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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6.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 7.5

Sampled from the tap at the cidery. Pours a clear peach rose with no head whatsoever. Aroma has sweet apple and cherry with a hint of bourbon underlying. Flavor has dry cherry and sweet apples with a bit of bourbon supporting.

Tried from Draft on 08 Jun 2019 at 17:04


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Sampled from the tap at the cidery. Pours a clear light but bright yellow with no head whatsoever. Aroma has lots of sweet apple with a bit of vanilla underlying. Flavor has lots of sweet apples with a bit of vanilla and a slight hint of citrus rind.

Tried from Draft on 08 Jun 2019 at 16:54


7.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Sampled from the tap at the cidery. Pours a clear straw yellow with visible carbonation but no head. Aroma has sweet and dry apple with a slight oakiness underlying. Flavor has a great dry apple note with a slight oakiness backing.

Tried from Draft on 08 Jun 2019 at 16:44


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

01.11.2018, 0,75l bottle shared with friends @ location tasting:
Small slightly bubbly mediumlasting head, cloudy golden color. Aroma is slightly sweet sour-ish fruity, sour apple juice, oak, apple cores, hay, sorrel, mild bourbon, bark, minerals, apple peel, alcohol. Taste is slightly dry sour-ish fruity, apple cores, hay, sour apples, minerals, sorrel, oak, apple peel, mild bourbon, grass, flowers. Medium bitterness, slightly dry sour-ish fruity mouthfeel. Nice one. Something kind of remind me of a light ice cider...

Tried from Bottle on 01 Nov 2018 at 19:06


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

6-4-6-3-12
Bottle, shared with Inbreak and friends. Pours yellow with sediments, with no head. Aroma is funky notes of apples and bretty fruity notes, with hay, musty fruits and minerals. Light to medium body, with average carbonation. Flavour is tart fruity notes of apples, musty fruit peel and minerals.

Tried from Bottle on 16 Oct 2018 at 18:57


5.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4.5

15.10.2018, 0,75l bottle (2013 vintage) shared with friends @ home:
Small slightly bubbly-creamy mediumlasting head, cloudy. Aroma is slightly dry sour-ish fruity, sour apples, brett, minerals, apple peel, barnyard, wash cloth, hints of sulfur. Taste is slightly dry sour-ish mineraly, weeds, apple cores, sour apples, minerals, grass, hay, paper, apple peel, barnyard, yeast, hay. Medium bitterness, slightly watery and dry sour-ish fruity mouthfeel. Fair enough, over the top I guess...

Tried from Bottle on 15 Oct 2018 at 16:47


8

Nice crisp apple notes, hints of the oak aging and yeast. Nicely flavored and not a sugar bomb. Me gusta.

Tried from Bottle on 07 Oct 2018 at 13:54


6

Flat and dry never goes well together, unless I guess you love dry white wine. Better than the Michigan brut though. Some apple notes to make it tasty.

Tried from Bottle on 05 Oct 2018 at 21:27


4

Extra Dry extra flat brut champagne cider. Not much else to say.

Tried from Bottle on 05 Oct 2018 at 20:30


7

01FEB16. Bourbon barrel aged cider? Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaat? Basically a light apple cider with lots of bourbon barrel notes, it's a tasty and subtle hint to bourbon notes + apple stuff. Wish it was stronger though.

Tried from Bottle on 03 Oct 2018 at 21:47