Welcome to Bulmers Cider

H.P. "Percy" Bulmer founded our company in 1887. He left education early through illness, taught himself what he could and founded the greatest Cider Making company in the world today. You'll find his hard work rewarded with his name on every Bulmers bottle you drink.

In 1888 we built a small factory in Ryelands Street, Hereford

Fred joins Percy, and they move to a bigger factory. Fred graduated from Cambridge and had been offered to tutor the king of Siam's children. Little did he know that he could have starred in "The King and I", which features Anna, Fred's replacement.

All salesmen need an ego boost with a nice ride, and Bulmers' staff were no exception - here's their first ever motorbike, allowing them to spread Cider further and faster than before.

Dr Herbert Durham becomes the director of research and pioneers modern cider-making processes that are still in place in the industry today. For the first time cider makers can produce large quantities of consistently good cider.

King George V recognised Bulmers' success in 1911 by rewarding us with the Royal Warrant, a title we hold to this day.

By 1933 we were sending Bulmers out to even more thirsty customers… Bulmers is being exported to Egypt, Indo-China, Malaawi, New Zealand and Argentina.

In 1960 we named our huge Steel Tanks (that hold all of your cider) after the planets…with the exception of Uranus, of course.

Sitting is an important part of the Cider Making process and makes sure nothing unwanted gets into our bottles, but it used to be done manually, first by candlelight, then lamps.

In 1969 Apollo XI made history by bringing man to the moon, and to celebrate we named one of our Cider tanks after the mission. A few years later NASA delivered a present right back to us - the Apollo X capsule, which readied NASA for the full Moon landings, appeared in Hereford in time for one of our legendary cider festivals!

The Hereford apple trees are still happy and healthy and delivering the perfect base for our legendary cider year after year. These days we can be found celebrating weekends, relishing colour, bathing in rays of pure joy. Plus we’ve channeled every shade and hue on the colour spectrum into SEVEN glorious flavours of delicious Bulmers Cider. Cheers!