WELCOME TO THE 15TH YEAR OF THE INTERNATIONAL CIDER CHALLENGE

The International Cider Challenge (ICC) aims to reward and promote excellent ciders from around the globe, providing the perfect platform for producers to express their ciders to both trade and consumers. 

Backed by a rigorous blind tasting system and with an international panel of experts to taste, assess and award your ciders, this is the competition that counts. Judges are drawn from across the cider industry and include producers, flavour analysts, experienced cider journalists, independent retailers and buyers from supermarkets.

Further opportunities exist for a 360-degree review by entering your brands into the design and packaging awards so your products can be assessed on all levels. Get brand promotion with all medals and trophies being featured in Drinks Retailing, plus social media through our dedicated channels.

We look forward to welcoming your brands to the ICC 2025.

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WINNERS RELEASED

'The ICC has highlighted the potential and greatness of cider and perry for years now, treating these often overlooked drinks with the respect they deserve.'

WHY ENTER THE INTERNATIONAL CIDER CHALLENGE

The ICC helps you raise brand awareness of your ciders:

    • Results highlights published in Drinks Retailing and circulated online and in print to an audience of over 17,000 thousand.
    • Free medal artwork to use on social media, websites and branding.
    • Tasting notes from our judges for use on social media and POS (subject to copyright).
    • Social media presence and links to your social media promoting winning products


            As a small, family-run Norwegian cidery that is still in its infancy, we are extremely honoured and very proud to win a Trophy for our NeRø Ice Cider. This competition has offered us fantastic feedback and confirmation that we are on the right track with the development of our ciders. It’s the first international challenge that we have participated in, so to achieve such a prestigious award will forever be very special to us.

            Ole Christoffer Røste Owner and Head Cider Maker NeRø Frukt - Norway

            Being awarded a Trophy at the International Cider Challenge for our brand Purple Twist has given us great satisfaction. It is not a point of arrival, but a continuous work that pushes us to improve every day. We believe that the ICC is defined as one of the most important international cider competitions in the world, so winning this award is hugely important to indicate that the quantity and quality of ciders across Italy is not just growing but also of a high standard. Achieving this trophy is a welcome milestone for Apple Blood Cider

            Federico Pedrolli Cidermaker PPM / Appleblood Cider - Italy

            To be recognised by the ICC is the result of a lot of hard work and much dedication by every single member of our passionate and very talented team. Winning awards is always a great accomplishment for us, however, winning an ICC Trophy for ‘Cidrerie Beaupré’ has been the sum of great achievements. We have the quality of our products at heart and take great pride in our work. It is a great honor to be recognised around the world in a renowned competition that regroups so many great cideries.

            James Waddington Co-Founder Groupe Geloso - Canada

            Winning a trophy at The ICC is a dream come true. News that Cidentro had received a gold medal and won the trophy in the Naturally Sparkling Cider Category came as somewhat of a surprise as we knew we had faced strong competition, and this was one of the biggest accolades in the cider industry. Together with multiple medals for all our ciders and an award for design & packaging, this really is an achievement for the Cidentro team and an endorsement of quality for our Cidentro brand that customers will recognise. The hard work, time and energy put into building the business is reaping the rewards of success and having celebrated this, it’s now time to get back to the business of harvesting for another year’s cidermaking. Thank you, International Cider Challenge.

            Hiranthi Cook Cider Maker & Founder CIDENTRO CIDER HOUSE