Apple Cider House Rules Tucked away on a winding country road in Old Mystic, Connecticut, is one of the only remaining steam-powered cider mills in the world. The Clyde family has been making hard cider for six generations. Back in 1881, B.F. Clyde sold the fresh cider out of his basement…well, some things never change and today you can bring your own cooler to fill or buy their plastic gallon or half-gallon out of the mill’s basement.