This Romeo orchard presses farm-fresh cider without the petting zoos, gimmicks, and large crowds typical of some more popular mills. It does, however, have the essentials: cider and doughnuts at reasonable prices. Get cider by the gallon, half-gallon, or as a slush.

Get one of metro Detroit’s favorite hard ciders right from the source. Visit the Armada tasting room for a wide variety of hard ciders year round. Try classics like the Flannel Mouth or the spicy El Chavo, or seasonal favorites like the Apple Lantern. In 2021, try a new 12-pack of refreshing flavors such as melon, mimosa, strawberry, and guava.

The Westview Orchards family has been making fresh apple cider since the 1940s. Purchase some sweet cider direct from the store, or check out the 1850 cider barn loft winery for hard cider and wines. Don’t skip the peach apple cider and doughnuts.

This orchard in Holly has all the staples — u-pick apples, hayrides, horses, and, of course, fresh cider pressed on the premises. Locals have been going back for decades, swearing the location has the best cider around.

Spicer’s tasting room is open daily in Fenton. Grab a cold glass of pressed cider and a cider doughnut before heading out into the orchard for apple picking, season permitting. Afterward, visit the bustling tasting room to sample Spicer's wines and hard ciders.

Find fresh-pressed cider and doughnuts at this Bloomfield Hills favorite. Only Michigan apples are used to make this unpasteurized autumn beverage, and an old German recipe is used to create the doughnuts daily.

While B. Nektar's primary focus is mead on tap and in the bottle, fans visit the tasting room to try one-off beers and dry ciders. There's also, of course, the flagship brew Zombie Killer — a hard cider blended with honey and cherries. The Dude’s Rug has Chai spices and is 100 percent gluten-free.

Part of Parmenter’s Northville Cider Mill, founded in 1873, Northville Winery offers many hard ciders to choose from when visiting the tap room. Using grapes and apples from the west side of the state, apples are pressed and the cider and wine are fermented on site. Ciders range from the traditional apple to medleys mixed with other fruits from cherries to blueberries to blackberries. Also hoppy-style ciders for beer lovers and bourbon-barrel cider for sweet and smoky cider. There’s also a wide range of apple-products and non-alcoholic cider available at the mill.

The short list of bottled cider offerings at Selden Standard leans more toward international options such and pear ciders from France and dry varieties from New Zealand.

Detroit's finest beer shop keeps a rotating selection of brews on tap in the back including a regularly updated selection of hard ciders as well as ciders sold by the can or bottle.

Dexter Cider Mill is must-visit for any local or visitor to Southeast Michigan in the fall. Plan for an apple-picking adventure and expect to spend some time in the perpetual line wending its way through the retail for fresh doughnuts and (non-alcoholic) cider. It’s hard to come away without some other sort of apple-based treat.

While some run-of-the-mill hard ciders taste more like candy than something resembling actual fruit, the offerings on Wright & Co.'s extensive cider list are true to style. Expect a range of options from McIntosh apple cider to a brut cider aged in Martinique rum barrels.

Blom’s taproom in downtown Ann Arbor serves as a space to sample meads and ciders, ask questions, sit down with a glass, or watch the fermentation process in action. There’s an extensive selection of cider to round out its mead offerings. All of the ingredients used to make them come from Michigan farmers. Flavors change with the seasons and are gluten-free.