California Cider Company (Ace Ciders)
Cidery in Sebastopol, California, United States 🇺🇸
Established in 1993
Contact
2064 Gravenstein Hwy N, Building 4, Sebastopol, CA, 95472, United States
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Draught at Flying Saucer bar, Dallas Fort Worth Airport. Bright yellowy gold colour, no head and aroma of apple, pineapple. Taste is sweetish, tart, pineappley, with some zingy citric acidity. Medium bodied, medium carbonation, dying pineappley finish. Quite drinkable.
Tried
from Draft
at
Flying Saucer Draught Emporium - DFW Airport
on 04 Mar 2026
at 13:35
7.1/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Can. Slight cloudy very light pale. Smell of friendly grapefruit and guava. Initial taste impression is guava soda pop. Keep this away form the kiddies, no sign of alky in this soda pop. No hint of apple cider. Some tartness on top of the non cloying overall sweetness. Nice level of co2 keeps this refreshing and interesting. Yea, overall this is a soda pop with a unique guava flavor, but I liked it.
Tried
from Can
from
Chalet Premier
on 25 Jan 2026
at 21:42
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5.5
Flavor 5.5
Texture 7
Overall 6.5
12 oz. can
5.0% ABV
Date: 07-14-2025. There is nothing to indicate what the date is for, so I will just assume that it is the "packaged on" date.
$13.99 6-pk @ Publix
AROMA: Sweet with a strong scent of apple, followed by moderate scents of pumpkin and allspice. I wish the apple wasn't quite so prominent, but the pumpkin and allspice make a fair showing. NOTE: As the cider warms, the allspice really starts to take over.
APPEARANCE: Pours a clear, golden brown. It looks a little darker than regular apple juice, but that's the only discerning difference.
TASTE: Sweet with a fair amount of apple flavor, followed by moderate amounts of allspice and pumpkin. Honestly, I don't get any pumpkin until the very end, and even then it is fleeting. However, in that short time that the pumpkin exists, I can readily taste it without having to search for it.
MOUTHFEEL: Medium-bodied with a somewhat smooth texture. I would rate carbonation as below average.
OVERALL: I don't drink a lot of ciders, but when I do, I usually enjoy them a lot. However, this one kind of leaves me on the fence. I think the biggest issue for me is that the apple flavor is so predominant and the pumpkin flavor is so fleeting. Basically, I want more pumpkin! The rest of the cider's characteristics are fine. Although, as I'm getting to the end of this one, I am finding it to become a little too sweet as it warms. So my advice is to drink it cold, and don't dawdle!
5.0% ABV
Date: 07-14-2025. There is nothing to indicate what the date is for, so I will just assume that it is the "packaged on" date.
$13.99 6-pk @ Publix
AROMA: Sweet with a strong scent of apple, followed by moderate scents of pumpkin and allspice. I wish the apple wasn't quite so prominent, but the pumpkin and allspice make a fair showing. NOTE: As the cider warms, the allspice really starts to take over.
APPEARANCE: Pours a clear, golden brown. It looks a little darker than regular apple juice, but that's the only discerning difference.
TASTE: Sweet with a fair amount of apple flavor, followed by moderate amounts of allspice and pumpkin. Honestly, I don't get any pumpkin until the very end, and even then it is fleeting. However, in that short time that the pumpkin exists, I can readily taste it without having to search for it.
MOUTHFEEL: Medium-bodied with a somewhat smooth texture. I would rate carbonation as below average.
OVERALL: I don't drink a lot of ciders, but when I do, I usually enjoy them a lot. However, this one kind of leaves me on the fence. I think the biggest issue for me is that the apple flavor is so predominant and the pumpkin flavor is so fleeting. Basically, I want more pumpkin! The rest of the cider's characteristics are fine. Although, as I'm getting to the end of this one, I am finding it to become a little too sweet as it warms. So my advice is to drink it cold, and don't dawdle!
Tried
from Can
from
Publix - Winter Springs Town Center
on 11 Sep 2025
at 18:44
6/10
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Appearance 5
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Can from The Davis Beer Shoppe. Pours rather perry color with a slight white ring. Aroma is slightly candy pineapple. Med body or so. Flavor is pineapple. Very hard to find any apple. The pineapple has a slight Jolly Rancher candy aspect.
Tried
from Can
at
The Davis Beer Shoppe
on 15 Aug 2025
at 23:40
6.3/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 6
Cheap can 2$. Nose is very pleasant fruit perfume, almost smells like kool-ade. Color is darker orange pale and clear. No head. First taste is just a tad boozy and mild tartness on a cutting impressive boost of drinky. Yes, this aint yer typical american cider, its quite lionhearted and fearless. Certainly not for the faint of heart. Almost comes across like some of those alky laced non beer fruity malt bevs. Impressive good fruit flavor but you can really tell it has a higher level of ABV, and you'd never say it was dry hehehehh even tho its fortified with some extra alcohol. Kick ass, a little worried about the alky content an the amount of unfermented sugar in this, whew.
Tried
from Can
from
Chalet Premier
on 04 Aug 2025
at 16:59
6.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
12 ounce can from Total Wine Appleton, 4/2/25. Clear red, medium tan head, cola-like retention. Aroma of very sweet berry, sweet apple. Taste is sweet apple, tart and sweet berry. Slick. Decent balance. Decent.
Tried
from Can
from
Total Wine & More - Appleton
on 03 Apr 2025
at 00:37
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Aromas and flavors are apple cider with some mild berry. Moderately tart with a little sweet in back. Pretty straightforward, nothing special. Drinkable, but I wouldn't seek it out.
Tried
from Can
at
Bodega Brew Pub, Inc.
on 22 Mar 2025
at 23:13
4.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 4
Bottle. Usually love pumpkin stuff. With this one. ...not so much. The color was gold. Aroma had the spice but not pumpkin pie. The taste is hard to define. It was spicy but not at all pumpkin. Apple was strong and then a kind of old sock in the background.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Mar 2025
at 06:53
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Bottle. Golden color. Aroma is a nice pineapple smell. Taste is a sour, sweet taste that just doesn’t fit with cider.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Mar 2025
at 06:53
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Bottle. Pink rose' in color. Actually not bad for what it was. Pleasant fruity aroma and taste.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Mar 2025
at 05:48