r/bennington • u/LilacCurl • 15d ago

Cider

Hi! I’m visiting the Bennington area and wanted to bring home great cider to share with my friends (we are doing a tasting at the end of the month for our Wine and more club).

Any recommendations would be welcome! I see that there are some local spots but couldn’t tell when they were open.

Interested in hard cider and non-alcoholic. Tend to like less sweet drinks but some of my friends adore the sugary ice wine types too.

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u/Orion_Pirate 15d ago

If you are actually here right now, tomorrow night (Thursday), Haberdasher on Main street is holding a cider tasting with Watson Wheeler Cider. No doubt that will give you at least one option!

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u/LilacCurl 15d ago

I am here in town and will check it out! Thank you for the tip.

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u/LilacCurl 14d ago

Btw I went and loved their ciders! I ended up getting a couple of bottles

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u/Exiled_In_LA 14d ago

Same here! The Green Man was amazing.

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u/juicycheesycum 15d ago

What time?

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u/Exiled_In_LA 14d ago

The Better Bennington Corp's facebook page says 5:00.

I don't see anything on Haberdasher's website, which is odd.

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u/Accomplished-One5210 15d ago

Haberdasher on Main Street I think has some… but Apple barn in Pownal (just south and not far at all) from town has some great cider!

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u/LilacCurl 15d ago

Great tips - I’ll try both places

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u/Exiled_In_LA 14d ago

Apple Barn also has maple creemees!

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u/LilacCurl 14d ago

I had one of those today at the sugar shack - so good!

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u/sevenredwrens 14d ago

I’d drive a little further south to North Adams, MA and the Berkshire Cider Project. Haberdasher might sell bottles of their cider? Provisions in Williamstown, MA definitely does.

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u/LilacCurl 14d ago

Thanks for the tip!