Frankfurt's tart, still apple wine, poured from a stoneware Bembel into a ribbed Gerippte glass. Drink it pure, spritzed with sparkling water, or sweetened with lemonade if you must.
When Frankfurt's riverside vineyards faded, pressed apples took over, and by the 18th century Ebbelwoi was the city's daily drink. The service ritual is fixed: the grey salt-glazed Bembel jug, the diamond-cut Gerippte glass that grips greasy tavern fingers, and the deckel lid to claim your place. Sachsenhausen's taverns turned the drink into a civic institution, several still pressing their own, and autumn brings the young stages, sweet Süßer and part-fermented Rauscher, straight from the vats.
4 editor picks for Apfelwein in Frankfurt, ranked by editorial score. All Frankfurt signature dishes · Apfelwein across every city.
Lorsbacher Thal ★ 4.6
sachsenhausen · Große Rittergasse 49, 60594 Frankfurt am Main
Lorsbacher Thal treats apfelwein like a cellar wine in Frankfurt's Große Rittergasse, 300-plus bottlings deep in a tavern running since 1803.
Zur Buchscheer ★ 4.5
sachsenhausen · Schwarzsteinkautweg 17, 60598 Frankfurt am Main
Zur Buchscheer is the Frankfurt tavern purists name first: apfelwein pressed on the premises since 1876, out in quiet leafy Sachsenhausen-Süd.
Apfelwein Solzer ★ 4.4
bornheim · Berger Straße 260, 60385 Frankfurt am Main
Apfelwein Solzer is Bornheim's fifth-generation cider house in Frankfurt, self-pressing since 1893 with a 300-seat garden off Berger Straße.
Zum Rad ★ 4.4
seckbach · Leonhardsgasse 2, 60389 Frankfurt am Main
Zum Rad has pressed its own apfelwein in the village lanes of Seckbach since 1806, a Frankfurt tavern courtyard most visitors never manage to find.