Bear Swamp Orchard - Distillery & Cidery

Bear Swamp Orchard - Distillery & Cidery We are a small, organic orchard, distillery, and cidery in Ashfield Massachusetts. We offer apple brandy, hard cider, plus U-pick apples in season.

Still have some odds and ends we’d like to move. - 500ml, clear glass, crown cap (26mm)bottles. 12per case, 70 cases ava...
05/22/2023

Still have some odds and ends we’d like to move. - 500ml, clear glass, crown cap (26mm)bottles. 12per case, 70 cases available. Make an offer, want them gone. (Still some available, Jan. 15 2025)

We have closed, it was a good run and a good time, thanks for your support over the years.
10/10/2022

We have closed, it was a good run and a good time, thanks for your support over the years.

Come visit us for our last tasting room weekend! Foliage is awesome, weather will be nice. We have plenty of brandy, pom...
10/07/2022

Come visit us for our last tasting room weekend! Foliage is awesome, weather will be nice. We have plenty of brandy, pommeau, vinegar, and maple syrup. And you can take a hike, or go to the Ashfield Fall Festival too! 1-5 Saturday and Sunday.

Big ChangesAs farmers we are used to shifting with the season. We are going to stop doing the orchard as a commercial ve...
10/03/2022

Big Changes
As farmers we are used to shifting with the season. We are going to stop doing the orchard as a commercial venture after 17 seasons. It's just become too much of a burden for us at this point in our lives. My parents, who's help was critical, have aged out of being able to do what they used to. Our boys, who also were key help, have moved on with their own lives too. Jen’s teaching job has changed and she just doesn't have the time she used.
This leaves me to cover it all, along side my full time woodworking business, and at my age I just can’t keep it up anymore with two physical jobs. Help was always hard to find, and now is virtually impossible. We have been scaling back what we could do, and it has really come to a breaking point mentally and physically. It is sad, and hard considering what we have put into it, but it is going to be best for our quality of life going forward. It was always a part time gig, and a boost economically at a time when we needed it.

Our last weekend of being open will be the 8th-9th of October 2022, 1-5.

We have met so many amazing people over the years. We have literally watched many of your children grow up as they came picking here year after year. Life is about the experiences we share, and we were glad so many were able to share this with us and make it so special. But all things must pass.
Steve & Jen

(PS- We will still have pop up times in the future to pick up brandy, not sure what that will look like at this point, but feel free to reach out)

Only two more weekends to pick up apple spirits this season! The tree colors are changing, come check them out. Stop in ...
09/30/2022

Only two more weekends to pick up apple spirits this season! The tree colors are changing, come check them out. Stop in for your holiday libations, they make great gifts too!
Apple Brandy and Pommeau Tastings, Saturdays and Sundays, 1-5
We have our own raw vinegar and maple syrup too!
(No Hard Cider, PYO, or fruit)
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Apple Brandy and Pommeau Tastings, Saturdays and Sundays, 1-5(No Hard Cider)--
09/22/2022

Apple Brandy and Pommeau Tastings, Saturdays and Sundays, 1-5
(No Hard Cider)
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Apple Brandy Tasting Room open Saturdays and Sundays from 1-5.We will have our 30 month aged Apple Brandy (40% ABV, a sp...
09/14/2022

Apple Brandy Tasting Room open Saturdays and Sundays from 1-5.
We will have our 30 month aged Apple Brandy (40% ABV, a spirit made from distilling hard cider), and Pommeau (19% ABV, made by combining brandy and sweet apple cider, then aging 24 months in oak barrels, a dessert liquor).
Stop in and check them out!
(No hard cider, fresh fruit, or pick your own available this year)
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Changes in 2022 As farmers, we are used to shifting with the seasons. Bear Swamp Orchard is truly a family endeavor, and...
08/09/2022

Changes in 2022

As farmers, we are used to shifting with the seasons. Bear Swamp Orchard is truly a family endeavor, and we have really enjoyed being a small part of the local food experience for people with our apples, cider and donuts, hard cider and brandy each fall for 16 years. However, we have reached a new season in that aspect of our lives, as the youngest generation has started on their adult paths, and the older generation has settled into their well-deserved retirement. This leaves Steve and Jen to cover it all. Given that we are not as young we once were, and with the current labor shortage, we have decided to scale back the orchard in response to this phase.
For 2022, we will hold Apple Brandy/Pommeau tasting room hours, adding in some brandy cocktail tastings too, in the Fall. No hard cider.
Due to a poor crop there will not be pick your own this year. Other things like doughnuts, sweet cider and sorting pre-picked apples are not possible with the current available labor.
Thanks for your support over the years, and hope to see you out here,
Steve and Jen

11/07/2021

We are SOLD OUT! So we will not be open tomorrow, November 7. Thanks to everyone who visited us this season. Sorry to miss those of you who planned to visit tomorrow, do check out all the other great places open for Cider Days.

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1209B Hawley Road
Ashfield, MA
01330

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