Sly Clyde Ciderworks

Cidery in Hampton, Virginia, United States 🇺🇸
Associated Venue: Sly Clyde Ciderworks

Established in 2018

Contact
207 E Mellen St, Hampton, VA, 23663, United States
Description
Sly Clyde Ciderworks is a coastal Virginia craft cidery located in Hampton, VA. Visit our taproom in Phoebus or look for our ciders in bottle shops around Hampton Roads, Richmond, and the Outer Banks of North Carolina.

Sly Clyde Ciderworks is Virginia's first East Coast Cidery based out of Phoebus in Hampton, Virginia.

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

a: light golden body | no head (duh!)
a: crisp peaches | soft apples | bread
f: caster sugar | jasmine tea | perfume
t: soft yeasts | rich apples (honeycrisp) | honey end
o: enjoyable for style | super peachy | sweet, but expected

12 ounce can | Trader Joe's (grocery): Richmond/Glen Allen (Short Pump), Virginia | 31-August-2025 | US$2,50 | no can date | sampled: 13-December-2025 on the Eastern Shore in Cambridge, Maryland with my family of five at Christmas

Tried from Can from Trader Joes - Short Pump on 13 Dec 2025 at 20:25


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

Very clear, beautiful pink and light violet coloured body with no head a tall - sort of expected, with a ton of small bubbles rising from the bottom. Aroma of soured and tart raspberries with some relative earthy and rustic blueberries, with a light tartness and some alcohol in the nose, too, without much apples, somehow! Light-bodied; Crisp and tart lemons and granny smith apples show here pretty strongly, with a kick of caster sugar and yeast is noticeable especially at the end, but a pretty clean and easy-drinking cider. Aftertaste is pretty dry, with much more apple-y flavours than earlier, with a soft crispness and a good tart flavour from the lemons and deep raspberries. Overall, a nice, flavourful, but still easy-drinking cider with good raspberry and lemon aspects, but clean apples, soft sugars and a mild profile make this go down easy and quick. Great to sample very fresh and pretty local - good to try it if you like cider and can find this! I sampled this twelve ounce can, purchased from Trader Joe's in Newport News, Virginia on 20-November-2022 for US$2,50 sampled at my house here in Washington about a month later on 21-December-2022.

Tried from Can on 01 Mar 2024 at 06:50


6.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

s: canella (duh!) - icing sugar - honey a: perfectly clear golden body - no head (of course) t: sweet throughout - light spice - some yeast p: very appley finish - rounded - some alcohol at end o: good-for-name - crisp apples - very sweet but not cloying 12 ounce can - Trader Joe's: Williamsburg, Virginia - 19-November-2023 - US$2,50 - sampled: 16-December-2023

Tried from Can on 17 Dec 2023 at 15:44


5.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5

Pale yellow colour. Light apple aroma. Dry moerate apple flavor. Average finish. Oily palate.

Tried on 14 Mar 2023 at 09:53


6.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Red colour. Moderate apple flavor. Berriesd and mint not very present. Very dry moderate aple flavor. Average finish. Oily palate.

Tried on 14 Mar 2023 at 07:53


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

Can, 6.7%. Citric aroma, more of white wine than apples. Clear very pale golden colour, also more like white wine than cider. No head. The flavour has a touch of sweetness, some white wine and sulphur notes, apple core and a little sweetish apple.

Tried from Can on 25 Jan 2023 at 20:35


7.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Draft: Poured a golden with a white head. Aroma is light musty, apple. Taste is vanilla, woodsy, apple, light booze twang.

Tried from Draft on 12 Nov 2022 at 22:38


7.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Draft: Poured a pinkish ruby with white head. Aroma is fruity, apple, cranberry. Taste is berry, cranberry, apple light tingle, dry finish.

Tried from Draft on 12 Nov 2022 at 22:33


7.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Draft: Poured a golden with a white head. Aroma is apple, apricot. Taste is sweet, apricot, apple, light tangy.

Tried from Draft on 12 Nov 2022 at 22:31


7.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Draft: Poured a golden with a white head. Aroma is cinnamon, vanilla, doughy. Taste is cinnamon sugar donut, apples.

Tried from Draft on 12 Nov 2022 at 22:29