ANOCHE {Translates to: Last Night}

For the last three years we’ve teamed up with our cider, gin, vermouth, and tin fish buddies — from @anoche.portland — for an epic party.

The next iteration of this epic party will take place in two weeks on Saturday, April 19th from 3-9pm at @anoche.portland on Washington Ave.

Each year we celebrate Maine ciders and the Spanish and Portuguese influences on everything we do. Every year, we tap 10x different ciders we’ve made, for an extra special cider selection not seen outside of our tasting room.

This year, to add to the celebration, we made a collaboration cider with foraged apples from the foothills around Portland and foraged apples from Bethel, Lovell, and Oxford—called Last Night.

For the party, we will release Last Night on draft and in bottles at both locations (in Winthrop and Portland) simultaneously on April 19th.

This celebration ends up being a community gathering with some of our favorite fermentation buddies, industry friends, close family, and good ole friends.

Join us for one of our favorite days of the year. Cheers to the team at Anoche, we can’t wait to hang!

The Barn Sessions is a concert series at the Absolem Cider tasting room. Enjoy live original music from local musicians and regionally acclaimed artists. This show is free to the public, we simply ask you enjoy beverages and snacks from our regular tasting room menu. More details about our menus at: https://www.absolemcider.com/visit

Alongside the music, enjoy our tasting room menu and regular daily food trucks.

The Barn Sessions is a concert series at the Absolem Cider tasting room. Enjoy live original music from local musicians and regionally acclaimed artists. This show is free to the public, we simply ask you enjoy beverages and snacks from our regular tasting room menu. More details about our menus at: https://www.absolemcider.com/visit

Alongside the music, enjoy our tasting room menu and regular daily food trucks.

The Barn Sessions is a concert series at the Absolem Cider tasting room. Enjoy live original music from local musicians and regionally acclaimed artists. This show is free to the public, we simply ask you enjoy beverages and snacks from our regular tasting room menu. More details about our menus at: https://www.absolemcider.com/visit

Alongside the music, enjoy our tasting room menu and regular daily food trucks.

The Barn Sessions is a concert series at the Absolem Cider tasting room. Enjoy live original music from local musicians and regionally acclaimed artists. This show is free to the public, we simply ask you enjoy beverages and snacks from our regular tasting room menu. More details about our menus at: https://www.absolemcider.com/visit

Alongside the music, enjoy our tasting room menu and regular daily food trucks.

On Mother’s Day, May 11, 2025, the CiderFeast™ East Coast Tour returns to Oxbow Blending & Bottling in Portland, and Absolem Cider is pouring at the event. For more details and tickets visit The CiderFeast Portland page.

Try ciders from over 20 makers and food for purchase from Portland’s buzziest food trucks, on site for the day. Stay tuned for the full list of participating cideries and producers, coming soon. After sipping and sampling your new favorite ciders, Oxbow Blending & Bottling’s bar will be open to purchase full glasses of some of your favorites for a perfect way to round out this especially refreshing Mother’s Day.

Absolem Cider is taking part in Maine Wild Wine Fest again this year, celebrating natural wine producers and importers. Hosted at the historic Mallet Barn on the water at Wolfe's Neck Farm in Freeport. It is a joyful way to connect and taste with many of the top natural wine importers and producers in America. Crowds here are small, warm, and clustered around exhibitor tables. Grab your tickets via the Maine Wild Wine Fest Website!

Here are some of the producers pouring at the event:

North American Wineries & Producers
Oyster River Winegrower | Warren, ME
RAS Wines | Portland, ME
High Ridge Farm | Midcoast, ME
Cornish Cider Company | Cornish, ME
Absolem Cider | Winthrop, ME
Fogtown Brewing | Ellsworth, ME
Alpine Garden Winery | Bartlett, NH
Eden Cider/Iapetus Wines | Champlain Valley, VT
Fable Farm Fermentory | Barnard, VT
Left Bank Ciders | Hudson Valley, NY
Aaron Burr Cidery | Wurstboro, NY
Pearl Morissette | Ontario, CA
Patois Cider | Central VA
middle brow | Chicago, IL
Alfa Marfa Winery & Vineyard | TX/NM
Broc Cellars | Berkeley, CA
Forlorn Hope Wines | Napa Valley, CA
Joseph Jibril Wines | Sonoma County, CA
Terah Wine Co. | Central Coast, CA

International Wineries & Producers
Domaine Balansa | Haute Corbières, FR
Vini Aurora | Le March, IT
Canopus Uco | Uco Valley, Chile

Importer Portfolios
Selections de la Viña | Brooklyn, NY
Hootananny Wines | Connecticut (USA) & Piedmont, IT
Vinum USA | NJ & Maine
T Edward Wines | New York, NY
José Pastor Selections (Llaurador Wines) | USA, Spain
Louis Dressner Selections | New York, NY
Vinotas Selections | New York, NY

