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

500ml Bottle. Clear pale yellow hued body with a strong rush of carbonation as poured, but no retention/lace as per normal on a cider. First sniff is all carbonic bite, some funk (barnyard) and earthy notes beyond that, mild citrus. Flavors are phenolic forward (some bandaid and inflatable pool toys). Sort of Normandie-esque in that respect. Not offensive, but not flavors I’ve come to love. Mild citrus and almost strawberries. Very dry, massive amounts of carbonation. Medium to medium low tannin.

Tried from Bottle on 23 Apr 2017 at 21:24


8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

Draft at Salud. Cloudy yellow color. Aroma of apple pear tannin lemon. Taste is tannic apple skins dry finish. Really tasty.

Tried from Draft on 06 Oct 2016 at 16:01


7.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8.5

Bottle brought by me to Clockwork tasting. golden pour. nose is semi sweet & sour apples. tastes slightly sweeter than the other ciders i’ve had from shacksbury, touch of skin, earth, and wet wood. tasty

Tried from Bottle on 05 Apr 2016 at 09:50


7.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle - pours gold - nose/taste of lightly sugared apple core, granny apple, light maple - medium body

Tried from Bottle on 03 Apr 2016 at 19:53