One Of My Best Friends Visited This Very A-PEELING Mill In Mystic And Here’s What She Blogged…

Hay rides, apple picking, harvest festivals, corn mazes, spooky events…there is so much to love about fall in New England!

B.F. Clyde’s Cider Mill in Mystic, Connecticut has been in operation since 1881. The cider making equipment has been on site since 1898 and is the “last steam powered cider mill in the U.S.”  You can watch the entire process of apples becoming cider every weekend up until December. 

The B.F. Clyde’s Cider Mill compound has multiple small buildings and turned out to be the perfect venue for a rainy fall weekend. We started in the building with the snack shop and perused a wide array of baked goods, preserves, syrups, honey and hot sauces. We made our way over to the wine tasting building and sampled some wines and hard ciders. Some gifts were purchased and we sipped hot cider on the porch until it was time to watch the cider mill in action.  

Demonstrations are held at 11AM and 1PM and it is like peering back through time. The cider-making team work in unison through well-rehearsed steps to prepare, produce, tidy-up and get the next batch going. They pause in between to genially answer questions and chat with onlookers of all ages. Many curios and artifacts from yesteryear are showcased in this building.

Get directions to B.F. Clyde’s Cider Mill and hours here.

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Christina is a life-long Rhode Islander who has been dedicated to mission-driven human services work. A mother of two, she recycles, composts, and runs her household with solar energy. An animal lover and a world traveler, this bon vivant has jumped out of a plane, bungee jumped (twice!), run over the Newport Bridge, swum across Narragansett Bay, and penguin plunged.