The Honey’s Cider Story
We are a family run business who proudly make a scrumptious full bodied craft cider using classic Somerset apple varieties and traditional techniques.
We love every part of our cider making process from pressing the apples in the autumn to drinking and selling it in the spring.

It’s all About The Apples
When the Honeys bought the farm in Midford near Bath back in 1960, the old maps – like so many in Somerset – had ‘orchard’ marked on several grass paddocks. It took 42 years, but in 2002 Bob Honey revived that tradition by planting traditional Somerset grazed orchards of big, widely spaced trees giving the sheep and cattle shade and shelter. In return they keep the grass and provide fertility to the orchard soil.

In this age of globalization, we’re proud to be part of the glorious regional heritage of West Country Cider. We are working closely with other sustainable local orchards to preserve the rich tradition for generations to come.

NOT SUCH A DAFT IDEA THEN
These last few years have been a pretty exciting for Honey’s. We’ve trebled our work force (taken on two part timers), and for a business that started as a daft idea hatched in the pub, it has fully grown from a hobby to a proper company.
We’re constantly picking up new customers and making friends as our reputation grows and we’ve got new products and spin off ideas in the pipeline.
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LOCAL and PROUD OF IT
​Early on in Honey’s history our flagship Midford Cider was highly commended at the Royal Bath and west Show and were chuffed we must be doing something right.

To add to our awards, we entered the most nerve racking competition – Krow’s local village produce show. If one enters the world cider championships and is pipped to the post, you have to accept defeat by a superior product made by a true expert. Entering the village show and being defeated by a total amateur would be shameful. Fortunately we won, and the “1st, South Stoke Produce Show 2016” medallion is displayed proudly on the front of our bottles. What folk drinking it in London or Hong Kong (our furthest customer) make of it, who knows.

NEW TWIST ON AN OLD IDEA
Back in the 1950’s/60’s in the Combe Down/Southstoke area of Bath, near Midford where we are based, farm workers would blend ginger beer with cider to make their lunchtime ‘pick me up’ drink so they could continue working without being completely sozzled. A ‘Stoney Bonk’ was coined and we decided to bottle that bit of Bathonian history and bring it to market. Refreshing;y different this real cider and ginger beer combo, burst on to the scene and achieved a Great Taste Star from the Guild of Fine Food which grandly sits on the label.






Selection of some of our Ciders

Find out more about our range of ciders here

Get in touch to find out more…
Honey’s Cider, Midford, Bath, Somerset
Telephone Kimberly on 07879 610482
Email cheers@honeyscider.co.uk