CLW (17000) reviewed Sweater Weather from Shacksbury 1 week ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
12 oz can. Aroma shows spice, sweet apples, wood. Flavor follows with a little bit of whiskey, sour hints toward the finish. Spice, whiskey, tart apples. It is ok.
CLW (17000) reviewed Arlo from Shacksbury 1 week ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7
12 oz can. Aroma show me dusty apples, mild sour citrus. Flavor is the same with very mild funk underneath. Nice crisp texture. Refreshing.
Clarkvv (16760) reviewed Classic from Shacksbury 1 month ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7
Grafton Street draught, 2/7/26.
Nose has more than just basic apple sugar and acid. Not a ton more but there is a touch of funk/sweat. Vanilla and lactic notes balancing with a bit more sugar than expected.
Sweet at first but drying out with light hay and wild notes. But certainly very restrained they are and mostly giving way to contemporary, sweet, juicy, domesticated yeast character. But not too sweet. Off-dry, I guess. Like the others Ive had from Shacksbury, I'm not excited by it but I'll keep giving them another chance when the opportunity arises.
jgb9348 (11997) reviewed Sugar Shack from Shacksbury 2 months ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5.5 | Texture - 5 | Overall - 5.5
a: clear golden body | no head (of course!)
a: caster sugar | sweet apples | yeast
f: bready | floral | perfumey end
t: maple | red delicious | smooth end
o: sweet throughout | easy-going | decent, not great
12 ounce can | Trader Joe's (grocery): Ann Arbor, Michigan | 29-December-2025 | US$2,75 | canned: 10-December-2025 | sampled: 31-January-2026 after skiing with my family of five here in Upstate New York
danlo (13332) reviewed Arlo from Shacksbury 2 months ago
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.
willisread (9801) reviewed Sugar Shack from Shacksbury 2 months ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7
Can from Trader Joe's. Pours a clear pear colored gold with a small bit of white foam that dissipates. Aromas of apple and vanilla on the nose as it warms. Palate is similar with a soft vanilla tone but I don't get a ton of maple syrup. Sweet apple, smooth and lighter than expected. Enjoyable.
Clarkvv (16760) reviewed Sweater Weather from Shacksbury 4 months ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7
Canned 8/1/25, drunk 11/23/25, as pictured.
Smells sweet and bourbony. Kind of a weird bourbon though. Like an artificial one. Lots of honey, sugar, spice, etc...
Sweet, syrupy, juicy, good apple but so much spice and such. Getting pretty tired of giving these guys a pass. But, I guess this is just their mass market stuff? Like if I went to the brewery, there'd be phenomenal ciders? One hopes.
Clarkvv (16760) reviewed Blackberry Lime from Shacksbury 4 months ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5
Canned 2/3/25, drunk 11/19/25, as pictured.
Somewhat hazy, unfiltered, rose-purple-pink.
Nose is SWEET, but not unrefined sugar or gross, syrupy cloying sugariness. The adjuncts are there, but surprisingly delicate; or approaching delicate, at least.
In the mouth it's sweet, though not as much as the nose suggests, with very tastefully-done adjunct. Can't get at the apple too well, just a vague juicy sweetness, and the yeast seems rather clean and boring, but it's well-done for what it is. If this is what it takes to keep your cidery in business, you could do A LOT worse.
willisread (9801) ticked Sweater Weather from Shacksbury 4 months ago