In my travels around the world tasting cider with cideries and cider makers in Spain, France, California, and the Pacific Northwest, Oregon ciders have been some of my favorites. I love our California craft cideries and I have really really enjoyed the Washington ciders I’ve had so far (though I haven’t gotten to spend much time in Washington yet beyond the Columbia Gorge) but I think my favorite place for a cider road trip has to be Oregon.
Driving north from Northern California through Southern Oregon, Central Oregon and then on up to the Willamette Valley, Portland, and Hood River/the Columbia Gorge there are some fantastic little Oregon cideries and taprooms to visit! And the number of cideries keeps changing every year (decreases and increases!).
My last Oregon cider-tasting trip was a couple of years ago. Since that time, a few of the cideries I visited on that trip have either closed, been bought by a different cider company, or changed their name. However, a few new taprooms or tasting rooms have also popped up (especially around the Portland area) thanks to steady growth in the craft cider category (i.e. more consumers are drinking craft cider!!).
Below is a list of 10+ Oregon cideries (from South to North) that you can either visit and buy from directly, buy from directly, or purchase their ciders from local Oregon businesses. I think it’s important to create these lists to help people find cideries they might not know about otherwise and to direct them to how they can buy FROM these cideries (when possible) versus a large online alcohol marketplace.
So, if you’re living in Oregon or a state that Oregon cideries can ship to easily and affordably, I recommend buying direct!
And if you’re plannning travel to Oregon, you can use this list as a guide to plan an Oregon cider road trip :).
Happy sipping.
Oregon Cideries You Can Visit and/or Purchase from Directly Online
Wildcraft Cider Works (Eugene, OR)
Wildcraft Cider is one of my absolute favorite Oregon cideries. I visited this cidery a few years ago when I spent some time in Eugene and just loved everything about this business and the ciders.
Firstly, Wildcraft has a great taproom/tasting room in Eugene’s Whiteaker neighborhood (there’s so much fun food and drink stuff in this neighborhood!) where you can go to drink or sample their ciders and hang out. The tasting room also serves wine, beer, and non-alcoholic beverages and has a dog-friendly patio seating area.
Secondly, their labels and ciders are gorgeous and they are always coming up with creative new blends, co-ferments, or flavors to keep things fresh without sacrificing their core class ciders (which, in my opinion, are the best).
How to Visit Wildcraft Cider Works:
Wildcraft Cider’s tasting room hours are Weds through Friday from 4 pm to 9 pm and Saturday/Sunday from 11:30 am to 9 pm. They are closed Mondays and Tuesdays.
How to Purchase Wildcraft Ciders directly:
You can purchase Wildcraft ciders from them in-person directly at their tasting room (either to take with you or to have shipped) or online via their website. You can also join their Foragers Cider Club to get regular shipments throughout the year and gain first access to new releases, special releases, some special cider club merch, discounts on other cider purchases, invitations to events, etc.
Bandon Rain Cider (Bandon, OR)
Bandon Rain is one of the only Oregon cideries that is located on the coast. Located in Bandon, a small coastal city known for its golf courses, Bandon Rain crafts a range of sweet, semi-sweet, dry, semi-dry, and semi-tart ciders from Pacific Northwest apples. My favorites include their Coastal Asian Pear (dry) and Rasberry-Cranberry (tart).
You can visit Bandon Rain at their taproom where they sell pints, flights, and to-go orders. The taproom also has indoor and outdoor seating.
Hours change seasonally so check their website for updates by season but the taproom is generally open five days a week (closed Tuesdays and Wednesdays).
Address: 640 2nd St SE, Bandon, Oregon
Bend Cider Co. (Bend, OR)
Bend Cider Co. is a botanically focused local cider company focused on crafting dry ciders with a botanical element. The company was started in 2019 by cidermaker Kelly and his wife Tammy.
Bend cider flavors include fun infusions such as Mandarin Juniper, Acai Berry Spearmint, Huckleberry Ginger, or Lavendar Vanilla. *Flavors rotate regularly so you won’t find the same lineup when you visit/taste at the taproom.
How to taste and/or purchase Bend Cider Company’s ciders: Visit the cidery at their taproom Friday, Saturday, and Sunday afternoons or call to make a reservation for a tasting on a weekday. The cidery doesn’t currently offer online ordering.
Phone: 541-410-0639
Taproom Address: 64649 Wharton Ave., Bend, OR 97703
Tumalo Cider (Bend, OR)
This new cider brand in Bend, Oregon just opened its brand new taproom in late 2021. Specializing in small-batch, artisan cider with a focus on complex apple profiles Tumalo Cider makes ‘balanced dry and semi-sweet blends inspired by the Central Oregon landscape’.
