Shacksbury Arlo

Arlo

 

Shacksbury in Vergennes, Vermont, United States 🇺🇸

  Cider Regular
Score
7.26
ABV: 6.0% IBU: - Ticks: 14
Arlo is our take on Basque cider — tart and complex but delightfully drinkable, and a longtime industry favorite. We partner with our longtime friends at Petritegi Sagardoa, located just outside of San Sebastian in Spain, to source European apple varieties unavailable in commercial quantities in the United States. Petritegi presses and ferments their apples in enormous, decades-old chestnut barrels; we then ship this fermented cider to Vermont where we blend it with fruit we source from New England. This unusual blend of European and New England fruit creates a one-of-a-kind dry, complex cider without any additional flavorings or sweeteners.
 

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7.3
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5

355ml can from Aeble, present from Margaret. Hazy yellow gold colour, short-lived bubbly white head and aroma of soured apple, fruit, funk. Taste is tart, tangy, juicy, appley, fruity, fleshy, with leathery funk, some acidity and tannins. Medium bodied,medium carbonation, dry tart & tannic finish. Nicely drinkable.

Tried from Can on 15 Jan 2026 at 17:56


6.4
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

On tap at Pinthouse Round Rock. Pours a hazy yellow with no head. The aroma is apple skin, citrus, straw. Slick body, green apple, citrus, light dry finish, good.

Tried from Draft on 23 Oct 2021 at 08:25


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Refrigerated 12 oz. aluminum can from shrubber85 poured into a glass. Clear golden with small white head. Aroma is dry apples, medium/light body, well carbonated, slightly syrupy texture, and little lacing. Taste is dusty slightly tart dry-apples.

Tried from Can on 14 Feb 2019 at 02:36


7.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Can. Fruity, slightly acetic nose, apples, barnyard funk. Cloudy ass deep pastel gold. Tangy, fruity, funky and tart with a bit of nice fruity sweetness as well. Nice.

Tried from Can on 17 Sep 2018 at 22:47


7.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Pours hazy straw into a shaker. No head. Sweet apple aromas. Crisp with tart apple tannins upfront abruptly turning to dry dusty skin finish.

Tried on 11 Sep 2018 at 00:38


7.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

On tap at Three Penny Taproom, pours a hazy pale yellow with a small white head. Aroma is loaded with farmhouse funk, dry apple skins, and champagne-like grape must. Flavour is bone dry, with a really nice farmhouse funk, bone dry white wine-like grape must, and some dusty apple skins. Dry and funky, with great depth. Excellent.

Tried from Draft on 07 Aug 2018 at 14:29


7.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

Draft at Craft Brewed. Pours a clearish, bright glowing straw gold with no head. Aged apple aromas with musty wood and faint light apple juice sweetness. Farmy on the palate with horse piss, manure and dried apple, with some light yeasty notes. Lingering funk, light manure and dried, aged apples. More US ciders need to move in this direction. --- Beer merged from original tick of Arlo on 27 Jun 2018 at 20:26 - Score: 7. Original review text: Aged apple aromas with musty wood and faint light Apple juice. Farm on the palate with horse piss, manure and dried apple, light yeast. Nice

Tried from Draft on 28 Jun 2018 at 02:02


8

Excellent! Tart sharp/crisp/yellow apple/fruit peel/grapefruit/lemon/pear/hay/straw/herbal/yeast earth; lt musty funk/pepper. Bone dry/crisp high carb. Min residual acidity, no harshness. Very flavorful/refreshing. Great fruit complexity/balance w/ Brett.

Tried from Can on 17 Jun 2018 at 16:24


7.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

12oz can from New Beer Distros. 6.9%abv. Tulip pour. Cloudy, unfiltered, yellow. Lemon verbana, oregano, pepper, apple skins. Inviting smells. Tangy, soft funk, cherry pith, bittersweet apples. Fuzzy carbonation. A thin, syrupy feel develops as the drink warms. Drink cold. Not as funky or vinegary as the Sidra it is inspired by. ...And I like this better.

Tried from Can on 24 Nov 2017 at 20:32


7

Hazy gold lrg foam wht head. Apple floral sugary aroma. Tart apple funk brown sugar flav. Med bod mod low carb 7/3/7/4/15 3.6

Tried from Can on 04 Aug 2017 at 22:09