Farmstead Cider is hard cider hand made in Jackson Hole from local Wyoming and Rocky Mountain apples. We started out on a mission to protect bears from potentially deadly human conflict and ended up starting a cidery! The apples in our community have historically drawn many grizzly bears from Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks. Now we make cider from those tempting apples, helping save the bears from themselves.
The ancient glacial soils, extreme sun, and cool nights all combine to make Wyoming a fantastic place to grow, harvest, and taste unique cider apple varieties including high-tannin crab apples. We are rediscovering forgotten 150+ year old apple trees, planting new orchards in places where growing apples was thought to be impossible, and teaching people about high altitude farming along the way. Try one of our award-winning wild fermented dry hard ciders today!
Farmstead Cider is also the first commercial cidery in Wyoming in over 100 years. We got started by working to remove apples from trees that were attracting wildlife into neighborhoods around Jackson Hole. We quickly discovered an entire urban orchard in our own backyard, and the hardy apples we found are of incredible quality and diversity. Now we turn those waste apple into delicious, hand-pressed hard cider!
Small Batch Hard Cider
What makes Farmstead Cider so special is our apples! The high altitude and cold winters of Jackson Hole and the rest of Wyoming create seriously powerful cider apples. We also take a small-batch approach to cider-making: wild fermenting slowly at cold temperatures and allowing our ciders to age in oak barrels, which mellows out the high acidity and tannins of crab apples. The result is a hard cider that’s smooth, dry, and full of flavor.
dry hard cider
made USING Wyoming Crab apples
Pressed in Jackson Hole, Wyoming
Wild Fermented
No Added Sugar
No Sulphites
Naturally gluten-free
2021 Yellow-stone
Our Yellowstone Cider is made from apples found growing on the slopes of the Yellowstone Caldera. These volcanically formed and glacially blended soils grow apples that are rich in flavor and unique in terroir. Many of these trees are over 100 years old, and were planted by the same generation that founded Yellowstone National Park 150 years ago.
2019 Red Canyon Nan
Our Red Canyon Nan won a 2022 Good Food Award! Order yours today - there aren’t many bottles left of this special cider. This hard cider is an ode to Nan, the legendary apple queen of Lander, Wyoming. All the apples are harvested from the Historic Ed Young Orchard planted in Red Canyon in the 1880’s. The surviving trees are over 130 years old and produce some of the finest ciders we have ever tasted. The orchard is made up of many rare and unnamed apple varieties, and the mineral rich soils of Red Canyon give the apples grown there an unparalleled personality and flavor. Wild fermented, with no residual sugars or added sulphites. Our Red Canyon Nan Cider has 7.5% alcohol content and comes in a 500mL bottle.
2020 Kelly Street Cider
Farmstead Kelly Street Cider won a Good Food Award in 2021! All the flavors of the East Jackson neighborhood come together in this delectable cider made from sweet and crab apples harvested from the heart of the town that used to be Davey Jackson’s favorite trapping hole (Jackson Hole). These trees range from early-ripening transparent varieties to cold-hardy bitter crab apples, and everything in between. Every sip of this cider also helps keep our wildlife safe. The more we harvest from this area, the more we reduce animal conflicts with dogs, cars, and humans. Wild fermented, with no residual sugars or added sulphites. Our Kelly Street Cider has 7.5% alcohol content and comes in a 500mL bottle (the perfect size for two people to share).
2020 Rafter j cider
The Rafter J neighborhood in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, was developed in 1978 on what had been cattle grazing grasslands. Many of the crab apples in this subdivision are getting close to forty years old, and present a maturity that is hard to find in younger orchards. The trees here are abundant and survive on their own tenacity and hardiness. One of the most acclaimed apple trees in the valley appears right as you enter the subdivision. This tree stood long before the neighborhood was built, flying in the face of the common belief that apples can’t survive our harsh climate. Wild fermented, with no residual sugars or added sulphites. Our Rafter J Cider has 7.5% alcohol content and comes in a cute 500mL bottle.
2020 Bitter Local Cider
The crab apples for our special release Bitter Local Cider first rooted in these soils decades ago. They’ve seen hard winters and frosty summers. They’ve been sunburned and bruised. Yet they thrive in this mountain climate—bitter and sweet and sharp. Time and aging for several months in an oak barrel help the over 150 apple locals get along inside one bottle. Wild fermented, with no residual sugars or added sulphites. Our Bitter Local Cider has 7.5% alcohol content and comes in a 500mL bottle.
2020 Teton Pét-Nat Cider
This traditionally fermented bubbly hard cider from Farmstead Cider follows an old French style known as Pétillant Naturel. This old-school method of cider-making involves bottle-conditioning the cider, creating a bright fizz and a hazy golden color. Wild fermented, with no residual sugars or added sulphites. Our Teton Pét-Nat cider has 7.5% alcohol content and it comes in a 750mL bottle (wine bottle size).
2020 Mountain Dry Cider
Farmstead Cider presents our refreshing, bubbly, and easy drinking blend of dessert apple varieties. The bright acidity is balanced well with apple aromas, and the sugar has completely fermented away leaving a dry hard cider that is perfect for warm summer days and cold winter nights. Our Mountain Dry Cider has aged in oak barrels for 3-6 months and has 7.5% alcohol content. It is wild fermented with no residual sugars or added sulphites. It comes in a 750mL bottle (wine bottle size).
FROM YOUR TREE TO YOUR GLASS.
Farmstead Cider is mapping (and picking) all of the apple trees in Teton County, Wyoming, to help mitigate wildlife conflicts and make tasty ciders.
Where Can I Buy Farmstead Cider?
Our hard ciders are available in bottles and on tap. You can order through our Online Bottle Shop and at restaurants, bars, and fine stores all over Jackson Hole and around the state of Wyoming. We also sell cider at special events and weekly during the summer months at The Jackson Hole People’s Market.
If you would like to sell or serve Farmstead Cider at your establishment or event, send us an email at sales@farmsteadwyo.com and we’ll get you set up.
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