Best Hard Cider Drinks

Best Score Snapshot For Hard Cider

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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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Hard Cider drinks included in this ranking family

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Average carbs 23.6g

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

Average calories 179

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

Average score 22.1

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

How To Use This Ranking

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These are the highest scoring hard cider drinks in the database, making this the fastest way to find strong options before you order.

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The featured list still averages 23.6g carbs and 179 calories per 12 oz serving, so compare nutrition instead of trusting rank alone.

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Magners Pear Cider

Hard Cider · 18.5g carbs · 163 calories · 4.5% ABV · 12oz serving

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Somersby Mango & Lime Cider

Hard Cider · 17.4g carbs · 166 calories · 4.5% ABV · 12oz serving

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BRLO Cider Rose

Hard Cider · 17.8g carbs · 166 calories · 4.5% ABV · 12oz serving

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CrowMoor Legendary English Style Dry Apple Cider

Hard Cider · 23.0g carbs · 225 calories · 4.7% ABV · 16.9oz serving

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Angry Orchard Green Apple

Hard Cider · 20.0g carbs · 180 calories · 5.0% ABV · 12oz serving

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Strongbow Gold Apple Cider

Hard Cider · 19.0g carbs · 172 calories · 5.0% ABV · 11.2oz serving

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Inch's Cloudy Apple Cider

Hard Cider · 19.8g carbs · 180 calories · 4.0% ABV · 14.9oz serving

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Thatchers Gold Cider

Hard Cider · 22.6g carbs · 235 calories · 4.8% ABV · 16.9oz serving

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Angry Orchard Traditional Dry Cider

Hard Cider · 22.0g carbs · 190 calories · 5.5% ABV · 12oz serving

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Strongbow Strawberry Cider

Hard Cider · 22.5g carbs · 205 calories · 4.0% ABV · 16.9oz serving

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Angry Orchard Crisp Apple

Hard Cider · 21.0g carbs · 190 calories · 5.0% ABV · 12oz serving

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Rekorderlig Strawberry-Lime

Hard Cider · 20.0g carbs · 175 calories · 4.5% ABV · 12oz serving

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Rekorderlig Wild Berries

Hard Cider · 20.0g carbs · 175 calories · 4.5% ABV · 12oz serving

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Rekorderlig Mango-Raspberry

Hard Cider · 20.0g carbs · 175 calories · 4.5% ABV · 12oz serving

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Apple Bandit Juicy apple

Hard Cider · 18.9g carbs · 153 calories · 4.5% ABV · 10.1oz serving

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Woodchuck Raspberry Cider

Hard Cider · 17.0g carbs · 170 calories · 4.0% ABV · 12oz serving

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Organic Perry Pear Cider

Hard Cider · 23.4g carbs · 199 calories · 5.0% ABV · 12oz serving

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Maeloc Sidra con pera

Hard Cider · 15.6g carbs · 108 calories · 4.0% ABV · 6.8oz serving

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Wyder's Pear Cider

Hard Cider · 22.0g carbs · 140 calories · 4.0% ABV · 12oz serving

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Magners Spiced Apple and Honey

Hard Cider · 22.0g carbs · 161 calories · 4.0% ABV · 12oz serving

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Stella Artois Cidre

Hard Cider · 22.0g carbs · 180 calories · 4.5% ABV · 11.2oz serving

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Bandida do Pomar Pêssego

Hard Cider · 28.0g carbs · 240 calories · 4.5% ABV · 16.9oz serving

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Wild Panther Mango & passion fruit cider

Hard Cider · 24.1g carbs · 181 calories · 4.5% ABV · 11.2oz serving

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Somersby Blackberry

Hard Cider · 24.1g carbs · 184 calories · 4.5% ABV · 11.2oz serving

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Somersby Blueberry Flavoured Cider

Hard Cider · 27.3g carbs · 202 calories · 4.5% ABV · 12oz serving

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Wild Panther Blackberry Cider

Hard Cider · 27.4g carbs · 198 calories · 4.5% ABV · 11.2oz serving

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Somersby Cider - Blackberry

Hard Cider · 28.0g carbs · 230 calories · 4.5% ABV · 12oz serving

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heineken lišácké jablko hruška

Hard Cider · 25.6g carbs · 191 calories · 3.5% ABV · 12oz serving

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Somersby Apple Cider

Hard Cider · 30.4g carbs · 207 calories · 4.5% ABV · 11.2oz serving

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Somersby Pear Cider

Hard Cider · 32.6g carbs · 228 calories · 4.5% ABV · 12.7oz serving

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Harboe Pærecider

Hard Cider · 8.3g carbs · 39 calories · 0.8% ABV · 3.4oz serving

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Carlsberg, Somersby Apple Cider

Hard Cider · 35.5g carbs · 216 calories · 4.5% ABV · 12oz serving

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Kopparberg Strawberry and Lime Cider

Hard Cider · 33.0g carbs · 209 calories · 4.0% ABV · 11.2oz serving

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Kerisac Cidre Breton Doux

Hard Cider · 57.0g carbs · 360 calories · 2.0% ABV · 33.8oz serving

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Herrljunga Cider

Hard Cider · 85.0g carbs · 350 calories · 0.5% ABV · 33.8oz serving

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Ikea Cidre de pomme

Hard Cider · 49.5g carbs · 200 calories · 0.1% ABV · 16.9oz serving

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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.