ORIGINAL
Yip's Original Blend
Crisp, refreshing, apple flavours make this the perfect drink for any occasion!
6% ALC/VOL
DRY
CRISP
HOPPED
Yip's Hopped Cider
Flavourful New Brunswick hops give depth and dimension by adding fruity and floral notes, creating a delightful sensory experience.
6% ALC/VOL
DRY
DRY HOPPED
RUSSET
Yip's Liquid Gold
A naturally sweet beverage made with exclusively Golden Russets, resulting in a delicious sweet taste that will leave you wanting more!
6.5% ALC/VOL
SEMI-SWEET
SINGLE VARIETY
blueberry
Yip's Blueberry Picnic
This cider represents NB heritage in a can, rugged, civilized, and real fruit flavour. This is a semi-sweet cider with sweetness residing from the locally sourced blueberries. Serve chilled at any picnic.
6.0% ALC/VOL
SEMI-SWEET
NB APPLES + BLUEBERRIES
HOPE 100
LIMITED EDITION HOPE 100
Semi-sweet and abiding, this cider is made entirely from late variety apples, creating a distinguished apple flavour to compliment Hope's legacy.
6.0% ALC/VOL
SEMI-SWEET
LATE VARIETY HARVEST
6.0% ALC/VOL
SEMI-SWEET
TROPICAL
A wee addition of passionfruit makes this NB cider a tropical delight. BBQs and sunny weather adventures are appropriate pairings. Stay in the maritimes and have a Trip!
Yip Trip Passionfruit
Trip
Cidery
Mackay Orchard, Long Reach, New Brunswick
In Yip's day, and up until recently, apples were pressed in the basement of the barn with a man-powered vertical rack and cloth press. Today, hand-picked apples are pressed and fermented in a modern farmhouse using a hydraulic vertical rack and cloth press. Yip cider is fermented, matured, filtered, and bottled on site at Mackay Apple Orchard.
In the fall of 1965, Yip purchased a 1966 GMC green pickup truck to be used on the farm. This truck was passed on to Yip's son Chas, and was well loved until its retirement in 1992. In 2015, Chas's five children surprised him with the restoration of the old green truck. Today, the green truck is back in action, cruising through beautiful New Brunswick. Keep an eye out for the green truck at Mackay Apple Orchard, the Kingston farmers' market, and out delivering cider!
Our Story
Yip was born in Saint John, New Brunswick, where he developed a deep appreciation for its diverse forests, majestic rivers and people of character. Leaving New Brunswick in 1933 for military college, then WWII, and a career in Toronto, he was determined to come home some day.
On a visit home in 1964, Yip bought the farm adjacent to a camp owned by his father. He would return every summer to plant apple trees, raspberry bushes and a vegetable garden, until 1972, when he was able to move back home for good.
Yip enjoyed duck hunting, boating, and most importantly, making cider. He would pick the apples, enlisting anyone he could to help, then set out to craft his cider, which he would share with his family and neighbouring farms.
Yip's son, Chas, caught the bug, changed careers, and became a full time apple farmer in 1980. Yip left us in 1986, but Chas and his family have been carrying on the tradition of everything apples and cider to this day.
The trees Yip planted continue to produce fruit and we are open to the public as a U-pick, where people can pick apples, take pictures under apple trees, and buy craft cider.
Cheers on your health!
Where to find us
Contact
3155 Route 845, Long Reach, NB E5S 2L7
e-mail:
hours of operation
Open during the Fall U-Pick season
7 days a week 10am-5pm
Or by appointment for tours and tastings.