Best Hard Cider Drinks

99 hard cider drinks tracked, averaging 20.3g carbs and 182 calories per serving. Cider ferments apple juice rather than grain, and apple juice starts with more natural sugar than a beer wort - even a dry cider typically retains more residual sugar than a light beer, which shows up directly in the category's carb average. Sorted by DrinkLeader score (highest first), then carbs and calories.

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Sorted by DrinkLeader score (highest first), then carbs and calories. Use the cards below to understand the baseline before you compare individual bottles, cans, or pours.

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Average carbs 10.8g

Average across the drinks featured on this page, per 12 oz serving

Average calories 142

Average across the drinks featured on this page, per 12 oz serving

Average score 58.5

Sorted by DrinkLeader score (highest first), then carbs and calories.

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Best Hard Cider Drinks List

Use this ranking as a fast shortlist, then verify serving size and carbs before ordering.

  1. 1

    Grevens Strawberry Cider

    Hard Cider · 2.5g carbs · 145 calories · 4.7% ABV · 16.9oz serving

    87
  2. 2

    Kelterei Krämer Beerfurther Schoppen naturtrüb

    Hard Cider · 4.5g carbs · 380 calories · 6.0% ABV · 33.8oz serving

    82
  3. 3

    Ringnes as Lite sparkling cider

    Hard Cider · 4.5g carbs · 150 calories · 4.5% ABV · 16.9oz serving

    78
  4. 4

    Fichtekranz Apfelwein von glücklichen Äpfeln

    Hard Cider · 4.6g carbs · 131 calories · 5.5% ABV · 12oz serving

    77
  5. 5

    Bulmers Light Irish Cider

    Hard Cider · 5.0g carbs · 99 calories · 4.5% ABV · 12oz serving

    76
  6. 6

    Austin Eastciders Original Dry Cider

    Hard Cider · 7.0g carbs · 120 calories · 5.0% ABV · 12oz serving

    70
  7. 7

    Austin Eastciders Blood Orange Cider

    Hard Cider · 8.0g carbs · 130 calories · 5.0% ABV · 12oz serving

    67
  8. 8

    Thomas Le Prince Cidre brut

    Hard Cider · 8.3g carbs · 116 calories · 5.0% ABV · 12oz serving

    66
  9. 9

    Kumpf Schwäbischer Most

    Hard Cider · 6.0g carbs · 160 calories · 5.8% ABV · 12oz serving

    65
  10. 10

    Cidre Le Brun Cidre Fermier Bigouden

    Hard Cider · 7.9g carbs · 121 calories · 4.5% ABV · 12oz serving

    65
  11. 11

    Angry Orchard Crisp Light

    Hard Cider · 6.0g carbs · 120 calories · 4.3% ABV · 12oz serving

    64
  12. 12

    Scrumpy Jack

    Hard Cider · 9.8g carbs · 159 calories · 6.0% ABV · 12oz serving

    63
  13. 13

    Austin Eastciders Pineapple Cider

    Hard Cider · 9.0g carbs · 135 calories · 5.0% ABV · 12oz serving

    63
  14. 14

    Dry Blackthorn Cider

    Hard Cider · 8.5g carbs · 138 calories · 5.0% ABV · 12oz serving

    62
  15. 15

    Pærecider Light

    Hard Cider · 12.0g carbs · 175 calories · 4.5% ABV · 16.9oz serving

    59
  16. 16

    Crispin Original Cider

    Hard Cider · 11.0g carbs · 140 calories · 5.0% ABV · 12oz serving

    58
  17. 17

    Angry Orchard Stone Dry

    Hard Cider · 12.0g carbs · 150 calories · 5.5% ABV · 12oz serving

    57
  18. 18

    Strongbow Original Dry Cider

    Hard Cider · 10.0g carbs · 146 calories · 5.0% ABV · 12oz serving

    57
  19. 19

    Michelob Ultra Light Cider

    Hard Cider · 10.0g carbs · 120 calories · 4.0% ABV · 12oz serving

    55
  20. 20

    Ace Joker Apple Cider

    Hard Cider · 15.0g carbs · 160 calories · 6.9% ABV · 12oz serving

    54
  21. 21

    Samuel Smith Organic Cider

    Hard Cider · 10.3g carbs · 153 calories · 5.0% ABV · 12oz serving

    53
  22. 22

    Juicifer Hard Apple Cider

    Hard Cider · 14.0g carbs · 160 calories · 6.0% ABV · 12oz serving

    53
  23. 23

    Juicifer Hard Pear Cider

    Hard Cider · 14.0g carbs · 160 calories · 6.0% ABV · 12oz serving

    53
  24. 24

    Austin Eastciders Texas Honey Cider

    Hard Cider · 12.0g carbs · 150 calories · 5.0% ABV · 12oz serving

    53
  25. 25

    Ace Perry Pear Cider

    Hard Cider · 13.0g carbs · 140 calories · 5.0% ABV · 12oz serving

    52
  26. 26

    Strongbow Rosé Apple Cider

    Hard Cider · 14.0g carbs · 150 calories · 5.5% ABV · 12oz serving

    51
  27. 27

    Crispin Rosé Cider

    Hard Cider · 14.0g carbs · 150 calories · 5.5% ABV · 12oz serving

    51
  28. 28

    Bold Rock IPA Style Cider

    Hard Cider · 15.0g carbs · 160 calories · 6.0% ABV · 12oz serving

    51
  29. 29

    Woodchuck Granny Smith Cider

    Hard Cider · 14.0g carbs · 150 calories · 5.0% ABV · 12oz serving

    49
  30. 30

    Bold Rock Virginia Apple Cider

    Hard Cider · 14.0g carbs · 150 calories · 4.7% ABV · 12oz serving

    47
  31. 31

    Woodchuck Amber Cider

    Hard Cider · 16.0g carbs · 160 calories · 5.0% ABV · 12oz serving

    44
  32. 32

    Magners Original Cider (UK Variant)

    Hard Cider · 15.3g carbs · 153 calories · 4.5% ABV · 12oz serving

    42
  33. 33

    Angry Orchard Rose

    Hard Cider · 18.0g carbs · 160 calories · 5.5% ABV · 12oz serving

    42
  34. 34

    Redd's Hard Apple

    Hard Cider · 17.1g carbs · 165 calories · 5.0% ABV · 12oz serving

    41
  35. 35

    Crowmoor dry apple cider

    Hard Cider · 15.5g carbs · 151 calories · 4.7% ABV · 11.2oz serving

    41
  36. 36

    Ace Pineapple Cider

    Hard Cider · 17.0g carbs · 170 calories · 5.0% ABV · 12oz serving

    40

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Hard Cider Ranking FAQ

How is DrinkLeader ranking the best hard cider drinks?

This list sorts by DrinkLeader score first, then uses carbs and calories as tiebreakers. It is designed to surface balanced, macro-aware choices quickly.

Why compare hard cider by more than best score?

Because a drink can look strong in one metric and weak in another. Use this page for the primary goal, then open the sibling rankings to compare the same category by other constraints.

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