Citizen Cider

Cidery in Burlington, Vermont, United States 🇺🇸
Associated Venue: Citizen Cider

Established in 2010

Contact
316 Pine St, #114, Burlington, VT, 05401, United States
Description
We are cider makers who love to take fresh local apples and ferment them into delicious, refreshing, dynamic, clean and fulfilling cider!

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

Can. Nose is apples, spice, sweet, ripe fruit, light citrus hops. Fruity flavor, tart apples, well carbonated and very juicy. The hops come through but lightly. Very solid drinker.

Tried from Can on 22 Oct 2016 at 22:29


6.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

Tap at Draught 55 mixing things up. Normal cider pour. Nose isntart apples. Tastes of Apple skin, some dry Apple, honey, light wood, some champagne grapes. Fine bodied not too sweet or dry just down the middle.

Tried from Draft on 19 Oct 2016 at 17:59


7.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Pours pale straw into a shaker. No head. Sour citrus aromas. Dry with tropical fruit and citrus front to back.

Tried on 05 Oct 2016 at 19:31


6.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Bottle: Poured a light golden color cider with good carbonation. Aroma of fresh apple notes with light funky notes with some oak also discernable. Taste is also a mix of apple juice with some light funky notes and subtle oak flavours. Light residuals sugar notes. Interesting experience but drinkability is lower than I was expecting.

Tried from Bottle on 19 Sep 2016 at 13:04


7.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle: Poured a golden color cider with nice carbonation. Aroma of light sweet apple notes is pleasant. Taste is a mix of fresh apple notes with some residuals sugar even though finish si mostly dry. Body is about average. Well-made cider with no chemical or fake tasting notes and good drinkability.

Tried from Bottle on 14 Sep 2016 at 12:24


6.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

On tap at Threes. Pours a clear white gold with no head. The aroma is apple skin, oak, honey. Thin mouth, crisp apple, oak, tart, light dry finish, good.

Tried from Draft on 03 Jun 2016 at 00:41


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

Bottle at home kicking off weekend. Fine looking cider. Nose is tart dry apples and light hops. The hops gives this sligtly zippy and rustic palate. Tastes of dry apples, some hay, wood, faint woodsy hops. Tasty beverage.

Tried from Bottle on 08 Apr 2016 at 18:58


6.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Draught at Friendly Toast, 2/27/16.
Bright waxy-golden body has just a touch of haze and plentiful carbonation creating a brief white cap of bubbles.
Appleskin, applesauce and some slightly tarter elements but generally quite controlled on the fermentation, it seems, with light vanilla and low phenolics. No alcohol or flaws.
Lightly sweet up front, rather delicate actually, with slightly loose carbonation leading to a significantly more dry finish that highlights dry apple skin, bits of tartness and just a touch of lactic-like character. No alcohol. Pretty good for a standard offering, can’t really expect their flagship cider to be funky, bone dry and such, as I like my ciders to be. Still, it’s too bad the general taste seems to prefer medium-dry, off-sweet, off-dry, demi-sec, whatever term you want to use. Let’s get more cideries with dry flagship ciders.

Tried from Can on 04 Mar 2016 at 15:42


7.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Draught at Area Four, 2/24/16.
A lightly hazy (chill haze), very light golden color shows plentiful carbonation.
Golden apple-like fruitiness in the nose is quite enjoyable, as no alcohol makes an appearance, nor any candy-sweet character. Don’t get the ginger much in the nose, which is fine, rather a fresh yeast and more spicy phenols and light apple pie.
The ginger is rather prevalent in the flavor, however, but very enjoyably so, mixing with the apple character and remaining authentic and though the beer is on the sweeter side, it’s never cloying. Brisk carbonation helps and there’s just a hint of tartness from the apples. Feels like there’s an herbal character here, as well, even though there isn’t. Very cocktail-like. I guess it could still be a touch more dry, but it’s surprisingly nice, if you like ginger, which I really do.

Tried from Can on 27 Feb 2016 at 16:13


7.3
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Pinkish red. Good carbonation. Fades fast. Looks like a very faint blueberry color. Aroma is NAIL POISH and currants. Having a GF means rating beer is challenging sometimes. Very dry, juicy and an almost candy apple taste. Easily one of the least authentic ciders in the citizen lineup. - BTW, Have had this a few times and then realized I never rated it so grabbed a bottle at the local store on Friday and cracked it open. Pretty darn good.

Tried from Can on 21 Feb 2016 at 09:54