Hard Cider
Hard Cider and wine are available year-round here at Mercier Orchards. We were one of the first orchards in Georgia to grow, press, ferment, and bottle our own ciders. Throughout the year, we offer more than a dozen hard ciders, from classic favorites, like Grumpy Granny, to specialty seasonal flavors, like Jalapeacho. We also produce our very own seasonal wines, and carry a wide variety of local wines, meads, and more. Come in, enjoy a tasting flight, and you’ll be “hard-pressed” not to take some home.
Canned Ciders
Mountain Apple
Our original hard cider, made from Gold Rush apples. Sweet, crisp, and refreshing, with a strong apple finish. 6.5% ABV
Grumpy Granny
Grumpy Granny cider is so good even grandma couldn’t help but sneak a sip (though she’d never admit it!) Made with sour Granny Smiths, it’s dry, tart, and grandma disapproved.
Black Bee
Made from Arkansas Black apples and a touch of clover honey for a smooth finish. Black Bee will have you buzzing with delight!
Just Peachy
Our Just Peachy cider tastes like sunshine and long summer days on the back porch. Sweet peaches with a touch of southern sugar – Enjoy a glass and smile, after all, isn’t life Just Peachy?
Blackberry Bramble
Sweet and tart and bursting with sparkling blackberry flavor, made from fresh ripe blackberries and hand-picked apples. Tastes like a morning stroll through a sun-dappled bramble.
Hard Ciders Available On Tap
- Adele’s Choice. A crisp dry traditional cider, lightly tart, made from the first apple harvest. Named for our founder, Adele Mercier.
- A Cold Day in Hops. Semi-sweet dry-hopped cider.
- Black Bee. A semi-dry cider made with Arkansas Black apples and sourwood honey. The Arkansas Black apples give the cider a semi-tart/dry finish, while the honey adds a nice floral accent to the end and the nose.
- Grumpy Granny. Made from Granny Smith apples, dry cider with a strong tart apple flavor.
- Legends. Semi-sweet Tart single varietal with a great balance of sweet and tart.
- Just Peachy. Sweet and very peachy, made from peach juice with a little added sugar. Like a summer day on the back porch.
- Mountain Apple. (Formerly Old #3) Our original hard cider, made from Gold Rush apples. Sweet, crisp, refreshing, with a hint of apple tartness.
- Jalapeacho. Sweet Peach cider flavored with a secret pepper blend.
- Hard Cider & Wine Slushies. Daily Flavors Available.
- Sneaky Jack. A hard cider aged in bourbon barrels for a nice rich flavor.
- Apple Bramble. Smooth blackberry start, tart apple finish.
- Bohemian Raspberry. Semi-sweet. Sweet raspberry start with a crisp tart apple finish.
- Pineapple Dynamite. Sweet tropical start with a slightly tart, spicy finish.