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Cider house
Definition
A building or licensed premises where cider is made or sold. In the West Country it meant the farm’s making and storage building; in modern usage it usually means a bar specialising in cider.
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Related terms
Terms that belong to the same part of the subject, or that this one is routinely confused with.
History
Pound house
The farm building in which apples were pounded, pressed and fermented — the West Country name for the cider house, from the old verb to pound, meaning to mill.
Culture
Llagar
An Asturian cider house: the press, the cellar of chestnut vats, and the room where the new cider is tasted and sold. The word means both the press itself and the building around it.
Culture
Sagardotegi
A Basque cider house: a working cidery with a dining room, open from January to spring, where guests eat a set menu and drink from the *kupela*, the great vats, at the cry of *txotx*.
Culture
Chigre
An Asturian cider bar, where *sidra natural* is poured by the bottle and shared, with a *culete* served at a time and the drip tray running constantly.
Culture
Apfelweinwirtschaft
A Frankfurt-area tavern specialising in Apfelwein, serving it from the *Bembel* with regional food, and identified traditionally by a pine wreath hung outside when new cider is ready.
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Sources
What this page rests on. Where a source is marked as registered rather than read, CiderHQ is recording that the body is authoritative on the subject without claiming to have worked through the document itself. See our evidence policy for what each state means.
Somerset Rural Life Museum — cider collections
South West Heritage Trust · museum · retrieved 2026-08-24
Hereford Museum of Cider collections and interpretation
Hereford Cider Museum Trust · museum · retrieved 2026-08-24