Juicy apples make refreshing cider. Ferment it, and you’ve got hard cider. Next, add fruit or spices, and you’ve got so many hard cider flavors, you must be at Tennessee Cider Co.! Visit this Gatlinburg favorite to find out why more and more folks enjoy hard cider these days.

You can sample any three hard ciders available on tap at free tastings. Want more? For $5, get the VIP Tasting: Sample all the hard ciders on tap, plus honey mango mead, blackberry dessert wine, and a sample of cider slushie or mulled cider. Go for a tasting at one (or both!) of the cidery’s locations:

An old general store is home to six tasting stations. A visit here fits into your day easily–drop in any time from 10 a.m. to 11 p.m., seven days a week.

You can buy cider and wine from the sister business Tennessee Homemade Wines at the newest location. Open Mondays through Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 9 p.m., and Sundays, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Tennessee Cider Co. makes 22 kinds of hard ciders. Your only problem is choosing which to take back to your cabin! From tart to sweet, there’s something for everyone, with flavors including golden apple, green apple, blueberry, lemonade, peanut butter, chocolate cherry, caramel, pineapple, and pumpkin pie.

Try the robust blackberry dessert wine. Be sure to sample the honey mango mead. This honey is harvested on the banks of the Little Pigeon River, and you can’t get more local than that!

Turn ciders into cold treats for sipping while you relax on the deck of your vacation cabin. Combine one of Tennessee Cider Co.’s slush mixes with cider and freeze. Choose from lemonade, grape, blue raspberry, pineapple, peach, strawberry, and ripe apple slush flavors.

When craving a hot drink, pick up mulling spices to blend with heated cider. You can even get a mulling spice bundle with four bottles of cider and four packs of herbs. Great for a winter party!

The enticing scent of mulling cider will fill your vacation cabin in no time. Reserve your Gatlinburg or Pigeon Forge rental cabin now, and relish the best hard ciders the Smokies can offer.