Healeys

The business began when David and Kay Healey moved to Cornwall and established the farm. It is now run by the second generation of the Healey family, Joe and Sam. Healeys grows its own apples in on-site orchards, pressing and bottling on the same site, making it a genuine farm-to-bottle operation rather than a brand that sources from elsewhere. In 1997, the farm installed what was then Cornwall's first distillery in 300 years, producing brandy alongside the cider range.

The original alcoholic flagship, Rattler Cornish Cloudy Cyder, was first launched in 2004 and built a following across the region and beyond. The zero-alcohol version, Cornish Zero Rattler, was introduced in 2022. It is made using a blending method that combines fermented cider with unfermented juice, preserving the flavour character of the original. This approach retains apple character in a way that straightforward dealcoholisation, where alcohol is removed from a fully fermented product, does not always achieve. The AF range is available through mainstream supermarket distribution.

The farm operates as a visitor attraction in addition to its production role, giving the brand an unusual degree of transparency about its origins and methods. For sober-curious drinkers who already know the Rattler name, the zero-alcohol version offers a route into the AF cider category from a producer with genuine farm provenance and a multi-generational history on the same Cornish site.