
7.2% ABV · 500ml · approx. 2.8 standard drinks
Farmhouse Scrumpy Cloudy
Traditional English West Country–style scrumpy made only from apples — 12 varieties of cider, dessert and crab apples. Medium-dry, lightly carbonated.
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Nelson · Aotearoa New Zealand
Crafted in the heart of Nelson's rich fruit growing region, from NZ-grown fruit, by Rodney & Norma.
The range
Every cider is 500ml, gluten free and vegan-friendly.

7.2% ABV · 500ml · approx. 2.8 standard drinks
Traditional English West Country–style scrumpy made only from apples — 12 varieties of cider, dessert and crab apples. Medium-dry, lightly carbonated.

6.0% ABV · 500ml · approx. 2.4 standard drinks
Takes you back to autumn days foraging for blackberries. Medium, lightly carbonated and bursting with rich berry flavour and aroma.

9% ABV · 500ml · approx. 3.6 standard drinks
Aged two years with oak whiskey barrel chips. Off-dry, with rich smooth layers of honey, spice and baked apple, a deep colour and a spirited aroma.

4% ABV · 500ml · approx. 1.6 standard drinks
An elegant, light and refreshingly crisp apple cider with a splash of raspberry juice. Enjoy chilled.

4% ABV · 500ml · approx. 1.6 standard drinks
Boysenberry, blackcurrant and blueberry. Sit back and drift into a haze of rich, dark, sun-ripened berries — dream of hazy summer nights.

4% ABV · 500ml · approx. 1.6 standard drinks
A mouth-filling, well-balanced fusion of lemon, orange and aromatic mild ginger. Medium sweetness.

Zero% · 500ml · approx. 0.2 standard drinks
Full of the sweet summer flavours and aromas of freshly picked berries, crafted from luscious Nelson-grown fruit. Enjoy anytime.

Zero% · 500ml · approx. 0.2 standard drinks
All the refreshing bite with very low alcohol. Crafted from Pink Lady, Granny Smith and bittersweet cider apples from Nelson's fruit bowl.
Zero% ciders are made with a slight natural fermentation and light filtration, so they contain a very low amount of alcohol (approx. 0.2 standard drinks); they were entered in the awards as "0.5%" ciders.

Crafted from Nelson fruit
Old Mill Cider is made by Rodney and Norma, a husband and wife team with a passion for all things cider and fruit. Rodney made his first cider with apples from a small home farm orchard in Suffolk, England, in 1984.
Things have progressed quite a bit since then. After 20 years in the Nelson region, they're spoilt by the wide variety of top-quality local fruit — the heart of every bottle.
Read our story →
The craft
NZ-grown fruit, almost all from the local Nelson/Tasman growing region — cider, dessert and crab apples, plus berries.
Fruit is pressed for its juice, and the pressed pulp is composted back onto the land. Nothing wasted.
In an in-ground cellar that holds a constant temperature year round — no power-hungry heating or cooling.
Into 100% recyclable, NZ-made glass. A clean-burning biomass boiler (new for 2024) powers the pasteuriser.
Play
Tap the apples and berries as they fall to press them into juice. Fill the bottle as fast as you can. Red and gold apples make gold cider, raspberries and boysenberries make pink, and blueberries make purple. Watch out for the chemical bottles of artificial colours and flavours: tap one and it's game over.
Ready to press?
Tap the falling apples and berries to squish them. Avoid the chemical bottles!
Award winning
Farmhouse Blackberry — Best Cider with Berry Fruit
Zero% (0.5%) Boysenberry — Best Low/Zero Alcohol Cider
Old Mill Ice Cider — Gold, Champion & Ice Cider Trophy
From the official New Zealand Cider Awards (Fruit Wine & Cider Makers Association) results booklets.

Our story
Old Mill Cider is made by Rodney and Norma, a husband and wife team, with a passion for all things cider and fruit.
Rodney made his first cider with apples from a small home farm orchard in Suffolk, England, in 1984. Things have progressed quite a bit since then. Having lived in the Nelson region for the past 20 years, they've found themselves spoilt by the wide variety of top-quality fruit grown in the area, with which to make top-quality ciders.
Find a stockist
If your store doesn't stock the cider you're after, ask the liquor manager to get it in for you.
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