Salt Spring Wild Cider House

Cidery in Salt Spring Island, British Columbia, Canada 🇨đŸ‡Ļ
Associated Venue: Salt Spring Wild Cider House

Contact
151 Sharp Rd, Salt Spring Island, Salt Spring Island, V8K 2P6, Canada
+12509315554
wild@saltspringwildcider.com
Description
Our ciders are made with the wild apples and pears that grow on Salt Spring Island, and with apples from regional orchards. We never add any water. Our process involves slow-fermenting single varieties and allowing each to mature until it has fully developed. The ciders are then carefully blended for complexity and depth of flavour; our Dry and Semi-Dry ciders are each blends of over 10 different apple varieties!  While the blending process is crucial (and arduous), the special character of our cider is due to the wealth of heritage cider apples that grow on Salt Spring, and to our commitment to making fully natural ciders. In general, you'll find that we tend to make our ciders quite dry, with delicate flavours (including our berry and plum ciders), and that's the way we like them!
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mcberko
mcberko (49004) reviewed
PÊt-Nat (aka Michelin PÊt Nat) from Salt Spring Wild Cider House
3 years ago
6.6/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Bottle sampled at BC Cider Fest 2023 as Michelin Pet Nat, pours a cloudy golden yellow with a tiny white head. Aroma is dry, with gentle earthy funk and crisp apple skins. Flavour is bone dry, with a solid earthy funk, light apple core, and a touch of acidity. A bit muted but has a nice funk to it. Pleasant.
Tried from Bottle on 04 Jun 2023 at 02:43
mcberko
mcberko (49004) reviewed
Plum Cider from Salt Spring Wild Cider House
3 years ago
6.2/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 7
Bottle sampled at BC Cider Fest 2023, pours a cloudy dull pink with a small white head. Nose brings out floral plum notes, gentle sweetness, light apple skins. Flavour is medium sweet, with juicy plums, not much apple character left. Simply but brings out a nice juicy plum character without much residual acidity. Medium sweet finish. Decent.
Tried from Bottle on 04 Jun 2023 at 02:39
mcberko
mcberko (49004) reviewed
Red Grapefruit from Salt Spring Wild Cider House
3 years ago
6.2/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 7
Bottle sampled at BC Cider Fest 2023, pours a fairly clear blonde, tiny head. Aroma brings out light floral notes, flat grapefruit and a touch of apple core. Flavour is medium sweet, with bright apple skins, some apple core, and just enough bitter grapefruit rind to balance. Pleasant incorporation of the grapefruit. Decent.
Tried from Bottle on 04 Jun 2023 at 02:39
Gerbeer
Gerbeer (8566) reviewed
Maple Bourbon Apricot from Salt Spring Wild Cider House
3 years ago
7.2/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7
750 ml bottle. Pours a slightly clouding pale gold. Aromas of mellow apples and soft oak. Flavors of slightly tart apples, soft oak, and stoned fruit. Not getting the maple or bourbon to any extent. Nice enough. Lots of carbonation, but still a bigger mouthfeel than an normal sparkling cider.
Tried from Bottle on 03 Sep 2022 at 23:13
pictoman
pictoman (10098) reviewed
Elderberry/Flower Cider from Salt Spring Wild Cider House
4 years ago
6.1/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Poured from the tap. Clear pinkish red with small white head. Elderberry, apple, floral notes, not bad.
Tried from Draft on 08 May 2022 at 05:59
Deanf
Deanf (9780) reviewed
Rosehip & Oak Fortified Cider from Salt Spring Wild Cider House
5 years ago
6.6/10 — Appearance 4 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 4 Overall 7.5
Caramelly brown body, translucent. Smells of sweet rosehip and good oak, reminiscent of sarsaparilla in fact. Taste is cola like bourbon hints, subdued and sweet but working well. Mouthfeel is a little thin and it could be bolder. Still a very nice experiment, excellent flavour.
Tried on 07 Jul 2021 at 20:02
Deanf
Deanf (9780) reviewed
Ice Cider from Salt Spring Wild Cider House
5 years ago
5.5/10 — Appearance 4 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Medium clear gold body, aroma is faint musty apple. Taste is sweet, soft apple, nothing else. Smooth and warming finish. Clean but uninteresting, nothing stands out, apple character seems to have been distilled out.
Tried on 07 Jul 2021 at 20:00
Deanf
Deanf (9780) reviewed
Apple Plum from Salt Spring Wild Cider House
5 years ago
6.8/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Good deep orange body but no foam. Smells of nice bitter plum with some tart apple. Taste is chewy sweet apple, soft plum notes. Ends full, sharp, and tangy. Enjoyable, sweet and straight ahead but well made.
Tried on 07 Jul 2021 at 18:20
mcberko
mcberko (49004) reviewed
Bitter Orange Rosemary from Salt Spring Wild Cider House
5 years ago
5.1/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 4 Overall 5.5
750mL bottle, pours a clear dark orange with a small white head. Nose is full of rosemary upfront, followed by orange and sweet apples. Flavour is much less spicy and more sweet, with plenty of orange zest and medium-high sweet apples. Not any complexity or flavour depth. Another weak, adjunct-laden, overly sweet, un-complex BC cider.
Tried from Bottle on 08 Jun 2021 at 07:07
Ferris
Ferris (26019) reviewed
Barrel Aged Muscat from Salt Spring Wild Cider House
5 years ago
7.6/10 — Appearance 7 Aroma 8 Flavor 7.5 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Clear gold with a small white head. Nice fruity Mangosteen and Lychee. Apple and a some white tropical fruits. Interesting take. I don't get the Muscat in its best form but the fruitiness s there.
Tried from Bottle on 20 Mar 2021 at 02:39