Virtue Cider
Cidery
in
Fennville,
Michigan,
United States πΊπΈ
Associated Venue: Virtue Farms - Bottle Shop & Tasting Room
Established in 2011
Contact
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.
From 2015 to 2023 Virtue was owned by ABInBev. Greg Hall bought the Cidery back in 2023.
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
75 cl bottle. Pours clear and golden yellow with a small white head. Aroma is apples and zesty. Dry, apples and light butterish. Herbal. Dry and crisp zesty. Dry apples finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 May 2016
at 10:23
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
750mL bottle, pours a clear blonde with a small white head. Aroma brings out medium sweetness and a touch of funk. Flavour is fairly dry, with dry apples, medium funk and dry bready notes. Not overly complex, but quite dry and funky. Decent cider.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Mar 2016
at 13:01
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
1 pint 9 fl oz bottle from Mikkeller webshop. Pours a sparkling yellow golden colour with a short-lived white foam head. Nose of tart apple, charred woody oak, vanilla, bourbon, some rubber notes. Flavour is sweet apple, fruity & juicy, along with oak, woody, vanilla, some caramel, melon, white grape, light tannin and dry sourness. Oily mouthfeel, medium bodied, spritzy carbonation, dry tangy tannic finish. Very drinkable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Mar 2016
at 11:41
6.4/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
750ml bottle from Mikkeller webshop. Golden colour with lots of suspended sediment, short-lived white foam head and nose of apple, hay, slight barnyard notes. Flavour is tart apple, fruity, melon, vanilla, woody, bittersweet with drying tannins. Crisp mouthfeel, sourish, light bodied, low to medium carbonation, dry tangy tannic finish. Quite OK.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Feb 2016
at 11:37
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
750ml bottle from Mikkeller webshop. Deep orange golden colour, short-lived white foam head and nose of fruity apple with juicy, caramel, vanilla notes. Juicy apple flavour up front, sweetish, then apple skins, green apples, rubber, earthy, hay, wood, some tartness and drying tannins. Light to medium bodied, low to medium carbonation, dry tangy tannic finish. Quite drinkable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Feb 2016
at 12:03
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Draught @ CBC 2015. Pours tiny hazy golden with no head worth mentioning. Smell is fruity with ripe smashed apples, hay, dry soil, minerals, kumquats, lemon peal and hitns of paper. Taste is sour and fruity. mouthfeel is crisp, dry, tart and light bodied. Finish is sour with mixed smashed apples, hay, minerals, kumqauts, lemon peal and hints of paper. Less papery, less heavy dry and more fruit than Lapinette but still only decent. Needs lots more fruit from the apples and less paper without getting sweet and less refreshing.
Tried
on 06 Dec 2015
at 14:15
6.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 7
Draught @ CBC 2015. Pours very tiny hazy greenish golden with no head worth mentioning. Smell is fruity with mixed sweet and sour apples, dry soil, minerals, paper and lemon peal. Taste is sour and fruity. Mouthfeel is crisp, dry, tart and light bodied. Finish is sour with tart apples, hay, dry soil, minerals, paper and lemon peal. Decent cider but a bit too dry, bit too papery and very lacking in fruitiness except tart apples.
Tried
on 06 Dec 2015
at 14:14
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle. Pours a clear yellow gold with a white head that dissipates nearly completely. Aroma has has crisp dry and slightly tart apple with a light earthy backbone. Flavor has tart apple throughout with a dry finish and a hint of dryness.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Dec 2015
at 13:09
7.2/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle. Pours a clear yellow gold with a lot of sediment and a white head that dissipates completely. Aroma has a slightly acidic apple note with a decent amount of sweetness and a hint of funk. Flavor has a nice sweet apple with an acidic bite and a touch of earthiness.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Dec 2015
at 12:37
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle. Pours a clear bright yellow with a bubbly white head that dissipates completely and has visible carbonation. Aroma is extremely funky with an egg and musty leaf notes as well as an earthy apple backbone. Flavor has earthy apple with a slight dryness and a strong leafy funk.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Nov 2015
at 15:27