The Barn Sessions is a concert series at the Absolem Cider tasting room. Enjoy live original music from local musicians and regionally acclaimed artists. This show is free to the public, we simply ask you enjoy beverages and snacks from our regular tasting room menu. More details about our menus at: https://www.absolemcider.com/visit

Alongside the music, enjoy our tasting room menu and regular daily food trucks.

ritual mini-market

"ritual market is a high vibe, eclectic market hosted in the kennebec valley that features a rotating variety of vendors and their offerings. we host multiple events a year to offer a supportive, welcoming environment to connect and allow vendors to share their products with the public." - Halie, founder of Ritual Market

@absolemcider + @ritualmarketme have teamed up again to bring you a Mini Market! Join us at Absolem Cider and shop 15 local vendors offering a wide variety of handcrafted goods. This is a free event + open to the public - so come support local businesses, enjoy amazing food, and sip on your favorite ciders!

Absolem Cider is taking part in The Wavy Days Beer Festival this year. Hosted by our friends at Mast Landing Brewing in Thompson’s Point on June 28th from 12-4pm-featuring some of the best regional and national brewers. Grab your tickets via the Wavy Days Festival website.

ritual mini-market

"ritual market is a high vibe, eclectic market hosted in the kennebec valley that features a rotating variety of vendors and their offerings. we host multiple events a year to offer a supportive, welcoming environment to connect and allow vendors to share their products with the public." - Halie, founder of Ritual Market

@absolemcider + @ritualmarketme have teamed up again to bring you a Mini Market! Join us at Absolem Cider and shop 15 local vendors offering a wide variety of handcrafted goods. This is a free event + open to the public - so come support local businesses, enjoy amazing food, and sip on your favorite ciders!

SAVE THE DATE! Our 3rd Anniversary Party is Saturday, July 12th, and we are making it one of our biggest celebrations of the year. Prepare yourself for an intergalactic party in the woods in our barn by the lake!

Enjoy the largest selection of our ciders to date—including 30+ different house ciders on draft: some vintage batches, some cider in magnum bottles, and all of the old favorites by the glass! More details on the full list coming in June.

Plus, enjoy live music performances all-day long and 3+ food vendors throughout the day. This is only the beginning of announcements with more details coming at a later date.

Here are some of those details, with more announcements coming over the next couple of weeks:

LIVE MUSIC:
– (12–2PM) with TBA
– (2:30–4:30PM) with TBA
– (5–7PM) with @tobymcallister & The Sierra Sounds
– (7:30–9:30PM) with TBA

FOOD POP-UPS: (from 12-8pm)
— @cushnoc_brewing wood-fired pizzas
— @baonbeyond steamed buns & asian fusion
— TBA debut food-truck!

To add to the special day, we will have our outdoor bar to help make sure you can have plenty of access to drinks throughout the day. As always, this event is open to the public, no tickets necessary, just enjoy the day.

Thank you for all the support. We are eternally grateful to celebrate another year with you!

Mother Hen Creations is hosting a pop up outdoor Vintage Market in the fields at Absolem Cider. A chance to get together a ton of local Vintage Vendors in a great place to share their treasures with all. Live music, food trucks, the tasting room will be open with a full bar, and more details to follow!

ritual mini-market

"ritual market is a high vibe, eclectic market hosted in the kennebec valley that features a rotating variety of vendors and their offerings. we host multiple events a year to offer a supportive, welcoming environment to connect and allow vendors to share their products with the public." - Halie, founder of Ritual Market

@absolemcider + @ritualmarketme have teamed up again to bring you a Mini Market! Join us at Absolem Cider and shop 15 local vendors offering a wide variety of handcrafted goods. This is a free event + open to the public - so come support local businesses, enjoy amazing food, and sip on your favorite ciders!

ritual mini-market

"ritual market is a high vibe, eclectic market hosted in the kennebec valley that features a rotating variety of vendors and their offerings. we host multiple events a year to offer a supportive, welcoming environment to connect and allow vendors to share their products with the public." - Halie, founder of Ritual Market

@absolemcider + @ritualmarketme have teamed up again to bring you a Mini Market! Join us at Absolem Cider and shop 15 local vendors offering a wide variety of handcrafted goods. This is a free event + open to the public - so come support local businesses, enjoy amazing food, and sip on your favorite ciders!

ritual mini-market

"ritual market is a high vibe, eclectic market hosted in the kennebec valley that features a rotating variety of vendors and their offerings. we host multiple events a year to offer a supportive, welcoming environment to connect and allow vendors to share their products with the public." - Halie, founder of Ritual Market

@absolemcider + @ritualmarketme have teamed up again to bring you a Mini Market! Join us at Absolem Cider and shop 15 local vendors offering a wide variety of handcrafted goods. This is a free event + open to the public - so come support local businesses, enjoy amazing food, and sip on your favorite ciders!