Cidrerie Coronation Hall

We have over twelve varieties of apples growing in our orchard. We combine different varieties as they become ready so that each pressing has subtle shades of variation in its taste profile. The result is a vibrant, continually surprising drink!

Our hard ciders are descendents from traditional English style ciders, adapted for our locale, climate, and history. We make a dry 6% hard cider, and starting in 2024 a dry-hopped hard cider. (Hops are a traditional historical crop in our area).

Products for Sale

A small selection of what’s on offer

Bristol Light Cider - A traditional hard cider created from a blend of heritage apple varieties from Greg’s orchard. Very dry, lightly carbonated. 6% al/vol.

Thomas Graham Hopped - Our ancestor, Thomas Graham, arrived in Bristol Township in the 1840s. At that time, one of the only commercial crops in the area was hops, grown for use in the breweries of Montreal. This cider, named in honour of the first Graham who built a community here, is dry-hopped, giving the cider a rounder mouth feel and a hint of sweetness. Very dry, lightly carbonated. 6% al/vol.

Sweet Cider - 100% pure sweet unadulturated, unpasteurized apple juice. UV treated.

Apple Pies, Crumbles, Muffins, and Cookies - Mom & Judy & Heather make the best apple pies, crumbles, muffins, and cookies you’ve ever had.

Home preserves, jams, jellies, apple butter, and bbq sauce - Depending on the time of year, a variety of preserves, jams, and so on, all hand made in time-honoured Bristol custom.

Gifts and Souvenirs - We’re delighted to support other craftspeople from the Village and Township. Our shop features a revolving showcase for a wide variety of local talent.

Where to Purchase

Our shop is at 206 River Road, Bristol Village, Quebec J0X 1G0 - turn left at the stop sign as you come down through the village. We’re on the left as you leave the village towards Norway Bay.

Our products can also be purchased at the Wakefield Farmer’s Market during the summer and fall, and the Wakefield General Store.

If we happen to be going your way, we can sometimes make deliveries.

Bristol Village in about 1912, Courtesy C. Young

Bristol Village was long a destination for summer tourists from Montreal and further afield. They would arrive on the CN train, to holiday on Bristol Beach and stay at local resorts like the Pine Lodge Hotel or Scobie House in nearby Norway Bay.

The MacDougall Family, who owned the Lodge, built a dance hall between the Village and the Golf Course. To celebrate the coronation of George VI in 1937, the Hall was renamed. Over the years, touring orchestras, dances, and parties were held at Coronation Hall, making it the vibrant centre of the village. By the late 1960s, changing patterns in tourism led to the decline of the railway villages, and the Hall was closed. Over the next 40 years, the Hall was largely forgotten.

In early 2003, Third Line Orchards was established by Greg and Ronda Graham with the help of their families at the McJanet Farm – a farm that had once belonged to a branch of our family, which was later purchased by the Wiggins family, and then for many years was the farm of George Russell. We then started to look for a location where we would process the apples into high quality sweet, sparkling, and ice ciders, and could receive visitors. We learned that Coronation Hall was available, and we were able to acquire it.

In 2008 we opened to the public, and now the Hall is the summer home of the Pontiac Community Players, the site of weddings, parties, and other events. We like to think that it has reclaimed its role in the centre of the village again!

Rehearsal!

The cider mill building, built 2008, during that first winter.