The Best Cider Mills To Visit In Ohio This Season

Ohio’s cider mills start pressing around Labor Day, and a few of them keep at it into January. October is when nearly all of them are running at once.

Mills don’t all make cider the same way. Some treat it with ultraviolet light and some heat-pasteurize it. A few sell it raw. Most entries below say which, along with the hours and what else is at the farm. The list starts with the mills closest to Columbus and then heads north.

Details were checked in early October against each farm’s own website or Facebook page, plus a few local news and tourism listings. Small farms change their hours without much notice, so call before a long drive.

Cider Mills Near Columbus

Lynd Fruit Farm

Address: 9399 Morse Rd SW, Pataskala
Lynd sells its cider at the Market on Morse, which is open daily from 10 to 6 through November 1st and from 10 to 5 through November 15th. The fresh cider in the market cooler is treated with ultraviolet light and has no preservatives. The regular blend has been out since mid-August, and a Honeycrisp cider shows up in limited supply. Lynd’s award-winning GoldRush cider arrives in late October. The donut truck sells apple cider donuts on u-pick days and during special events for $2 each or $15 a dozen.
Website | 740-927-8559

Legend Hills Orchard

Address: 11335 Reynolds Rd, Utica
Legend Hills is back this fall. A fire in September 2025 destroyed the farm’s cider mill and salesroom, and the family reopened in a rebuilt market in June. The Reporting Project, Denison University’s news outlet, reported in April that the new cider press would be attached to the storefront. The farm’s website doesn’t list cider right now, so call before making the trip for it. Pick-your-own apples run every day during market hours, weather permitting, at $20 for a small bag and $35 for a large one. The farm expects picking to last through October. The market is open all year, Monday through Saturday from 9 to 5 and Sunday from 10 to 5.
Website | 740-892-2498

Branstool Orchards

Address: 5895 Johnstown Utica Rd, Utica
Branstool starts pressing its unpasteurized cider in September and presses a new batch every week. The farm doesn’t sell its seconds, because all of them go into the cider. The market is open Tuesday through Sunday from 10 to 5 and closed Mondays. The Donut Hut is open Friday from 10 to 3 and Saturday and Sunday from 10 to 4, with cider donuts and cider slushies. U-pick apples are offered daily from 10 to 4 until later in October, and the market stays open until the Sunday before Thanksgiving.
Website | 740-892-3989

Charlie’s Apples at Windy Hill

Address: 1740 Sportsman Club Rd, Newark
Charlie’s sweet cider is unpasteurized, and the farm says it keeps about two weeks in the fridge before it starts to ferment. It usually isn’t ready until late October. This year it came early, and the farm expected to have it by October 2nd. U-pick is limited this fall to the dates the farm posts on its site. The farm store is open every day from 9 to 5, with the apples waiting in a cooler.
Website | 740-350-4270

Hugus Fruit Farm

Address: Old Rushville Rd NE, just off State Route 664, Rushville
Hugus has been at it since 1946. The farm presses cider every week on a rack-and-cloth press. It usually starts in early September and often keeps going through January. The cider is treated with ultraviolet light instead of heat, and nothing is added to it. It’s sold by the gallon or half gallon. Hugus doesn’t have pick-your-own. The apples are already picked and waiting in the salesroom, next to Holmes County cheese and local honey. The salesroom is open Monday through Saturday from 9 to 6 through October and from 9 to 5 in November and December. Map apps send people to the middle of the orchard, so look for the Hugus sign at the corner of State Route 664 and Old Rushville Road.
Website | 740-536-9590

Lawrence Orchards

Address: 2634 Smeltzer Rd, Marion
Lawrence sells its cider from September until Christmas Eve, in gallon and half-gallon jugs. The cider isn’t heat-pasteurized. The orchard runs it through an ultraviolet process and adds no preservatives. The farm market is open Monday through Saturday from 9 to 6. Apple Butter and Horseradish Day is October 31st from 9 to 6, and admission is free.
Website | 740-389-3019

Laurelville Fruit Farm

Address: 16181 Pike St, Laurelville
Laurelville Fruit Farm has been in the same family for three generations, and cider is what it’s known for. Ohio Cooperative Living reported in 2022 that the cider is made each fall on a vintage rack-and-claw mill and then filtered, which most ciders aren’t. The shop in the middle of town also runs a cider slushie machine in the fall. The farm’s Facebook posts list the hours as 9 to 5, seven days a week. The farm doesn’t have a website, so its Facebook page is where it posts the current apple list.
Facebook | 740-332-2621

Hirsch Fruit Farm

Address: 12846 State Route 772, Chillicothe
Hirsch presses its own cider with no additives or preservatives and sells it all year. The farm’s online store lists it at $2.75 to $9, depending on the size of the jug. The fourth generation of the Hirsch family runs the farm. The market there is open Monday through Saturday, from 8 to 6 through October and from 9 to 6 the rest of the year. A second market at 41 Seney Rd in Chillicothe is open seven days a week.
Website | 740-775-7055

Cider Mills In Northern Ohio

Geig’s Orchard

Address: 8468 Wooster Pike, Seville
Geig’s presses its cider a few steps from the store with apples from its own orchard. The cider is unfiltered and UV-pasteurized, and the farm makes special batches like grape and spiced cider. The market is open every day from 9 to 6 during a season that runs from July to mid-December. Pick-your-own apples are a weekend thing here, and the farm posts the dates on its events page.
Website | 330-769-3276

Beckwith Orchards

Address: 1617 Lake Rockwell Rd, Kent
Beckwith has been family owned and operated since 1878, and fall there brings apples, pumpkins, gourds and cider. There’s no pick-your-own. The fruit is already picked and bagged in the gift shop, which also has a bakery. The Portage County Hike and Bike Trail runs next to the orchard. The orchard’s website listed the hours in June as 10 to 5 every day, but the site was down in early October, so check its Facebook page or call before you go.
Facebook | 330-673-6433

Haus Orchard and Cider Mill

Address: 6742 W Calla Rd, Canfield
Matt and Edith Haus started this orchard and cider mill in 1954, and it’s now a second-generation farm. The cider press starts up in September. Haus runs its cider through a flash pasteurizer and uses no preservatives. The farm’s website lists the hours as Monday through Saturday from 10 to 5, closed Sundays, with a season that runs from May to December. The site doesn’t post dated updates, so call before a long drive.
Website | 330-533-5305

MacQueen Orchards

Address: 7605 Garden Rd, Holland
The MacQueen family planted its first apple tree here in 1936. The cider is made daily and pasteurized in the farm’s own cider mill, and in the fall you can watch the press through a window in the farm market. The bakery makes cider donuts. The market is open every day except major holidays, from 9 to 7 through October and from 9 to 6 from November through April. Pick-your-own apples usually start around September 12th and run through the third week of October.
Website | 419-865-2916

Cheers to autumn!

Moes Cider Mill Has Closed

Moes Cider Mill in Vermilion, which was on this list, closed for good at the start of September. The owners announced it on the mill’s Facebook page after 12 years of running it, and the page is now marked permanently closed. They said their cider vinegar will be sold at Quarry Hill Orchards in Berlin Heights.

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