Potter's Craft Cider
Cidery
in
Charlottesville,
Virginia,
United States πΊπΈ
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.
6.5/10
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Appearance 2
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Apple, cherry, strawberry nose, volatile. Clear pink. Tart, fairly dry but flavorful. Crabapple, rosehips. Light body, alcohol is hardly noticeable. Easy drinking and hard to believe it is 9.5% ABV. Iβm not convinced it is.
Tried
on 12 Apr 2016
at 19:06
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle at the March DC Tasting. Poured a mostly clear, yellowish color with a small fizzy white head. Aroma was light funky raspberry notes. Flavor was nice acidic raspberry notes, light crisp apple notes. Funky character.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Mar 2016
at 11:02
6.6/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle at the DC March Tasting. Cloudy lemonade yellow, some floating sediment. Aromas of berries, lemon, funk. Tastes of berries, tart acidic notes, lemons, funk. Light body with a dry finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Mar 2016
at 21:20
7.3/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle. Cloudy to murky chalky yellow color, still. Aroma is dusty white pepper, apple, vanilla, lemon. Taste has tannic lemon. Nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Mar 2016
at 15:30
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
500 ml bottle poured into a Spiegelau tulip. 9% ABV per the rear label. Interesting clear pale pink color that I havenβt really seen before. Quick fading off-white bubbles. Aromas of champagne, flowery notes, subtle fresh grapefruit, light apples. Tastes of earthy apples, flowery notes, grapefruit peel. Light tartness. Medium-light body with a dry finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Mar 2016
at 21:04
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 6
Draft at Paradiso Dupont. Hazy to cloudy pale yellow with rare bubbles. Dan, see pic for verification. Aroma has herbal lemon peel and young apples. Taste has green apple, suble spice, maybe spruce, mainly at the finish. Dry finish. Tasty.
Tried
from Draft
on 01 Jan 2016
at 11:25
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Pale white pour. Some sour tang. Hints of crab apple in here. Pretty drinkable, though not a huge palate. Bottle.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Aug 2015
at 10:42
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 2.5
From a 22 oz bottle at the WWWW RB tasting. It is a clear effervescent a slight hint of light apple juice color with a slight head. The Aroma is of apples and the taste is tangy apple jiuice
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Aug 2015
at 15:50
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle at the RateBeer WWWW Tasting. Clear whitish yellow. Aromas of apples, champagne, light floral. Tastes of apples, subtle floral, tart acidic notes. Light body with a dry finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Aug 2015
at 22:32
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
From a 22 oz bottle at the WWWW RB tasting. Pours a clear pale gold with a feint head. Aroma of crisp apples. Flavors of apple crisp.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Aug 2015
at 20:14