Salt Spring Wild Cider House
Cidery
in
Salt Spring Island,
British Columbia,
Canada 🇨🇦
Associated Venue: Salt Spring Wild Cider House
Contact
151 Sharp Rd, Salt Spring Island, Salt Spring Island, V8K 2P6, Canada
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!
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
On tap at The Cider House, pours a hazy blonde, no head. Nose reveals the Amaro prominently, with notes of fir, rhubarb and general botanicals, and no hint of pineapple (or apple for that matter). Flavour is fruitier, with a deep woody, earthy character, gentle acidity, and a hint of pineapple. Interesting incorporation of the Amaro—something I wouldn't normally enjoy but it works alright here.
Tried
from Draft
on 20 Sep 2020
at 00:15
5.8/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Smells of big fresh ginger, nothing else. Has a clear orange body with no head. Flavour is heavy strong ginger and nothing else comes through. There's good carbonation and crispness on the mouth. This is nice if you like ginger since it overpowers everything else.
Tried
on 12 May 2019
at 17:34
6.2/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Has a big bourbon smells, huge wood notes with soft apples poking through. Golden body, clear, no head. Flavour is heavy bourbon, meaty and strong, with only a hint of sweet apple. Can't find the apricot. Okay crispness. It's an okay experiment, very bourbon forward.
Tried
from Can
on 12 May 2019
at 17:33
6.8/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Smells of nice sweet apricot and hops, has a clear yellow body with no head. Flavour is a nice hop and apricot mix, good balance and it works well. Mouthfeel has nice crispness from the carbonation. Highly drinkable.
Tried
on 12 May 2019
at 17:30
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Smells of soft candle wax, has a bit of foam on top of a cloudy dark pink body. Flavour is floral perfume and some cidery sweetness. Crisp carbonation. Not bad, just okay.
Tried
from Can
on 12 May 2019
at 17:28
6.5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Smells of nice orange zest and rosemary on the nose as advertised, though it also starts to meld into soya sauce after awhile. Has a simple clear orange body with no foam. Flavour is nice rosemary, balances well with the bitter orange and works well together. Crisp on the mouth. There's a good blend here, nice balanced.
Tried
on 12 May 2019
at 17:27
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Smells of dry tannins and plums though all a little soft. Has a nice pink body with very vague foam on top. Flavour is mellow plums, some inkiness and a plum skin aftertaste. Mouthfeel is crisp enough. This is nice but everything could be brighter.
Tried
on 12 May 2019
at 17:24
5.4/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Smells of soft apple with some sweetness. Has a mellow yellow body with no head. Flavour is a mixed and muddy boozy affair of apples. Mouthfeel is crisp enough. It's a bit messy and not really in the right ways.
Tried
on 12 May 2019
at 17:23
5.2/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 4
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Smells very faintly of pears, has a light white body with no head. Flavour is soft pears, mellow sugar is barely kept in check. Okay crispness on th mouth. Not too inspiring but drinkable.
Tried
on 12 May 2019
at 17:20
5.1/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Soft apple aroma, light gold body with no foam. Flavour is vague sugariness. Mouthfeel is crisp and full. Not much going on but unintrusive for a hot spring day.
Tried
on 12 May 2019
at 17:19