How to visit, taste, and purchase Tumalo Ciders: Tumalo’s new taproom in Bend is currently open from 12 pm to 6 or 7 pm seven days a week. Their ciders can be sampled and purchased on-site. The taproom offers growlers and cans for purchase to-go.
Taproom Address: 64654 Cook Ave, Bend, OR 97703
Two Towns Ciderhouse (Corvallis, OR)
With over 50 employees Two Towns is Oregon’s largest craft cider producers (‘large’ being large for a craft cidery :)) and has been a local Corvallis favorite since 2010. Their taproom in Corvallis features 20+ fruit, vintage, wild/sour, barrel and foudre aged in-house ciders with 14 rotating taps. They also offer a snack menu, board games, and dog friendly patio seating. Cider road trippers can expect to find something new to taste every time you visit.
How/Where to buy Two Towns Ciders directly: Purchase ciders on-site or online via Two Town’s online store for out-of-state shipping (they ship to 40+ states) or local delivery within the Corvallis, Salem, Eugene, and Portland areas.
Address: 33930 SE Eastgate Circle, Suite E, Corvallis OR 97330
Art and Science (Sheridan, OR)
Art and Science is a natural cider, perry, and wine producer using foraged, organic, or biodynamic fruit & fermenting with indigenous yeast in rural Sheridan (Yamhill County).
Their Tasting Room closes for the Fall and Winter season, as all of their spaces are outdoors. However, the owners/cidermakers are around on the farm pretty regularly so if you stop by when they are there, they will happily pack up some bottles to-go for you.
List of Bottles to Purchase To-Go
Phone: 503-576-0065
Email: kim@artandsciencenw.com, dan@artandsciencenw.com
Where: 22900 SW Pittman Rd, Sheridan, Oregon 97378
Portland Cider Company (Portland, OR)
A Portland-based cidery making English-style ciders (styled after the ciders made in the Somerset region of England) and other fun ciders with Pacific NorthWest fruit, run by Oregonians with English roots.
Portland Cider Company makes a wide range of ciders (primarily in cans) that include their Core, Seasonal, Small Batch, and cider-ade lines. Visit one of their taprooms in Clackamas or Portland to sample their ciders. The taprooms normally feature between 10-15+ in-house ciders on tap plus a rotating selection of other Northwest ciders. They also both serve food and offer outdoor seating.
How to purchase Portland Cider Company Ciders direct: Purchase ciders on-site at either Portland Cider Company taproom. They do not have an online shop where customers can purchase directly for shipping. However, they do have a ‘cider finder’ feature on their website so that customers from other regions or states can find where the ciders are offered near them.
Clackamas Taproom Address: 8925 SE Jannsen Road, Bldg. F, Clackamas, OR 97015
Portland Taproom Address: 3638 SE Hawthorne Blvd, Portland, OR 97214
Reverend Nat’s Hard Cider (Portland, OR)
Started by craft beer lover, cider evangelist, and historian Nat West, Reverend Nat’s Hard Cider grew from a small experiment in Nat’s basement to a slightly larger operation in a warehouse in Northeast Portland. The focus for Reverend Nat’s is on crafting unusual ciders made from superior ingredients including resurrecting forgotten cider styles and fermenting techniques.
While Reverend Nat’s no longer has a taproom in Portland for customers to visit, you can still purchase Reverend Nat’s unique ciders directly online via their online shop for local delivery. Nat himself will hand-deliver cider orders to customers in the Portland metro area. Not in the Portland metro area? Check out the states Reverend Nat’s ships to and place an order for delivery via UPS.
**Delivery days are Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday. Orders received on Sunday, Tuesday, and Thursday will be delivered the next day.
Slopeswell Cider (Hood River, OR)
Slopeswell Cider is a fantastic cidery in Hood River that has a fun taproom/brewery/cidery that serves food, cider, and local beer. The Slopeswell cider guys changed their official business name (and website domain) to Working Hands Fermentation a year or two ago but their ciders are still Slopeswell ciders.
At their Heights neighborhood taproom, the cidery offers a wide selection of ciders on tap (including growlers to-go) and some ciders for sale in bottle and cans as well as a food menu, and local beer. The taproom offers dog friendly seating.
Taproom Address: 1021 12th St. #102, Hood River, OR 97031
How to purchase Slopeswell ciders directly: You can place your cider online for pick-up or order online for nationwide shipping.
