10 free Cider Brands trivia questions with answers — food & drink quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
Cider's had a massive comeback—the US market has grown over 300% in the last decade. But knowing the brands behind the buzz? That's a different story. Let's see if you can spot a real cider pro from a poser in just 10 questions.
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Q 01Which widely recognized cider brand was first produced in the United Kingdom in 1960?
Strongbow
Made by H. P. Bulmer, now part of Heineken, it claims about 15 per cent of the global cider market by volume.
Q 02Which Boston Beer Company hard cider brand grows its own apples near Walden, New York?
Angry Orchard
The Samuel Adams parent company's cider is credited with getting cider onto restaurant and retail-chain menus across the US.
Q 03Woodchuck Hard Cider was founded at a winery in Proctorsville in 1991. In which U.S. state?
Vermont
By 2007 Woodchuck was the first US cider company to sell a million cases in a year, and in 2012 it was bought by Irish drinks group C&C, the owner of Magners.
Q 04Which Irish cider is called Bulmers in Ireland but sold under another name abroad?
Magners
The County Tipperary cider cannot use the Bulmers name abroad because H. P. Bulmer, the Strongbow maker, owns it outside Ireland.
Q 05Which family cider maker, founded by William in 1904, still presses apples at Myrtle Farm in Sandford, Somerset?
Thatchers
Thatchers grows apple trees hedgerow-style on wires and keeps an exhibition orchard of over 458 varieties; some ciders still mature in century-old oak vats.
Q 06From which European country does the fruit cider brand Kopparberg originate?
Sweden
The name literally means Copper Mountain's Brewery, after the mining town in the Bergslagen region where it is based.
Q 07Which Sebastopol, California cider producer opened the first modern cider-centred pub in the US in 1999?
ACE
Founder Jeffrey House chose Sonoma County's historic apple country because it reminded him of his native England; the pub closed in 2010.
Q 08Which South African cider, launched in 1996, is famously served with a lemon wedge in the bottle neck?
Savanna Dry
Made from apples grown in the Elgin Valley of the Western Cape, it is sold in over 60 countries and is South Africa's leading cider export.
Q 09Which cider brand, bought by MillerCoors in 2012, was relaunched in 2023 by Minneapolis Cider Company?
Crispin
Crispin's founders went on to open Copper & Kings American Brandy in 2014, and the brand's 2023 comeback used the original recipe.
Q 10Which family-owned producer has been making cider in Much Marcle, Herefordshire, since 1880?
Westons
Founder Henry Weston's great-granddaughter Helen Thomas runs the firm, which still ferments in a large collection of oak vats.