Celebrating the UK’s breakthrough cider makers
The Breakthrough Cider Maker Awards recognise and celebrate makers producing excellent-quality, whole-juice ciders and perries from across the UK.
We’re passionate about great cider and perry, made the right way. So, we’ve created an awards programme that’s a little different from the rest — with prizes designed to genuinely help makers, and feedback that’s useful and actionable.
Above all, the awards are about championing and supporting cider makers. That’s why we simply ask you to enter the cider or perry that best represents you and what you do. No complicated categories. No need to create something specifically for the competition. Just send us the drink you’re most proud of.
Entry is completely FREE and open to cider and perry makers producing between 3,000 and 50,000 litres per year, including previous entrants.
The Breakthrough Cider Maker Awards will return in 2027, with entries opening towards the end of 2026.
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Read on to discover more about the prizes and what makes the Breakthrough Cider Maker Awards different.
