Apple orchards have graced the Castle Hill estate since 1777, beginning with the Newtown Pippin, otherwise known as the Albemarle Pippin. Home to around 5,000 trees, Castle Hill nurtures around 40 diverse varieties of apples - which provide marvelous nectar for their resident bees and pollinators to harvest and thrive on.

Cyser is a sumptous type of mead that is made using freshly juiced apples - who better for Thistlerock to partner with on such a collaboration than our fellow Route 231 Founding Members, Castle Hill Cider? Stay tuned for this collaborative mead release from the mad scientist minds of master cider maker Don Whitaker and Thistlerock’s own Doug Suchan using apples and honey from Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello, Castle Hill Cider, Thistlerock’s yard 1.