Big Bang Cider

06/17/2026

Now open Thursday & Friday 3:00-8:00pm and Saturday & Sunday 12:00-6:00pm. Come on out and enjoy one of our traditional ciders, a rotating summer feature or a refreshing cider slushie. Our on-site food truck, Cinfully Delicious, is here all summer and the live music is just heating up. Check back often to see who is playing each weekend. Cheers to a safe, social and cidery summer!

06/13/2026

Replacing the Angel’s Share!
Aging cider in barrels is a balance between allowing enough micro-oxidation to develop delicious and elegant flavours but not allowing oxidation in occur in the “head space” of our barrels.
Barrels are made of wood which breathe and allow a small amount of evaporation over time. The cider that is lost is called the Angel’s Share. We need to replace this amount every few weeks to ensure that the cider isn’t in contact with too much oxygen. This is one of small but very important steps in making delicious cider.

06/06/2026

Rain! ☔️
Farms need rain! We’re stoked to have a bit of cooler wet weather today.
We’ll have the fires going today so come by and warm your self and soul with a glass of cider and live music.

05/30/2026

05/28/2026

BC Bike Race!
Thirsty mountain bike riders are finishing up the Nanaimo leg of the BC Bike Race at the cidery today!

05/27/2026

Pruning Little Baby Trees!
Typically when we’re grafting scions(fruit stock) on two root stock you want to have 2-3 dormant buds on your scion. The extra buds are a bit of an insurance program to make sure that at least one bud makes it. We’re pretty confident the grafts have taken now and we are pruning off the extra branches.

05/22/2026

Live Music this weekend!
Saturday May 23 - Two Towns Apart - 2-4pm.
Sunday May 24 - Lavender and Lefty - 2-4pm
Come try some delicious cider and grab a bite at the food truck!

05/20/2026

Irrigation setup!
I filmed this a week or so ago when we were supposed to get a bunch of rain that never came :(
This shows one small step in getting our irrigation system up and running!

05/16/2026

Attack of the Voles!
Every winter we lose some trees to voles. The good news is, is that the trees are FAR more resilient than we thought. I expected this entire row to die off but it looks like they are pushing through and somehow still getting enough food and water. Hopefully the mulch and keeping down the grass will help keep the voles at bay.