Searching for the best hard cider to drink when watching your calorie intake? Welcome to our list of the top 10 lowest calorie hard ciders! Since hard ciders are becoming more and more widely popular, we will do our best to keep this as up to date as possible. Please drink responsibly!
1) Woodchuck Crisp Hard Cider
Woodchuck in Spingfield, VT are the creators of numerous delicious draft ciders, including apple, pear, raspberry, and other seasonal favorites. Their very tasty Crisp Hard Cider tops our list as the lightest hard cider with only 120 calories per serving.
ABV
4%
4%
Calories per serving
120
120
Carbs per serving
10.00
10.00
Calories from alcohol
63.52%
63.52%
2) Michelob Ultra Light Cider
Michelob Ultra Light Cider is Anheuser-Busch’s unique take on hard apple cider. It’s a less sweet variety with less calories as well.
ABV
4%
4%
Calories per serving
120
120
Carbs per serving
10.00
10.00
Calories from alcohol
63.52%
63.52%
3) Magners Irish Cider
Widely available in Irish pubs, Magners Irish Cider is made with a controlled yeast, pasteurized, and artificially carbonated. In Ireland, it’s called “Bulmers”, but to the rest of the world this low calorie hard cider is the one-and-only Magners.
ABV
4.5%
4.5%
Calories per serving
125
125
Carbs per serving
N/A
N/A
Calories from alcohol
68.61%
68.61%
4) Crispin Natural Hard Apple Cider
Crispin Natural Hard Apple Cider is a very refreshing and too sweet hard cider with natural flavorings. With only 140 calories per serving, it’s an easy hard cider to enjoy. Try it over ice!
ABV
6.9%
6.9%
Calories per serving
140
140
Carbs per serving
N/A
N/A
Calories from alcohol
93.93%
93.93%
5) Strongbow Cider
Michelob Ultra is brewed by Anheuser-Busch in Missouri, United States. It is the lowest calorie beer and lowest carb beer on our list. Brewed to produce a smooth and refreshing taste with fewer carbs. This beer is actually quite tasty for its lightness.
ABV
5%
5%
Calories per serving
140
140
Carbs per serving
N/A
N/A
Calories from alcohol
68.06%
68.06%
6) Wyder’s Apple Cider
By the Vermont Hard Cider Company in Port Moody, Canada, this hard cider is traditional with a full body and smooth apple finish.
ABV
5%
5%
Calories per serving
150
150
Carbs per serving
21
21
Calories from alcohol
63.52%
63.52%
7) Hornsby’s Hard Cider
Hornsby’s Hard Cider is another drink on our list from the Vermont Hard Cider Company. It is medium bodied with notes of green apple.
ABV
5.5%
5.5%
Calories per serving
200
200
Carbs per serving
N/A
N/A
Calories from alcohol
52.41%
52.41%
8) Angry Orchard Traditional Dry Cider
Angry Orchard is a widely popular hard cider with many varieties. Their Traditional Dry cider has the least amount of calories and is made in the style of English draft ciders. Bittersweet, dry and slightly spicy. Very refreshing and easy to drink.
ABV
5.5%
5.5%
Calories per serving
190
190
Carbs per serving
22.00
22.00
Calories from alcohol
55.17%
55.17%
9) Johnny Appleseed Hard Apple Cider
Johnny Appleseed Hard Apple Cider has a refreshing apple aroma, sweet taste and a tart, almost candy-like, finish. This hard cider is becoming more readily available and is brewed by Anheuser-Busch.
ABV
5.5%
5.5%
Calories per serving
210
210
Carbs per serving
26.00
26.00
Calories from alcohol
49.91%
49.91%
10) Smith & Forge Hard Cider
Smith & Forge is a very good tasting hard cider. A little stronger and sweeter than the other ciders on the list and also packing more calories. With its higher alcohol content and bolder flavor, you shouldn’t need to drink as many as you would with the others.
ABV
6%
6%
Calories per serving
220
220
Carbs per serving
26.00
26.00
Calories from alcohol
54.71%
54.71%
Honorable Mention: Redd’s Apple Ale
Although it’s not a real hard cider, Redd’s Apple Ale is loved by hard apple cider fans and is widely available. Some say this apple ale is responsible for the boom in hard ciders. Very tasty and traditional.
ABV
5%
5%
Calories per serving
165
165
Carbs per serving
17.10
17.10
Calories from alcohol
57.75%
57.75%
Personal opinion... Smith & Forge is the best tasting hard cider, but it's very sweet which means lots of sugar. If I'm going to be drinking several, I go for Woodchuck or Crispin.
Redds is NOT a cider, it's an ale. In other words, apple flavored beer. And ifs definitely not gluten free.
I've always preferred Woodchuck. They've got a great pear cider as well.
I'm in Oz(Australia) and found MAGNERS 'Blonde' Lower Carb cider the best & healthiest choice here Ie.No added sugar, Nutritional value(per bottle/330ml) Energy 93cal/388kj, protein-fat-sat fat <0.01, Carbs 2.64 Sugars <0.01 But I have a question I'm hoping someone can help with, "How does the yeast used during production affect our health Ie. weight gain?" Eagerly awaiting feedback :-) Cheers, Lorissa
Is this a collection of the worst ciders you can find? Seriously. These are awful ciders. Crispin is decent the rest are terrible. Try some craft ciders instead.
Check out Citizen Cider (Burlington, VT). They have several varieties that are exceptional and they don't add any additional sugar during the production as they use a stop-fermentation process. All their apples are locally (VT & NY) sourced directly from farmers, never from concentrate, and pressed at Happy Valley Orchards. My favorite is Wits Up which is 155 Calories per 16 ounce, 5.9% ABV, 0g Sugar, and 2 Carbs. I am a native Vermonter and we now have many great Cideries to choose from; Woodchuck, Champlain Orchards, and Stowe Cider... Citizen takes the cake for me! Vermont Ice Hard Cider from Boyden Valley Winery & Spirits in Cambridge, VT is delicious also. P.S. No I do not work for them (Citizen) nor have I ever. I just love cider and have tried nearly every brand and variety I've been able to get my hands on. Just wanted to give my opinion. Check out their site and offerings and then I seriously suggest you give a taste of what they've got. You wont regret it.