FISHBACK & STEPHENSON IS A SMALL INDEPENDENT CIDERY OWNED AND OPERATED BY FOUR FRIENDS. WE STARTED BACK IN THE SUMMER OF 2013 WALKING DOWN DIRT ROADS, HOPPING FENCES, AND WANDERING THROUGH ABANDONED AND NOT SO ABANDONED FIELDS LOOKING FOR WILD APPLES.

WE STARTED WITH A JUICER IN THE KITCHEN AND THEN SAVED UP ENOUGH MONEY TO BUY AN ANTIQUE APPLE PRESS OFF CRAIGSLIST FOR 40 BUCKS. THAT WAS A LOT OF MONEY AT THE TIME.

WE EXPERIMENTED WITH GARBAGE DISPOSALS, SHOP PRESSES, WOODCHIPPERS, REPURPOSED WASHING MACHINES, A CUSTOM FABRICATED SCREW PRESS ON ALI BABA THAT WE RAN UNTIL THE HAMMERS FLEW OFF, AND THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF APPLES. 

THESE DAYS OUR CIDERY SITS ON 33 ACRES OF LAND RIGHT OUTSIDE THE SMALL IOWAN TOWN THAT WE ALL GREW UP IN. WE HAVE TWO ORCHARDS WHERE WE GROW BOTH NATIVE IOWAN PRAIRIE CRAB APPLES AND VINTAGE ENGLISH CIDER TREES, IN ADDITION WE ALSO SOURCE APPLES FROM SOME OF THE FINEST ORCHARDS IN THE CHAMPLAIN VALLEY IN NEW YORK AND THE YAKIMA VALLEY IN WASHINGTON STATE. 

EVERY WEEK WE CRUSH OVER 20,000 POUNDS OF APPLES AND FERMENT, AGE, AND PACKAGE HERE IN FAIRFIELD, IOWA AND SHIP DIRECTLY TO YOUR DOORSTEP. ALL OF OUR CIDERS ARE MADE ON SITE WITH ONLY THE FINEST INGREDIENTS AND ARE NATURALLY GLUTEN FREE AND VEGAN WITH NO ADDED SUGARS. 

FISHBACK & STEPHENSON WAS NAMED IOWA CIDER MAKER OF THE YEAR THREE YEARS IN A ROW AND OUR CIDERS HAVE WON MULTIPLE GOLD MEDALS AT INTERNATIONAL CIDER COMPETITIONS. WE CRAFT A WIDE RANGE OF FLAVORS SO THAT EVERYONE CAN FIND THEIR FAVORITE. FROM DRY TO SWEET AND TART TO TANNIC YOU'LL SURELY FIND THE PERFECT CIDER FOR YOU.