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

6 oz pour on draft at ANXO. Clear golden yellow. Aromas of apples, tropical fruit, light honey. Tastes of sweet apples, light champagne, honey, subtle funk, light tartness. Light body with a dry finish.

Tried from Draft on 13 Sep 2016 at 22:19


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

Draft at ANXO courtesy of GenDV138, thanks. Crystal clear yellow color, still. Aroma of light funk, fruit. Taste is lightly sweet and fruity, medium finish. Nice.

Tried from Draft on 13 Sep 2016 at 19:39


6.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

On tap at Orchard & the Sea. Aroma is yeasty, tart, apple notes. Taste is tart, sour, apple notes of course. Interesting.

Tried from Draft on 23 Jul 2016 at 20:35


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

On tap at Mei Mei Boston, pours a hazy gold with zero head, a touch leggy. Nose has lemon, green apples, mild cheese. Flavor is cheesy, apple, mild funk, a little wood, some lemon acid. Finishes a touch tart.

Tried from Draft on 16 Jun 2016 at 21:25


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

On tap at Max’s in Baltimore pours a clear gold, perhaps a little darker gold, with a ring of white head. Nose has plenty of apple juice, hints of corn, a little perfume, and then some caramel/whiskey. Flavor follows with apple, apple sauce, mild spice, mild spice, some booze, some vanilla. Finishes a touch sweet. Well done.

Tried from Draft on 16 Jun 2016 at 17:48


8.3
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Draft at Paradiso Dupont. Cloudy pale yellow color, still. Funky pitty feety aroma. Taste is funky tart fruit. Very tasty.

Tried from Draft on 11 May 2016 at 10:49


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

Bottle brought by me to Clockwork tasting. golden pour. nose is semi sweet & sour apples. tastes slightly sweeter than the other ciders i’ve had from shacksbury, touch of skin, earth, and wet wood. tasty

Tried from Bottle on 05 Apr 2016 at 09:50


7.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle - pours gold - nose/taste of lightly sugared apple core, granny apple, light maple - medium body

Tried from Bottle on 03 Apr 2016 at 19:53


7.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 9

Bottle pour at a tasting with one of the makers. Nose is nice apple and some peppery spice and wood. Tastes of apple and tart skins, peppery, some birch, minerals, green apple and tannic. Dry amd some fruit and zest on finish. I’m a sucker for the romanticism of foraged ciders.

Tried from Bottle on 31 Mar 2016 at 22:00


7.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8.5

Also at the shacksbury tasting and also another stellar cider. Nose is green apple, light perfume, and hint of barrel. Tastes of nice apple, light earth, barrel, yeasty, some perfum. Light bubbly. Tasty.

Tried on 31 Mar 2016 at 21:53