Alpenfire Cider

Alpenfire Cider We are a family-owned cidery committed to crafting authentic ciders that pay tribute to the heritage apple varieties & time-honored cider making methods.
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Alpenfire Organic Cider is made from our estate and locally grown organic apples. We planted our WSDA certified organic orchard in 2003 with over 800 trees and 10 varieties of English, French & Early American cider specific apples. These apples have been used for hundreds of years for the unique qualities they bring to cider production. Namely the tannins and bitters not found in dessert style app

les. While the juice, much less the fruit, of many of these apples would be hard to enjoy by the glass they become amazing with a little fermentation. One of our favorites, the "Muscadet de Dieppe", has a viscous, winey, yes, even musky juice. It takes months of slow, cool fermentation for that to develop the subtle aroma and flavor you will find in our bone-dry cider. We augment our juice and mellow the flavors with organic apples from other local orchards.

05/29/2026
05/29/2026
05/17/2026

Dabinett… and bird songs!

05/07/2026

The recent sunny weather has caused the blossoms to emerge on the early fruit trees located at the far right of the orchard, whereas the late season buds are just beginning to swell.
They are grouped together for pollination but it also gives us more time to prune, harvest and enjoy the blossoms!

05/03/2026
Join the club - it is not to late! This quarter we will be releasing a new harvest of Glow, a single varietal Harrison a...
03/20/2026

Join the club - it is not to late! This quarter we will be releasing a new harvest of Glow, a single varietal Harrison and a special blend of Calypso just for our club members.

Pick up at the orchard on March 28th, We will have some special snacks and sampling from 12-5 PLUS a tasting at in Ballard the same day from 2-5 where you can pick up your cider boxes and sample some of this release’s offerings.

Huge thanks to Single Hill Commons for organizing this with us!

01/27/2026

Foxwhelp bark at its reptilian finest.

A perfect day to prune apples, cold and sunny. We are making a radical change to the shape of our trellis this year, tr...
01/25/2026

A perfect day to prune apples, cold and sunny. We are making a radical change to the shape of our trellis this year, trimming back to the 3rd wire. More sun for the lower branches, less work for our hands and backs and so much easier harvest. I’m guessing it will lead to more health and vigor in the orchard, and possibly a bit less fruit. 🍎

12/12/2025

We are open one last Saturday for cider club pick up and last minute shoppers!
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Address

220 Pocket Lane
Port Townsend, WA
98368

Opening Hours

12pm - 5pm

Telephone

+13603798915

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