Eden Specialty Ciders
Cidery
in
Newport,
Vermont,
United States 🇺🇸
Associated Venue: Northeast Kingdom / Eden Centennial Taproom
Established in 2007
Contact
Description
Fermentor of ice ciders, aperitifs, and naturally sparkling ciders from locally grown heirloom and cider varieties.
Our mission is to support small local orchards who grow special apple varieties using environmentally sustainable practices. Together we grow a fascinating array of varieties to use in our ciders – old New England heirlooms like Blue Pearmain and Roxbury Russet, iconic sweets and sharps like Hudson’s Gem and Esopus Spitzenburg, zingy crabapples like Dolgo, Kerr and Wickson, and historic tannic varieties, including bittersweet and bittersharp varieties that originated in France and England. We press once per year after harvest, using the natural winter cold at our farm to concentrate the flavors and sugars of the apples before fermentation. We don’t use sugar, colorings, acids, or industrial flavorings, and all of our ciders are naturally gluten-free and vegan friendly. Welcome to cider from a wine point of view!
Our mission is to support small local orchards who grow special apple varieties using environmentally sustainable practices. Together we grow a fascinating array of varieties to use in our ciders – old New England heirlooms like Blue Pearmain and Roxbury Russet, iconic sweets and sharps like Hudson’s Gem and Esopus Spitzenburg, zingy crabapples like Dolgo, Kerr and Wickson, and historic tannic varieties, including bittersweet and bittersharp varieties that originated in France and England. We press once per year after harvest, using the natural winter cold at our farm to concentrate the flavors and sugars of the apples before fermentation. We don’t use sugar, colorings, acids, or industrial flavorings, and all of our ciders are naturally gluten-free and vegan friendly. Welcome to cider from a wine point of view!
8.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 9
Bottle 375ml. @ [ TickerFest Tasting ] - fonefan & Brugmansia House. 🇩🇰 🏡 👨💻🍺
[ As Eden Heirloom Blend Ice Cider - Apple Brandy Barrel ].
ABV: 10.0%. Clear medium amber colour with virtually no head. Aroma is apple, concentrated apple, brandy, barrel, vanilla, rich. Flavor is light heavy sweet with a long duration, apple, brandy, barrel, concentrated apple, vanilla, baked apple - caramelized apple. Body is medium to full, texture is syrupy, carbonation is flat, finish feel is warming. [20240427]
9-3-9-5-18
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Aug 2019
at 18:05
4/10
Tried
on 01 Aug 2019
at 18:04
7.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle 375ml. clear @ The Shnoodlepip, London.
[ As Eden Heirloom Blend - 2015 ].
ABV: 10.0%. Clear medium orange yellow colour with virtually no head. Aroma is moderate to light heavy apple, sweet apples, wood, rich apples. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and light acidic with a long duration, apple, concentrated apples, rich, tart apples, light vanilla - sweet apples. Body is medium, texture is syrupy, carbonation is flat, finish feel is warming and light alcoholic. [20190802]
8-3-8-4-17
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Aug 2019
at 18:01
8.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle 375ml. corked @ [ TickerFest Tasting ] - fonefan & Brugmansia House. 🇩🇰 🏡 👨💻🍺
[ As Windfall Orchard Ice Cider ].
ABV: 9.0%. Clear medium amber colour with virtually no head. Aroma is apple, concentrated apple, intense apple, rich, apple, vanilla, sweet apple. Flavor is moderate sweet with s long duration, concentrated apple, intense apple, rich, apple, vanilla, sweet apple, apple strudel. Body is medium, texture is watery - creamy, carbonation is flat, finish feel is warming. [20240427]
8-3-9-4-17
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Aug 2019
at 18:00
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Refrigerated small-format bottle poured into a glass. Clear amber with small white head. Aroma is dry apples, medium body, medium carbonation, and little lacing. Taste is dry apple, some currant, and dry finish. Sort of more like a rose wine more than a typical cider.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Jul 2019
at 00:11
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
750ml bottle from Scrattings. Golden colour, short-lived white foam head and aroma of mellow, buttery, apple pie, caramel, fruity, citric. Taste is slightly tart, woody oak barrel, fruity, apple, sweetish, apple pie, with formic acid, buttery hints and bretty horseblanket funk. Medium bodied, low soft carbonation, semi-dry funky earthy woody finish. Quite drinkable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Jul 2019
at 17:03
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Sample, thanks to Danlo! Pours a golden yellow with light mist. Nice fruity nose, encompassing lightly stewed apple, melon. Taste presents some surprising pineapple and grapefruit notes, alongside a rich apple fruit sweetness, some fleshy moments, skin hints with a nice oily wine-like mouthfeel, comes across a bit like an apfelwein. Pretty good.
Tried
on 25 Jul 2019
at 18:54
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
750ml bottle from Scrattings. As Eden Cellar Series #12 Oliver's Twist Foxwelp cider. 7.5%, Batch: 2018. Hazy yellow gold colour, short-lived bubbly white foam head and aroma of mellow fruity apple, acidic, peach, light buttery coconut note. Taste is tart, citric fruity, melon, peach, fleshy apple, acidic, bittersweet, with a slight caramel hint. Medium bodied, spritzy carbonation, very dry tart citric finish. Nicely drinkable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Jul 2019
at 19:00
6.2/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 4
Texture 8
Overall 4
375ml bottle from Flatiron Wines. Duvel baby tulip. Dark, clear, active, copper gold body. Smell is big on macerated apples, minerals & mellow spice. Taste is bitter asprin, chalky core, slightly creamy. Very carbonated, thin, moderate acid. Too bitter. Needs another note.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Jul 2019
at 00:27
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle shared at craft beer Co Islington. Many thanks to Nathan. A light straw yellow coloured pour with a a halo of white head. Aroma is white peach, pear, woody pineapple. Flavour is composed of spicy citrus, pineapple, white peach, nectarine. Palate is frorhy airy carbonation. Sharp.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Jul 2019
at 20:27