Champlain Orchards
Cidery
in
Shoreham,
Vermont,
United States 🇺🇸
Associated Venue: Champlain Orchards Cidery
Established in 2011
Contact
Description
We are a family-owned and ecologically-managed orchard overlooking Lake Champlain in Shoreham, Vermont. We invite you to discover the taste of the Champlain Valley and this beautiful place we call home.
We are a family owned & ecologically managed orchard overlooking Lake Champlain in Shoreham, Vermont. As one of the oldest continuously operating orchards in Vermont, we take pride in growing over 100 varieties of apples, as well as peaches, pears, plums, cherries, nectarines, and berries. We are careful stewards of our land and grow our fruit following strict Eco Apple requirements while striving to minimize our carbon footprint and sustainably contribute to our community.
Our ORCHARD-MADE cider is crafted from fruit grown with a conscience, in beautiful and pristine Vermont. Our cidery is located at Champlain Orchards, a family-owned and ecologically-managed orchard overlooking Lake Champlain. Every single apple in our hard ciders is pressed, fermented, and crafted at our orchard. This makes for a quality, local product that is fresh, crisp and deliciously drinkable.
We are a family owned & ecologically managed orchard overlooking Lake Champlain in Shoreham, Vermont. As one of the oldest continuously operating orchards in Vermont, we take pride in growing over 100 varieties of apples, as well as peaches, pears, plums, cherries, nectarines, and berries. We are careful stewards of our land and grow our fruit following strict Eco Apple requirements while striving to minimize our carbon footprint and sustainably contribute to our community.
Our ORCHARD-MADE cider is crafted from fruit grown with a conscience, in beautiful and pristine Vermont. Our cidery is located at Champlain Orchards, a family-owned and ecologically-managed orchard overlooking Lake Champlain. Every single apple in our hard ciders is pressed, fermented, and crafted at our orchard. This makes for a quality, local product that is fresh, crisp and deliciously drinkable.
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Pours clear pale greenish gold into a shaker. No head. Sweet apple and spice aromas. Crisp with dry apple and baked pie crust upfront turning to tart apple before the abrupt finish.
Tried
on 06 Dec 2019
at 23:08
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
2019-05-03 .
Tried
on 03 May 2019
at 18:50
6.8/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Leftovers from tasting at Alex's (thx, man!). Pours a hazy copper with no head. Aroma is sulfur and sweet apples. Taste is very sour and sweet with booze and light sulfur. It's ok.
Tried
on 25 Dec 2018
at 23:51
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Light spiced apple with a touch of peel. Clear gold. Peel, tannic and a nice bit of acidity. Nice balance.
Tried
on 07 Dec 2018
at 06:56
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Sort of hazy, amber. There's a light syrupy apple and brown sugar note. There's a bit of fruity note, this has a nice brown sugar note. Good. A bit of tartness late.
Tried
on 07 Dec 2018
at 06:54
7.6/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Oxford Tasting, bottle
Amber colour, bright. The aroma is nice, a bit nutty. It has a warming alcohol character, sweet, not very syrupy, medium flavour depth, with tannins in the finish.
Not very complex, but good.
Amber colour, bright. The aroma is nice, a bit nutty. It has a warming alcohol character, sweet, not very syrupy, medium flavour depth, with tannins in the finish.
Not very complex, but good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Dec 2018
at 06:44
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Pours pale gold into a tulip. No head. Sweet apple aromas. Sharp with sweet crisp apple and dusty skin front to back.
Tried
on 31 Oct 2018
at 02:22
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle sample at Champlain Orchards, pours a clear caramel colour. Aroma is decadent, with lots of toffee, brown sugar, and caramel apples. Flavour is loaded with intense toffee, brown sugar, and caramel. Gentle apple acidity, with decadent depth. Fantastic.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Aug 2018
at 01:27
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle sample at Champlain Orchards, pours a clear pale golden with a small white head. Aroma brings out champagne, toffee, brown sugar and candied apples. Flavour is intensely sweet even for the style, with candied apples, brown sugar, toffee and light champagne effervescence from the carbonation. Almost too sweet, but it works.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Aug 2018
at 01:27
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Can sample at Champlain Orchards, pours a deep dark mahogany with a small pink head. Aroma brings out red wine tannins and crisp apple skins. Flavour is quite dry, with plenty of red wine dominating, while the apples take a backseat. Decent.
Tried
from Can
on 08 Aug 2018
at 01:26