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

Sampled from the tap at GTMW 2018. Pours a pale gold with a pink hue and a white head that dissipates to the edges. Aroma has tart dry apple with a bit of flora backing. Flavor has sweet apple and flora with a slightly dry finish.

Tried from Draft on 17 Sep 2018 at 03:27


7.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

Sampled from the tap at GTMW 2018. Pours a slightly hazy reddish pink with a white head that dissipates nearly completely. Aroma has tart cherry and sweet apple with a hint of funk underlying. Flavor has sweet apple and tart cherry with a growing brett presence.

Tried from Draft on 17 Sep 2018 at 03:25


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Tried on 13 Sep 2018 at 13:21


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Tried on 13 Sep 2018 at 13:21


6.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

18.06.2018, 0,75l bottle (2013 harvest) shared with friends @ home:
Nice fizzy-creamy shortlasting head, clear golden color. Aroma is slightly sweet concentrated sour-ish fruity, sour apples, grass, apple peel, sorrel, yellow apples, apple cores, leafs, hints of caramel. Taste is slightly dry sour-ish grassy, sorrel, apple peel, apple cores, grass, hay, yeast, minerals, weeds, paper, leafs. Medium bitterness, slightly watery and dry sour-ish fruity mouthfeel. Nice enough, easy drinking.

Tried from Bottle on 18 Jun 2018 at 19:15


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

6-3-6-3-13
Bottle, 2013 harvest, shared with BBGTC. Pours clear yellow, with a small creamy head. Aroma is tart notes of apples, musty fruit peel and minerals. Light body, with soft carbonation. Flavour is tart, musty notes of fruit peel and apples, as well as malts with dusty minerals and earthy notes. Fairly dry finish.

Tried from Bottle on 18 Jun 2018 at 19:12


7.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Keg at Lost Valley. Hazy pink, thin head. Aroma of apple, berry, apple skins, honey. Taste is earth, apple skins, tart berries. Medium bodied.

Tried on 19 May 2018 at 19:50


7

Very nice. Red/green/crisp apples/fruit peel/rose/floral/herbal/yeast earth; lt honey/vanilla/oak/spice. Semisweet/med carb. Lt acid/tannic drying. Very flavorful/refreshing. Great fruit complexity/balance. Delicious, spot on stuff.

Tried from Can on 13 May 2018 at 16:09


7

Very nice. Red/green/sharp/crisp apples/fruit peel/herbal/oak/yeast earth/pepper. Semidry/crisp carb. Lingering acid/tannin drying. Very flavorful/refreshing. Great fruit complexity/balance w/ yeast/oak. Spot on farmhouse style cider.

Tried from Can on 12 May 2018 at 16:42