Shacksbury

Cidery in Vergennes, Vermont, United States 🇺🇸

Established in 2013

Contact
11 W Main St, Vergennes, VT, 05491, United States
Description
Shacksbury Cider makes dry, food friendly wild ciders in Vergennes, Vermont. We source over half of our apples from Sunrise Orchards in Vermont as well as old, abandoned orchards throughout the Champlain Valley. We also work with Dragon Orchard in England and Petritegi Sagardoa in Spain. Our fermentations are slow and deliberate. We rarely use added sulfites. We prefer native yeast / wild fermentations and bottle condition via methode ancestrale or methode champenoise whenever possible. At Shacksbury, we believe cider can, and should, be daring and complex. From gnarled trees on New England farmsteads to Old World orchards in England and Spain, our cider will change the way you think about this amazing fruit.

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7

Very nice. Tart red/green/crisp/sharp apples; fruit peel/herbal/floral/grass/yeast earth; lt pepper/funk. Bone dry/crisp carb. Lingering acids/tang/tannins. Min pucker/astringent. Smooth. Great apple complexity/balance. Spot on farmhouse cider as expected

Tried from Can on 20 Oct 2018 at 16:51


8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 9

Can from New Beer Distributors. WTF happened?!?! Pint glass pour. Solid clear amber color. Airy, saline, minerally nose. Can’t tell if this is still with some secondary bubbles, or just half flat. I like it. Tastes is bittersweet & half sharp, like the skin off some sort of grape/berry/foreign fruit that I can’t quite place. Wood tannins & saline help straighten it out. Something sour near the end. Finish leans dry, but not completely. Unique flavor. Enjoyed it.

Tried from Can on 03 Oct 2018 at 23:13


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

Can. Cranberry red with bubbles. Sweet apples and grapes in the nose, slightly vinous. Flavor is tannic wine, more grape than apple, nice fruit. Spicy, cinnamon. A bit sweet, though, which wore on my over the glass.

Tried from Can on 17 Sep 2018 at 22:48


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


9

Very herbal

Tried from Draft at Tørst on 15 Sep 2018 at 19:08


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


7.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Pours bright yellow gold into an English pint. No head. Apple and juniper aromas. Sharp with tart apple and mild juniper front to back. Hot dry finish.

Tried on 09 Sep 2018 at 21:50


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

Very nice. Tart red/green/crisp apples/fruit peel/red grape/wine/skin/currant/berry/herbal/floral/yeast earth. Semidry/med carb. Lingering drying acid/tannins. No harsh/astringent. Very refreshing/well balanced apple/grapes. Great fruit complexity.

Tried from Can on 15 Jul 2018 at 16:02


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

Can from Craft Brewed. Pours a glowing ruby red with almost no head. Lovely funky, wet hay nose with tart cherry skin and pink lady apple aromas. Balanced on the palate, some cherry flesh sweetness, tart apple and cherry and more funk. Dry finish with a lingering musty cherry skin and apple core note and yeasty funk. Solid stuff. --- Beer merged from original tick of Rosé on 13 Jul 2018 at 19:36 - Score: 7. Original review text: Funky yeast, tart cherry and pink lady apple aromas. Tart cherry on the palate, floral apple. sweet but some acidity that counters. Funk too

Tried from Can on 14 Jul 2018 at 00:43