Yes, We have four thousand apple trees of differing varieties at our orchards in Stisted and Beazley End Essex.

Our Orchard Shop is usually open Monday-Friday 9am-5pm; if you’d like to call us on 01376 526066 to check as sometimes we may all be out at local markets.

During the summer and occasionally in the winter months we open our Tap & Tasting room. Follow us on Facebook or Instagram for the latest updates.

Yes, we are vegan friendly.

We use a Kreuzmayr belt press to press our apples.  We press cider apples in our barn in the Autumn and dessert apples for blending throughout the year.

Yes, all our ciders are gluten free.

We use 17 traditional apple varieties including:

Flanders Cox, Kidds Orange Red, Bramley, Elstarr, Greensleeves, Jonagold, Egremont Russett, Ashmeads Kernel, Sweet Alford, Tale Sweet, Black Dabinett, Yarlington Mill, Tremletts Bitter, Major, Browns, Kingston Black, Foxwhelp and Tom Putt.

We use a mixture of traditional cider apples, bittersweets and dessert apples to make our blends.

We sell traditional still cider in pouches. We also sell two sparking Ciders Essex Gold Rush and Essex Gold Bullion in 330ml cans.

Our bag in box cider is still.

Our sweet cider is naturally sweet, with a strong apple flavor, but not sickly like compared with commercially produced ciders that contain lots of added sugars.

We have Tour & Tasting dates available for 2022, please visits the Tour & tasting page for more details.  The Big Bear Cider Mill Experiences, Braintree, Essex, Cider Tours

We are also happy to host private events, please email Kathryn with you enquiry, kathryn@thebigbearcider.co.uk