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Your experience awaits at Distillery Lane Ciderworks, Maryland’s first licensed cidery. For $20 per couple, you and your Valentine will receive a 375 ml bottle of our award winning “Celebration” cider to take home with you, two Pilsner glasses, a tasting flight of 5...

November 19th and 20th 35th Annual Valley Craft Tour Ciderworks will be open both days to the public from 10:00 - 5:00.  We have more than a dozen apple varieties available, including Thanksgiving favorites like Bramley's, Calville Blanc, Goldrush, and Newtown...

The beautiful Fall weather has finally arrived and the orchard and surrounding mountains are showing some beautiful Fall colors. This past weekend was our last "pick your own" for the season as most of the apples have now been collected. A great article in last...

The short and to the point version — Add together a record snowfall, an early Spring warm-up, followed by a late season heavy frost, rain, then more rain, then the warmest July on record, and what do you get?  Answer, (good news first) — generally sweeter apples and...

Distillery Lane Ciderworks will be pressing a "Cidermaker's Blend" for home brewers in early/late fall. All of the details will be posted on our Facebook page. We will not have any cidermaker's blend available prior to...

The Washington Post named Distillery Lane Ciderworks as one of "Six Local Favorites" in its Cider article this week. [button...

“Distillery Lane Ciderworks” by Kathy Sullivan Blog article in Wine Trail Traveler —...

We had a nice story on Maryland Public Television about bee keeping at our orchard featuring our beekeeper, Rick Nestler.  Our part starts at minute...

“Cider and Food- a Perfect Combination” by Ike Wilson Feature article in The Frederick News Post- April 18, 2014...

"It’s Apples to Cider at Distillery Lane” by Fritz Hahn News article in The Washington Post featuring our cider making class— May 9,...

“Mild Maryland Winter Could Put Hard Cider on the Hot Seat” by Natalie KornicksFeature piece sponsored in Chesapeake Taste  — January 2,...

“Distillery Lane Ciderworks” by Edwin Remsberg SoundbooksYoutube piece sponsored by the Maryland Department of Agriculture  — October 23, 2012 https://youtu.be/XsHFgN7nEDA

“What’s Brewing on the Farm?” by Laurie SavageFeature piece in Lancaster Farming — October 20, 2012

“American Sparkling Cider Cocktails” by Justine Sterling Magazine article in Food & Wine Magazine  — October 11,...

“The Cider Trail” by Marissa HermansonFeature piece in Breathe Magazine  — September 26, 2012

“Pressing Matters” by Christine Van BloemFeature piece in The Frederick Gorilla  — September 22, 2012

“First Press Draws Fans of Cider from the Region” by Brian Engler News article in The Frederick News Post  — September 14,...

“‘History is so dense in the ground here’: Local ciderworks was ground zero for Crampton’s Gap” by Ike WilsonNews article in The Frederick News Post  — September 14,...

“Hundreds Get a Taste of Cider-Making Process at Farm’s ‘First Press'” by Daniel J. GrossNews Article in The Gazette  — September 2,...

“Burkittsville Cider Maker Celebrates First Press of the Season” by Chris Copley Feature piece in Lancaster Farming  — September 1,...

“Hard Ciders Back on Tap in a Big Way” by the Brews Brothers (Steve Frank and Arnold Meltzer) News article in Gazette.net  — August 8,...