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

Draft. A- Soapy, citrus, apple. A- Gold color, clear liquid, minimal head. T- Soapy, lavender, citrus. P- Light body, average texture, effervescent finish. O- Good stuff. Pretty bubbly and almost reminds me of a brut champagne.

Tried from Draft on 03 Jul 2018 at 21:41


7.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Can from Craft Brewed. Pours a clear gold with a small finger of head that dissipates. Musty old apples on the nose with some farmyard funk. Very European nose with some hay and must, green apple skins and wet wood. Crisp, clean and dry with some light peppery seed notes and more musty apple skin on the finish. Dry finish. --- Beer merged from original tick of Dry on 29 Jun 2018 at 22:38 - Score: 7. Original review text: Musty apples, horseblanket, wet hay and green apple skin aromas. Funky and tart, w/ an old world European character. Lingering must and funk

Tried from Can on 30 Jun 2018 at 03:06


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

Draft at Craft Brewed. Pours a clearish, bright glowing straw gold with no head. Aged apple aromas with musty wood and faint light apple juice sweetness. Farmy on the palate with horse piss, manure and dried apple, with some light yeasty notes. Lingering funk, light manure and dried, aged apples. More US ciders need to move in this direction. --- Beer merged from original tick of Arlo on 27 Jun 2018 at 20:26 - Score: 7. Original review text: Aged apple aromas with musty wood and faint light Apple juice. Farm on the palate with horse piss, manure and dried apple, light yeast. Nice

Tried from Draft on 28 Jun 2018 at 02:02


8

Excellent! Tart sharp/crisp/yellow apple/fruit peel/grapefruit/lemon/pear/hay/straw/herbal/yeast earth; lt musty funk/pepper. Bone dry/crisp high carb. Min residual acidity, no harshness. Very flavorful/refreshing. Great fruit complexity/balance w/ Brett.

Tried from Can on 17 Jun 2018 at 16:24


8

Excellent! Tart red/green/crisp apples/fruit peel/herbal/yeast earth/lt spice. Very dry/med carb. Fairly crisp. Lingering acid/tannins, no harshness. Very flavorful/refreshing. Great fruit complexity/balance w/ yeast. One of the better dry ciders I've had

Tried from Can on 15 Jun 2018 at 19:51


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

Refrigerated 12 oz. aluminum can poured into a cup. Clear golden. Aroma is apples, light body, medium carbonation, and little lacing. Taste is dry apples.

Tried from Can on 17 May 2018 at 19:01


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

Draft at Anxo, 4-22-18

Tried from Draft on 22 Apr 2018 at 16:59


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

Crystal clear golden coloured body with a thin pure white head, only about a centimetre or so tall. Light apple and alcohol smell with some vinegar and grassy yeast along with a dose of pure caster sugar sweetness as well. Light to Medium-bodied; Strong appley and grassy flavour at first with a bigger dose of yeast, grain and perfumey yeast than anything else. Aftertaste shows some dry malt along with a good deal of white and apple cider vinegar along with the pure sweetness apple bite that is noticeable throughout. Overall, a nice and very dry cider that is easy-to-drink, yet shows a good deal of vinegar, yeast, grassy and of course - appley flavours throughout. Nice to sample, especially if you like ciders, as it seems to add another dimension to the typical cider (the vinegar and highly acidic pH flavours). I sampled this twelve ounce can purchased from New Beer Distributors on 24-February-2018 for US$4,25 sampled on the train from New York to Washington on 26-February-2017 with my three kids!

Tried from Can on 26 Feb 2018 at 23:47


8.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 10 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

12oz can from New Beer Distros. Pours a seltzer-ish off orange & peach, slightly hazed brew. Smells of orange taffy, Canada Dry & rose wine. Deliciously inviting. Tastes of softly sweet apple flesh, orange, plums, table grapes. Creamy, turning dry, with a lingering rosewater finish. Could use a lick of tartness, or bolder apples, but nonetheless... Very different, even as the new rose cider style goes.

Tried from Can on 24 Nov 2017 at 21:17


7.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

12oz can from New Beer Distros. 6.9%abv. Tulip pour. Cloudy, unfiltered, yellow. Lemon verbana, oregano, pepper, apple skins. Inviting smells. Tangy, soft funk, cherry pith, bittersweet apples. Fuzzy carbonation. A thin, syrupy feel develops as the drink warms. Drink cold. Not as funky or vinegary as the Sidra it is inspired by. ...And I like this better.

Tried from Can on 24 Nov 2017 at 20:32