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

Can from Old Shoe, Sheffield. Pours clear dark gold with dissipating white to opaque bubbles. Aroma & taste: Sharp, citric, tangy, minor caramel, mildly funky, moderately tannic. Uber dry. Towards medium body with low carbonation.

Tried from Can at Old Shoe on 09 Mar 2025 at 20:51


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

Is this my first Rose cider? I’m not sure. Wine looking hued. Nose is tannic grape skin and fine crabappple. Tastes of tart crab apples and vinous grape skin, some jam and wood. Dry. Little watery.

Tried on 26 Jan 2025 at 04:43


6

355ml can from Mitchell Wines Meadowhead - murky amber gold body, no head. 5.5% version, spicy citrus, hits of ginger at the finish, grapefruit and tangy apple.

Tried from Can on 21 Nov 2024 at 20:10


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

Can thanks to MicroGrog: Poured a coppery golden with a white head. Aroma is apple, peach, earthy. Taste is tart apple, tannins, fruity, cherry.

Tried from Can on 29 Aug 2024 at 23:10


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

Can from Total Wine in Vacaville, CA. Pours gold with a slight white head. Mixed red and green apple skin aroma. Med body or almost. Very, very dry. Flavor is mixed apple skin. Almost tart.

Tried from Can on 04 Apr 2024 at 00:08


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

355ml can from Old Shoe bar, Sheffield. Hazy yellow gold colour, short-lived white foam head and aroma of yuzu citrus, ginger, apple. Taste is sweet, spiced, gingery, apple, with zingy yuzu notes and some citric acidity. Medium bodied, medium carbonation, sweet and citric finish. Quite drinkable.

Tried from Can on 04 Feb 2024 at 18:54


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

355ml can from Old Shoe Bar, Sheffield. As Classic Dry Cider 5.2%. Clear golden colour, some short-lived bubbles on top and aroma of apple, musty. Taste is tangy, apple, some flesh, fruity, oak & vanilla hint, slightly tart, and with mellow acidity. Medium bodied, light carbonation, dry finish. Quite drinkable.

Tried from Can on 19 Dec 2023 at 22:26


5

Gold pour. Foamy lace around the rim. Apple cider vinegar front Johnson's baby lotion palate. No carbonation.

Tried on 21 Nov 2023 at 21:42


5.6
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

Perfume, avon soap, apple. Clear yellow. Apple, perfume. Light body, easy carbonation. It's different, but I don't think I like it. Extremely soapy.

Tried on 21 Nov 2023 at 21:38


4.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4

Honey color with a small soapy white head that faded quickly. Musty and dryish with grape and a hint of apple. Medium finish and body.

Tried on 18 Nov 2023 at 02:34