U.S. leading cider brands based on dollar sales 2019

With retail sales exceeding the 200 million U.S. dollar mark, Angry Orchard was undoubtedly the leading brand of cider in the United States in 2019. Other popular cider brands included Bold Rock, Strongbow, and Stella Artois Cidre.

Cider production in the U.S.

As of January 2019, there were over 900 cider producers based in the United States. Most of these cider producing companies, namely over 600 hundred, were traditional cideries. Roughly 100 of the country’s 900 cider producers were breweries. One year earlier, the largest collection of U.S. cider producing companies could be found in the state of New York, which accounted for almost 100 of them.

Cider consumption in the U.S.

American consumers aged 30 to 49 were the most avid drinkers of cider in 2018. Roughly a quarter of consumers within this age group stated they drink cider regularly. The beverage was not as popular among 50 to 64-year-olds, however, as less than ten percent them drank cider regularly.