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!
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle - pours yellow white head - nose/taste of apple pit, pear, alcohol and light apple acid - medium body
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Jan 2016
at 23:43
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Draft - nice baked apple. Clear gold. Apple and a decent apple flaovor with a decent finish. Sweet, but rich and nice,
Tried
from Draft
on 07 Jan 2016
at 01:34
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
375mL bottle, pours a hazy bronze / bright golden orange with no head. Aroma is complex, with crisp red apples, honey, and a touch of treacle toffee. Flavour is along the same lines, with honey, treacle toffee and sweet red apples. Complex and fantastically harmonious. Fantastic.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Jan 2016
at 01:17
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
375mL bottle at Schilling, pours a hazy golden with a small white head. Aroma is quite dry, with some farmhouse notes and light funk. Flavour is semi-dry, with farmhouse notes, funky notes, and some stewed apples. Not overly complex, but it works well. Cohesive and really drinkable. Very nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Dec 2015
at 02:31
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Draft - Nice see fleshy apple. Clear gold. Dry and semi sweet. Nice, but a bit simple.
Tried
from Draft
on 05 Dec 2015
at 21:45
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
375 ml Bottle thanks to AdamC! Clear, Sparkling carbonation level, ha ha ha. Aroma is Granny Smith and pears. Nice.
Nice mild Apple base! Very mild oak. Texture is dry and crisp and very clean. Real nice
Nice mild Apple base! Very mild oak. Texture is dry and crisp and very clean. Real nice
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Nov 2015
at 17:14
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
375 mL bottle from AdamC, drunk 11/28/15.
Pale gold body is not overly sparkling. White head fades away immediately.
Mushy apples, light white pepper, clean mineral water. Not incredibly complex but clean, no alcohol and a light, pleasant acidity.
Nicely dry, tannic and with light vanilla and honey. Light, watery with low alcohol and low carbonation. Seems a bit tired, though it says it’s bottle conditioned. That being said, the flavors are clean, true and enjoyable.
Pale gold body is not overly sparkling. White head fades away immediately.
Mushy apples, light white pepper, clean mineral water. Not incredibly complex but clean, no alcohol and a light, pleasant acidity.
Nicely dry, tannic and with light vanilla and honey. Light, watery with low alcohol and low carbonation. Seems a bit tired, though it says it’s bottle conditioned. That being said, the flavors are clean, true and enjoyable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Nov 2015
at 17:12
7.5/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Poured from bottle thanks AdamChandler nice white gold color no head. Aromas of tart apples and vanilla. Taste is nice and crisp with a hint of oak.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Nov 2015
at 17:04
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle courtesy of the Eden Ice Cider club. Pours clear deep golden leaving some subtle legs on the glass. Smell is heavy fruity with baked apples, cinnamon, honey, hay, dry soil, alcohol and lemon peal. Taste is sweet, sour and fruity. Mouthfeel is oily, viscous, round, slightly boozy and medium to full bodied. Finish is sweet and sour with baked apples, dark honey, cinnamon, hay, dry soil, alcohol and lemon peal. Simple but damn good! --- Beer merged from original tick of Honeycrisp Ice Cider on 28 Nov 2015 at 00:17 - Score: 8
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Nov 2015
at 17:14
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle received through the Eden Ice Cider Club. Pours clear deep golden leaving some pretty legs on the glass. Smell is intense with musty sour apples, fleshy sweet apples, star fruit, hay, dry soil, lemon peal, alcohol and hints of paper. Taste is sweet, sour and fruity. Mouthfeel is oily, round, tiny sticky sweet, heavy tart, tiny boozy and medium to full bodied. Finish is sweet and heavy sour with mixed smashed apples, star fruit, pineapple, dry soil, hay, lemon peal and hints of alcohol and paper. Heavy tart but with the sweetness to back it up. Nicely balanced and nicely tropical. Hints of paper brings it down slightly for me though. --- Beer merged from original tick of Windfall Orchard Ice Cider on 27 Nov 2015 at 20:07 - Score: 8
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Nov 2015
at 12:45