Potter's Craft Cider

Cidery in Charlottesville, Virginia, United States 🇺🇸
Associated Venue: Potter's Craft Cider Garden Downtown Tasting Room

Established in 2011

Contact
1350 Arrowhead Valley Rd, Charlottesville, VA, 22903, United States
Description
Potter's Craft Cider makes farmhouse-style hard ciders using local Virginia apples and traditional production methods. Truly dry ciders.

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6.3/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 6.5 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
a: pale & slightly golden coloured body | just about no white head
a: chiles | tropically | crisp apples (duh!)
f: tart | flour | mild minerals
t: drying | yeast | herbal finish
o: mellow throughout | easy apples | clean mango elements - easy going, though

16 ounce can | MOM's Organic Market: Alexandria, Virginia | 09-April-2026 | US$3,99 | canned: 13-August-2025 | sampled: after seeing Holy F* here in Washington at the Pearl Street Warehouse on 16-April-2026
Tried from Can from MOM's Organic Market - Merrifield on 16 Apr 2026 at 15:58

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Clear gold with a medium sized white head that faded quickly. Sweet apple juice, pear and a faint floral note. Medium finish and body.
Tried from Draft at Federal Taphouse on 10 Apr 2026 at 23:41

5.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 5.5 Texture 6 Overall 6
a: bright clear pink coloured body | no head (of course!)
a: crisp | cleanser | caster sugar
f: honeycrisp | honey | tart finish
t: citric acid | floral | artificial fruits
o: easy-drinking | quite sweet throughout | true-to-name

16 ounce can | MOM's Organic Market (grocery): Alexandria, Virginia | 03-October-2025 | US$3,99 | Canned: 12-August-2025 | sampled: 12-October-2025
Tried from Can from MOM's Organic Market - Merrifield on 12 Oct 2025 at 14:48

7/10
Tried from Can on 23 Aug 2025 at 17:04

5.9/10 Appearance 5 Aroma 7.5 Flavor 5.5 Texture 5 Overall 5.5
Two dollar single from trader joe's. Lo-ball at home.

Clear, metallic, super pale, quick soda head.
Mosaic nose upfront, not too oily, backend of my nostrils is the passionfruit acting warm but kinda subtle. Some industrial alcohol in between.
Taste is very white wine-like, almost like reisling; off-dry. Mosaic comes off a little oniony before going peachy. The passionfruit is very very faint, less so than the sharp apples & probably wouldn't come out in a blind taste.
Thin, acidic, medium tart, very low co2. Noticeable belly burn on this little brew.

Anyway, it's some low-cal, floral white wine with an earthy-tropical hop layer. Only 110 calories. Meh.
Tried from Can from Trader Joe's - Asheville on 29 Jul 2025 at 23:23

5.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 5.5 Texture 6 Overall 6
Clear gold in color with soda pop bubbles that quickly disappear. Aroma is mostly apple. Taste is also apple and it is extremely dry and kind of boozy.
Tried from Can on 03 Jul 2025 at 17:41

6.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6.5 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
12oz single via Applalachian. Mojito glass at home.

Clear, pale each on plum, seltzer pour.
Strong ginger floral with a soft lingering berry.
Bittersweet leaning bitter. Lemon-ginger, watery, grassy, veggie, lingering floral-ginger soda.
Thin, saline, soda, low abv.
Tried from Can from Appalachian Vintner on 28 Jun 2025 at 03:03

6.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
Big bottle. Pale gold not much carb. Sour and tart, very dry finish. Nothing special.
Tried from Bottle on 20 May 2025 at 01:19

5.1/10 Appearance 3 Aroma 4 Flavor 6 Texture 5 Overall 6.5
Clear pale, Odd nose of dull hops on apple cider. First taste is hoppy, but only mildly hoppy. Its nothing like a hopped beer. Actually rather mil and easy going and quite dry. I'm not sure if the hops leave a dry impression but it does seem to lack the sweetness of most domestic ciders. I don't care for hopped beers but this cider is not bad. At a cool 4.5%, its quite quaffable. Good co2 clear to the end.
Tried from Can from Total Wine & More - St. Petersburg, FL on 16 May 2025 at 17:25

6.5/10
Tried on 12 Apr 2025 at 13:51