North Street Cider

We are passionate beer drinkers, advocates and producers first of all but we do also like a drop of cider; we are in Bristol after all!

As a 15-strong team here, we shared our thoughts on good local producers and ciders and it soon became clear that, though many of us had been impressed with some stronger, local products in bottle, we felt like there was a gaping hole in our cider-drinking landscape where a top-quality, affordable draught cider should be; specifically, one that spoke of the unique spirit of Bristol and would be consumed only on draught where it could be enjoyed in great local pubs. We also discussed a general tendency towards medium in typical draught cider and that we wanted to drink a medium dry cider with the accent on the dry rather than on the medium. An idea was born…

We approached a cider producer who shares a lot of our ethos and all of our passion - independent, family-run cider makers, Westons Cider - and asked them to come up with a range of medium dry blends we could try. We then took a group of cider drinkers from Bristol to the orchards and between us we decided on the blend that was right for us.

Twelve months on from the initial idea, after numerous, enjoyable tasting sessions, this December we are proud and excited to introduce a new medium dry, sparkling cider at 4.8% ABV, made with 100% British apples, developed exclusively for Bristol Beer Factory by Westons.

Say hello to North St Cider!

This is a brand new, bespoke cider, designed by Bristolian cider drinkers for local cider drinkers. Although we aren’t making this cider, this is a cider that comes from us with the same passion and care that we have for our beers and with our uncompromising standards of quality and consistency.

The cider is now pouring all over Bristol, go try some and we hope you love it as much as we do!

Team BBF