12 Bridge Ciderworks and Taproom (Oregon City)
12 Bridge Ciderworks and Taproom is located in Oregon City just 20-30 minutes from Portland. The cider crafts fruit-forward cider that ‘isn’t juiced-down or overly sweet’ from fresh pressed apple juice pressed from apples grown in the Hood River Valley.
The cidery and taproom pour 13 ciders (with 10 or so of their own in-house ciders) and 7 beers with a rotating Nitro tap, two wine taps, and three non-alcoholic taps that include root beer, kombucha, and CBD soda. The taproom is open during the afternoon and evening Thursday through Sunday.
How to purchase 12 Bridge Ciderworks’ ciders directly: You can purchase ciders on-site at the taproom or place an order online for pick-up.
Taproom Address: 19376 Molalla Ave, #130, Oregon City, Oregon 97045
1859 Cider/Divine Distillers (Salem, OR)
Salem Cider brand and cidery, 1859 cider, was acquired by Divine Distillers (local Salem craft brandy, rum, and agave spirits makers and Salem’s first distillery) in 2021 after having to shut the doors at their Salem taproom. 1859’s ciders are now served on tap at Divine Distillers’ tasting room and distillery in Salem and the company plans to start producing the ciders in-house in early 2022.
Visit Divine Distillery Wednesday through Saturday at their tasting room.
**As of the publication date of this post (November 2021) there is no way to purchase 1859 ciders online direct via the producer. Customers can currently only taste a couple of 1859 ciders on tap at Divine Distiller’s tasting room.
Tasting room address: 2475 25th St SE, Salem, OR 97302
Oregon Cideries You Cannot Visit or Purchase From Directly Online (but you may be able to purchase or sip their ciders somewhere locally)
Apple Outlaw (Applegate Valley)
Apple Outlaw is a small, family-owned orchard and cidery located in the Applegate Valley. The farm certified organic orchards and have over 1000 trees including many varieties such as MacIntosh, Granny Smith, Rome beauty, Gravenstein, Arkansas Black, Ginger Gold, Gold Rush, Blenheim Red, Matsu, Wickson, and Belle de Boskoopand.
The cidery does not currently offer the option to come and visit or taste their ciders at the farm. They do, however, have a cider club (though they can only ship to Oregon club members currently). And, you can find their ciders at local markets in Southern Oregon (I’ll be adding info on where soon).
Slake Cider (Carlton)
Formerly Carlton Cyderworks, this Carlton-based Oregon cidery has been around (and family owned and operated) since 2008. The name change for the brand happened a couple of years ago (previous to changing their brand name to slake they made a cider named Slake), and I think it’s a pretty cool name. I had the pleasure of meeting and tasting with cider maker Keenan Bailey in 2017 when I spent a few months in the Willamette Valley.
Slake crafts a wide variety of ciders and perries; some dry, some sweet, some traditional, and some modern. They do not ever use concentrates, water, extracts, flavorings (natural or artificial), or other additives and they grow their own apples.
The family orchards have been expanded from the few dozen trees they had in 2008, to over 4000 trees. They grow primarily English and French cider apple varieties, with a few American heirlooms (such as Gravenstein and Newtown Pippin) and traditional English perry pears.
Wandering Aengus Cider (Salem)
Located in Salem, Wandering Aengus Cider crafts dry and tannin-rich ciders with a focus on showcasing the characteristics of fruit from specific orchards in Ashland and Hood River. This is one of the only Oregon cideries I’ve found that makes single orchard-focused ciders.
Try their Dry Cider (an oaked dry cider made with a blend of French and English cider apple varietals), Wickson single varietal crabapple cider, or Golden Russet single varietal cider.
How/Where to purchase Wandering Aengus ciders: Currently Wandering Aengus doesn’t offer a way to purchase their ciders directly, online, for shipping. You may be able to place an order with them via phone or email and then pick your order up at the taproom though if you are local.
If you’re looking for a way to purchase WA ciders, Drizly carries their core ciders (whether they can be shipped to you or not depends on which state you are in).
*As of the publish date of this post (Nov 2021) Wandering Aengus’s tasting room is closed for renovation and slated for reopening in May 2022.
Phone: 503-361-2400
Address: 4070 Fairview Industrial Dr. SE Salem, OR 97302
**Alter Ego Cider
This small Portland cidery crafts small-batch ciders made with Pacific Northwest apples. They formerly had a taproom that is now closed, but you can still purchase their ciders from their partner Helioterra Wines in Portland. Order online for pick-up (they don’t have any way to purchase online and have ciders shipped currently, nor do they have a tasting room or taproom).
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