Alpenfire Cider

Small location - limited time open for tasting - cider was good - outdoor only seating - wear warm clothing as they do not have any heating in the covered area, they did have some blankets - also limited tables - which can get tricky if you have a flight of cider and nowhere but your lap to try to balance it

Came here for the Cider festival weekend in Port Townsend. My wife and I were unimpressed. The meads themselves were good, but the seating area was just a lean-to with one table, some seating, it was October and chilly but no heaters or wood burning fire. Driving in it looked iffy, like just someones house with a shopfront attached. Overall not impressed.

Had the Traditional Heirloom cider on tap in town. Absolutely delicious and traditional English style cider. Can’t wait to visit the actual tasting room.

We became members on our first visit- it’s that good. The family is wonderful, the ciders are fantastic, and the experience on the land was peaceful. There is something to be said when the owner/founder comes to your table to chat and get to know you when you’re having a tasting!

We had all 3 of the flights and every single one of the 9 ciders was great. I’ve had many flights all across the country and never had them all be enjoyable. Colin was very knowledgeable, generous with his time, and even gave us some birding tips! Go here if you get the chance!

Excellent experience, My favorite is the Glow , if you have good appreciation for ciders , you will love Alpenfire. Down to earth , nice setting and plenty of cider . The orchard it's beautiful.

Our absolute favorite cidery in Washington. If you have a chance to visit during their seasonal open hours, don't miss out. The cidery is based at their home & orchard and there's nothing like tasting the ciders while looking into the orchard. The family is incredible and tasting their ciders with them is a treat. The cider is incredible, especially or folks who prefer dry and traditional cider styles. 10/10, Alpenfire is the best!

Wonderful ciders made the right way - organic and ethical. The Cidery itself is very charming. It’s located down a tree lined residential street. The owner is very knowledgable and friendly.

One of the best cideries around. Definitely the best cidery out on the Olympic Peninsula. Friendly and very interesting staff. Cute venue. Ive been drinking hard cider since the early 90s in Europe. This is a worthy stop and experience!

Very limited hours Ciders were good to try But not a stop for entertainment more a tasting and take to go Remote farm locale

The husband and I were cider tasting in the area for the day and I found this cute little tasting room and cidery on Yelp. He immediately wanted to visit as their Glow is award winning and he'd read about it. The tasting room is down a small narrow road that makes you feel like you're headed out to the farm. When you arrive at the end of the gravel driveway there is a quaint orchard to the right and an open air barn tasting counter to the left. The brand is big on organic only produce and not using any pesticides, and it was interesting to learn about what drives them. We enjoyed a tasting of around 5 ciders or so. The Glow was definitely unique and the apples used to make this cider have bright red flesh and are available for sampling. The other crowd pleaser for the day was the Kingston Black. In comparison to other places we tried, the cider tasting was affordable, the ciders all had unique bold flavors, and we enjoyed the friendly attentiveness of the pourer. The orchard is also very tranquil and a perfect place for a stroll.

Wish they were open for tastings more often! Beautiful area and great variety of ciders!

I had Alpenfire Cider bookmarked as a place to stop on my most recent trip to Port Townsend which was on the weekend of 1/12/2019. Now according to the orchard's own website, Google and Yelp the business has taproom hours of 12-5 pm both on Saturdays and Sundays. We stopped by on a Saturday at 4:30 pm only to find that there was a sign up saying that the cidery was closed. I don't know why the taproom was not open within their posted business hours but this is always a big pet peeve of mine with businesses when they can't commit to the hours that they, themselves make. Sure, there are emergencies that arise and some businesses have to close for private events and that is fine but communication with your customers always helps... otherwise it comes across as unreliability. Just a note on your sign stating that you have to close due to an unexpected circumstance may come across as disappointing to potential customers but at least with me it would warrant a return trip for another time. But with just a closed sign and nothing more it comes across to me that this could happen often... or maybe not?? Anyway in my experiences with being a consumer it's always hard to know if it's worth your time to go back or not. This cidery is also not close to the town of Port Townsend really at all. It took 20 minutes to drive here only to find that the place was not open within their business hours so I don't know if it's worth my time on future visits to the area if I'm going to run into the same situation or not. Alpenfire has a sign up and when we drove by it looked like the tasting room was well established which made it even more baffling as to why this was going on. So automatically when this happens if no specific information as to why a closure happens within posted business hours happens I feel like I have to dock one star because I'm not sure if I should attempt to come back or not within those hours and will the business be actually open or not. With that said that same evening I returned to the Alpenfire website again and just decided to order some of their cider from their online store and have it mailed to me. I ordered a bottle of the Heirloom Blend and a bottle of the Glow Aerile Red. The cider was a little spendy but it proved to be worth it as it was definitely more the elegant sort and very fancy. Both ciders were excellent and highly enjoyable. So if one doesn't have the confidence that the on site location is going to be open for you.... just order it from the website. It definitely is worth the price. If the cider wasn't so good I would probably star score the place lower but since this cider easily lands in my top 15 "excellent" ciders for Washington state then it deserves the star rating I'm giving it. Upon that last visit to Port Townsend I made a recent visit to the Tacoma Boys grocery store ( in Tacoma) and found that they had Alpenfire Cider for sale there as well. So not only can you order it online you can go there as well. I'm sure those aren't the only two options to purchase their bottled cider but those options that I have come across are well worth utilizing!

Phenomenal cider, going back ASAP. Adore the location, ambiance and staff- all high quality, peaceful and perfect

Fun to learn about the different types of cider. Thoroughly enjoyed. Friendly and knowledgeable.

Plenty of variety, tasting included nearly everything (even many of their vinegars), and the ciders and vinegars are reasonably priced. I would've been happy to come home with any or all of their ciders/vinegars if the budget allowed! It's surprising that there are so few reviews of this up and coming place as it was fairly crowded while we sipped their ciders! Definitely worth the visit!

We were just there over the weekend and couldn't have been more happy. Beautiful grounds, amazing ciders, and a willingness to do a tasting for a larger group with kids. The woman (should have gotten her name, she was amazing!) doing our tasting offered to bring our tastings out to the picnic table so the kids in the group could run around on the grass and the adults could still enjoy their tastings. Try and then immediately buy the Glow... You won't be disappointed.

Beautiful grounds and great cider! Highly recommend and worth the find! Bought some great ciders!

Is a cutest cidery! 7$ for a tasting and you get to keep the glass! The orchard is right when you pull up! Love this place and will definitely be coming back!

Got to go here on a weekend when there was also a wine tour going on. Did the cider loop of Port Townsend and this one was on the list. Intrigued by the name and organic credentials we were pretty excited to see what was in store. My husband and I each paid $7 for tastings which we were a little confused if it was 3 or 5? Very nice local place, as it got busier it seemed like we were maybe a little in the way. Only thing we could think of is maybe a great place with room to grow, will be back in the future

Delicious cider and an excellent tasting experience. Strongly recommend for visitors to the Port Townsend area.