Shacksbury

Cidery in Vergennes, Vermont, United States πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ

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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6.6/10 β€” 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

5/10
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

5.6/10 β€” 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

4.5/10 β€” 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

7.8/10 β€” Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 9 Texture 6 Overall 8
Single from City Swiggers. Pint glass @home. Nearly clear, just a touch of jelly, pale amber color; wispy thin froth. Smells of mellow whisky, brown sugar, candied ginger & Big Red-style cinnamon mulling up some sharp cider. Taste is bold orange & some vanilla upfront, gentle whiskey that comes off more like rum, tart-sharp apple middle, some warming candied ginger & red candy cinnamon on the tail. Crispy, not super carbed, acidic, pretty sweet, not too spiced, medium sulfites. There's some natural flavors in here, but all the spices are named, so it's probably apple essence in lieu of back-sweetening. Kinda good cider. Great seasonal.
Tried from Can on 14 Oct 2023 at 19:23

5/10 β€” Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 4 Texture 6 Overall 5
Gold with a large soapy white head. Dry, phenolic and musty with faint apple. Medium finish and body.
Tried on 08 Oct 2023 at 22:09

6.6/10 β€” Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Single from City Swiggers. Alan didn't recognize me, he seemed a little preoccupied. LaGuardia, a day to settle, Duvel glass @home. Murky, dark lemon black tea, lingering froth. Red grape skins, jammy black berry, I suspect back sweetening or natural flavors. Taste is more uniform. Still plenty jammy, but mellow skin, decent tartness, earthy sharp apples, weak lime, subtle sweetness, tea tannins, hard to find the sea salt, lingering Flinstone grape vitamins. Itchy texture, not enough carb. Tis just okay.
Tried on 06 Oct 2023 at 23:57

5/10
Hapu ja Γ΅unane. Joodav.
Tried from Draft on 01 Sep 2023 at 20:47

7.4/10 β€” Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
2015 bottle, 750ml format. Pours a murky gold. No head. Nose is apples and butter and a little malt. Flavor is apples and butter. Creamy finish. Malolactic ferm is clear. Nice.
Tried from Bottle on 03 Aug 2023 at 13:53

7.1/10 β€” Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
355ml can from Stowe Public House & Bottle Shop. Bright golden yellow pour. Gin botanicals coming through on the nose alongside sweet apple fruit. Definitely a herbal side to it with a definite juniper berry influence. Clean, neat and sweet overall.
Tried from Can on 28 May 2023 at 16:16