Virtue Cider

Cidery in Fennville, Michigan, United States 🇺🇸
Associated Venue: Virtue Farms - Bottle Shop & Tasting Room

Established in 2011

Contact
2170 62nd St, Fennville, MI, 49408, United States
Description
Gregory Hall founded Virtue Cider in 2011. He is known for his 20-year tenure as brewmaster at the Goose Island Beer Company, having won 14 consecutive Great American Beer Festival medals and pioneered bourbon barrel-aged beer with Bourbon County Stout. In the spring of 2011, Hall left Goose Island and embarked on a two-month pilgrimage to study the craft of cider, touring and tasting at top cidermakers in England and France. He brought his extensive experience and innovative style to launch Virtue Cider. In 2013, Hall brought the cidermaking venture as close as possible to one of the United States' best apple-growing states of Michigan and launched Virtue Cider in Fennville, Michigan.

From 2015 to 2023 Virtue was owned by ABInBev. Greg Hall bought the Cidery back in 2023.

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Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

Draught @ Mikkeller Bar, Viktoriagade 8BC, kld., DK-1655 Copenhagen, Denmark. [ As Virtue The Mitten ].Clear light to medium orange yellow color with virtually no head. Aroma is moderate to light heavy apple, sweet apples, tart apples, wood, vanilla notes. Flavor is moderate to light heavy sweet and light acidic with a long duration, sweet apples, vanilla, tart apples, fruity apples, wood, barrel, medium dry. Body is medium, texture is watery, carbonation is flat. [20160519]

Tried on 22 Jun 2016 at 03:56


6.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Draught @ CBC 2016, Red session, København
Pours clear golden with a white head. Aroma has notes of apple, pear, tartness and funk. Taste is light sweet and light to medium sour with a long apple, pear, tart and funky finish. Body is medium, texture is thin to oily, carbonation is soft.

Tried on 20 Jun 2016 at 03:22


6.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Draught @ CBC 2016, Red session, København
Pours clear golden with a white head. Aroma has notes of apple, funk, light tart and green apples. Taste is light sweet and light sour with a long dry, funky, apple and light tart finish. Body is light, texture is thin to oily, carbonation is soft to flat.

Tried on 20 Jun 2016 at 03:22


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Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Tap@Copenhagen Beer Celebration 2016, Copenhagen - clear golden yellow pour with small white bubbly head. Aroma and taste is prominent medium sweet apple, apple skin, nice!

Tried from Draft on 08 Jun 2016 at 12:01


6.9
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

CBC. Clear pale yellow without head. Aroma is sweet, apples, sulphur, apple skin and light bourbon. Flavor is quite sweet. Sweet finish. 140516

Tried on 08 Jun 2016 at 09:14


6.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

750ml bottle. Sparkling hazy pale yellow gold colour with a short-lived white foam head. Aroma of apple, funk, hay, oil, hint of sulphur. Taste is tangy apple, apple skin, tart, with some fruity citric, woody & barnyard notes, and drying tannins. Light bodied, spritzy carbonation, dry fruity sour tannic finish. Quite drinkable.

Tried from Bottle on 05 Jun 2016 at 13:39


6.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

[5/14/16] Draught sample at Copenhagen Beer Celebration 2016. Green session. Golden. Apples, slightly sweetish, slightly tart. Refreshing.

Tried on 28 May 2016 at 15:50


7.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

[5/14/16] Draught sample at Copenhagen Beer Celebration 2016. Red session. Pale golden. Nice apples aroma. Tart and slightly sweetish apples flavor. Very good and refreshing.

Tried on 27 May 2016 at 19:04


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Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

[5/13/16] Draught sample at Copenhagen Beer Celebration 2016. Yellow session. Clear pale golden. Aroma of apples, a bit of vanilla, wood. Sweetish and slightly tart flavor, a bit alcoholic, with apples, wood.

Tried on 27 May 2016 at 09:54


5
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6

Tap @CBC16. Clear, pale yellow. No head. Mild green apple aroma. Watery apple flavour, a little bitter kick towards the finish but otherwise bland and boring.

Tried from Draft on 18 May 2016 at 12:47