Eden Specialty Ciders

Cidery in Newport, Vermont, United States 🇺🇸
Associated Venue: Northeast Kingdom / Eden Centennial Taproom

Established in 2007

Contact
150 Main St, Newport, VT, 05855, United States
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!

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187 ml. bottle sampled @ "D. & E. Tasting #3". Obtained in a trade with AdamChandler, likely a vintage. Quite dark orange. Nose is very sweet thicker ice cider, sugar, sweet warming, low cinnamon. Taste is sweet warming syrup, apple candy, thick sweet syrup ice cider, sugar, pleasantly warming, some sugar,… Thicker bodied. Very good Ice Cider far better than their Honeycrisp.
Tried from Bottle on 13 Jul 2017 at 12:26

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5.2 Gallon Keg thanks to Eden. I have been drinking from this keg for months without taking any notes. Sorry team. It’s important to keep in mind that the kegs are not bottle conditioned that’s why these are a separate entry. force-carbed yields a much different experience. Brewer’s intent wins this time. Excellent effervescent carbonation, golden orange appearance with quickly fading head. a very mineral sour apple aroma with a flavor or peach, cherry, cranberry. delicious cider overall.
Tried from Bottle on 10 Jul 2017 at 21:30

6.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 7
75CL, Split 2 ways. Cellar temp. I honestly thought I had rated this! wow

A - No cork pop. Very pale yellow appearance.

S - Smell, fruit salad, sweet apple, oak, wine, persimmon, walnut

T - Extremely tart, sour, sweet then a long lingering table sugar and apple flavored water finish with a burst of lemon rind

M - Unmistakably flat which actually accentuates all of the flavors.

O - Tasty. I’m looking to see how well this ages.

Tried on 10 Jul 2017 at 21:30

7.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Draft sample, thanks Adam. Shows a sparkling pale golden with a small fizzy gwhite head that quickly dissipates in the glass. Smell is fruity with tart apples, star fruit, minerals and pear notes. Mouthfeel is sparkling, dry, lightly tart and light bodied. Nice.
Tried from Draft on 09 Jul 2017 at 10:09

7/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 7
0,375 ml bottle bought at the Northern Eastern Kingdom Tasting Center, Newport VT, for 8,80 $. Dark golden and a little bit unclear in the glass. High visible carbonation. Smells dry fruity. Taste starts more fruity, little bit tart, some honey in the background. Increasing tartness, later switching to more apple in a dry bedding. Some smooth hints of champagne. Really nice.
Tried from Bottle on 08 Jul 2017 at 21:08

8/10
Intriguing blend of cider & hops. Quite like this.
Tried from Bottle on 01 Jul 2017 at 23:15

7/10
Intense apple nose. Star fruit & minerals. Hint of booze. Sweet, tiny sour & fruity taste. Tart tiny papery mouthfeel. Ok but a bit light...
Tried from Bottle on 01 Jul 2017 at 21:23

7/10
Complex apple must nose with light wood & cobwebs. Slightly sour & fruity taste. Dry, sparkling & tart mouthfeel. Light paper. Ok...
Tried from Bottle on 01 Jul 2017 at 21:02

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Light peel like pg13 make out scenes and not a lot else. Golden pour with decent head and lacing. Tap at ANXO.
Tried from Draft on 29 May 2017 at 07:32

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Thnx to Eugene for the share ! Pours darker amber/gold, no head, as if anywone would be expecting one, that is. Smell is sticky, intense applesauce, full on natural and complex, minor alcohol notes. Taste is very full bodied, silky applesauce, very intensely so. Sweet, obviously, as well as a sticky MF. Very nice ice cider once again. Booze isn’t to high, complexity is there. all factors seem to have great balance. minor warmth at the back of the throat. This is what humankind has been kept alive for !
Tried on 28 May 2017 at 15:51