • No added sugar, never from concentrate.

  • Apples pressed at our very own Flynn Ave Press House, Burlington, VT

  • Made with 100% locally sourced Northern Spy apples.

  • Manufactured in Burlington.

   

  ABV: 6.4

  Draught
  12oz. Cans
  

  ×

  

  Big Juicy

  ---

  We gave the cider makers a task, make a cider that is juicy. A conundrum of sorts, Vt-made apple molasses was produced from fresh apple cider in a local sugarhouse, blended with the sweet cider and fermented to be completely dry. We present to you, Big Juicy, an imperial dry cider. Want to find this cider near you? Click here

  Availability: Limited

  • No added sugar, never from concentrate.

  • Apples pressed at our very own Flynn Ave Press House, Burlington, VT

  • Made with apple molasses from Happy Valley Orchard, Middlebury, VT

  • Manufactured in Burlington.

  Draught
  12oz. Cans
  5 gal. Keg
  50L Keg
  

  ×

  

  Tulsi

  ---

  Tulsi, more commonly known as Holy Basil an aromatic perennial. Harvested in the summer of 2018 right here in Burlington at Hallow Herb Farm. We add this local herb to our off-dry cider blend and let it steep letting the aromatic basil complement the fresh apple cider. Once a house favorite only shared locally, now a cider to share with the Citizens.   Want to find this cider near you? Click here

  Availability: Special

  • No added sugar, never from concentrate.

  • Tulsi harvested at Hallow Herb Farm in Burlington, VT.

   

  ABV: 6.5

  12oz. Cans
  

  ×

  

  Stan Up

  ---

  We gave Stan the task of making us the finest blend of cider possible from the fruit at his orchard. Made with heirloom blends, this year we did something a little different with Stan Up and used only 2015 apples giving this year’s cider a vintage. We aged the cider in our steel tanks for 10 months starting last November, bottled it in late August and then let it bottle condition for another 2 months. And Voila!  A year later we present Stan Up – 2015 Crop. Want to find this cider near you? Click here

  Availability: Limited

  • No added sugar, never from concentrate.

  • Apples picked from and pressed at Happy Valley Orchard in Middlebury, VT.

  • Manufactured in Burlington and Middlebury, VT.

  Pairings: Braised herbed chicken, hard cheese, prosciutto, hummus.

  ABV: 8.0

  750mL Bottle
  

  ×

  

  BROSÉ

  ---

  bRosé: Cider rosé made by three bros right in the great state of Vermont. bRosé is hand crafted by co-fermenting blueberries and fresh cider pressed at our Flynn Ave Press House. bRosé is the embodiment of cooperation. Blueberry and apple, summer and fall, farmers and cider makers. Here’s to getting along.

  Availability: Forever

  • Apples pressed at our Press House in Burlington, Vt. 

  • Cider co-fermented with blueberries and apples.

  Pairings: Lobster, blue cheese, aioli, bouillabaisse, tomato salad

  ABV: 6.1

   

  Draught
  12oz. Cans
  750mL Bottle
  5 gal. Keg
  50L Keg
  

  ×

  

  Companion

  ---

  Apple trees and tart cherry trees make good companions in the orchard. They bloom and harvest at different times throughout the growing season, which is good for the land and good for the farmer. We figured they might make nice companions in a fermented cider as well. It turned out to be true, which is good for us, and good for you. Be a Good Companion and enjoy this very limited sour cherry cider.   Want to find this cider near you? Click here

  Availability: Limited

  • No added sugar, never from concentrate.

  • Apples pressed at Happy Valley Orchard in Middlebury, VT.

  • Finished with fresh sour cherry juice from Monmorency and Balaton sour cherries.

  • Manufactured in Burlington.

  Draught
  12oz. Cans
  

  ×

  

  bRosé

  ---

  bRosé: Cider rosé made by three bros right in the great state of Vermont. bRosé is hand crafted by co-fermenting blueberries and fresh local cider pressed at our Press House on Flynn Ave. bRosé is the embodiment of cooperation. Blueberry and apple, summer and fall, farmers and cider makers. Here's to getting along.

  Want to find this cider near you? Click here

  Availability: Forever

  • Apples pressed at our Press House in Burlington, Vt. 

  • Cider co-fermented with blueberries and apples.

  Pairings: Lobster, blue cheese, aioli, bouillabaisse, tomato salad

  ABV: 6.1

  ABV: 6.1

  Draught
  750mL Bottle
  5 gal. Keg
  50L Keg
  

  ×

  

  The AmeriCran

  ---

  Throw together a bin of apples, a bushel of cranberries, and a few cider making citizens and you’ve got yourself an AmeriCran experience. The AmeriCran is a proud union of apples pressed at Happy Valley Orchard in Middlebury, Vermont, and cranberries from Vermont Cranberry Company in Fletcher, Vermont: co-fermented by Citizen Cider and delivered to you. Have your own parade, drink the AmeriCran.

  Want to find this cider near you? Click here

  Availability: Limited

  • Apples pressed at our Press House in Burlington, VT.

  • Cranberries from Vermont Cranberry Co. in East Fairfield, VT.

  • Manufactured in Burlington and Middlebury, VT.

  Pairings: Poultry, baked tofu, roasted root vegetables, hard cheese.

  ABV: 6.1

  Draught
  750mL Bottle
  5 gal. Keg
  50L Keg