Starcut Ciders

Cidery in Elk Rapids, Michigan, United States 🇺🇸
Owned by Short's Brewing Company

Established in 2014

Contact
211 Industrial Park Dr, Elk Rapids, MI, 49629, United States
Description
Starcut Ciders, brought to you by Short’s Brewing Company, was founded in 2014 and born out of a desire to make unique ciders from the orchards that surround us in Michigan. Made from apples sourced from our own backyard and throughout the state, we make cider not only because we love it, but because we have a strong desire to make a beverage we believe in. We exist to create modern ciders for the people on planet earth and beyond. Ciders are brewed and packaged at Short's Elk Rapids production facility.

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7.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

12 ounce bottle from Short’s. Hazy straw yellow, thin fizzy white head, fair retention. Aroma of sweet apple, pear, and a bit of earth. The taste is sweet apples, some brown sugar, pear, a hint of vanilla. Medium bodied, high carbonation.

Tried from Bottle on 19 May 2017 at 19:31


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

12 ounce bottle from Short’s. Clear pale golden, thin fizzy white head, poor retention. Aroma of sweet apples, vinous notes, a bit of vanilla. The taste is dry apples, earth, a bit of sweetness. Medium bodied, moderate carbonation.

Tried from Bottle on 19 May 2017 at 18:58


6.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Keg at the brewpub. Hazy orange yellow, no head. Aroma of pineapple, dry apple, coconut, earth. Taste is coconut, pineapple, citrus, dry apples. Medium bodied.

Tried on 16 May 2017 at 12:28


7.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Keg at the brewpub. Clear orange, no head. Aroma of dry apples and mild peach. Floral notes. Taste is dry apples, tannins, dry and mildly tart peach. Medium bodied, mild carbonation. Dry overall and the peach is mild. Nice.

Tried on 16 May 2017 at 12:25


6.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Sampled from a 12 oz brown bottle this cider poured a dark raspberry color with a small soapy head that left minimal lacing. The aroma was sweet berries and a bit of apple. The flavor was musty with tart dark berries, apple and a bit of yeast. Medium length finish. Medium body. Decent

Tried from Bottle on 05 May 2017 at 17:27


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

Bottle thanks to Lindsay! Pours a clear ruby red with visible carbonation that never really forms in to a head of any sort. Aroma combines semi sweet cherries with slightly tart apple and a hint of bitterness as well. Flavor has strong slightly tart cherry with some dry bitter apple underlying.

Tried from Bottle on 10 Apr 2017 at 20:04


7.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle thanks to Lindsay. Pours a near clear golden red with a white head that dissipates quickly to the edges. Aroma has an interesting combination of dry apple and raspberry with a light tartness and a light funk. Flavor has a good amount of raspberry jam with tart apple and a light funk note underlying.

Tried from Bottle on 09 Apr 2017 at 20:01


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

Bottle thanks to Lindsay. Pours a clear gold with a white head that dissipates to the edges and visible carbonation. Aroma has a good amount of dry apple with some botanical with a bit of oak and funk backing. Flavor also had dry tart apple with bontanical, oak and a bit of funk underlying.

Tried from Bottle on 09 Apr 2017 at 19:11


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

Bottle thanks to Lindsay. Pours a clear gold with a bubbly white head that dissipates to the edges and has visible carbonation. Aroma has bitter and slightly tart green apple with dry white wine and a hint of oaky funk supporting. Flavor has more sweet apple with a bitter bite and a white wine dryness coming through in the finish.

Tried from Bottle on 09 Apr 2017 at 18:27


4.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 3 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 3.5

Bottle. Lemon, perfume, grass, apple, and alcohol aroma - smells like lemon Pledge. Pale yellow. Sour lemon, apple, herbal hay. Okay body. Not very pleasant.

Tried from Bottle on 03 Apr 2017 at 19:59