Sea Cider Farm & Ciderhouse

Cidery in Central Saanich, British Columbia, Canada 🇨🇦
Associated Venue: Sea Cider Farm & Ciderhouse

Established in 2007

Contact
2487 Mt. St. Michael Rd, Central Saanich, V8M 1T7, Canada
Description
Sea Cider is a farm-based cidery located on the Saanich Peninsula just minutes from Victoria, on Vancouver Island. Our ten-acre farm is home to over 1,300 apple trees, made up of over 50 varieties of heritage apples.

Sea Cider opened its farm gate for business in 2007 when owner Kristen Jordan purchased the property with a vision of creating an organic farm and orchard and producing traditional fermented artisan ciders. Since then, we’ve grown to an annual cider production of over 7,000 cases and growing. We continue to pride ourselves on crafting traditionally fermented ciders from organically grown apples, and our award-winning cider is now available throughout B.C., Alberta, Manitoba, Washington State, Illinois, and Oregon.

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

Aug 21, 2025 (7/3/7/3/14=3.4): Poured from 750mL bottle in a hotel room in Alert Bay. Clear blonde with quickly dissipating white head. Dry green apple with some background pine needle notes. A touch timid, ABV hidden.

July 19, 2022 (6/3/6/3/13=3.1): Poured from the tap. Clear blonde with minimal white ring. Dry green apple, fairly simple, not much complexity. Okay.

Tried from Draft on 20 Jul 2022 at 01:23


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

Pale pink. No head. Sweet cherry on the nose. The cider base is okay, appley and simple. The cherry seems to be there to cover that up...because this isn't really to Sea Cider's standards.

Tried on 19 Jul 2022 at 05:10


8.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

375 ml bottle. Pours a garnet red. Aromas of raspberry jelly, red currants, and subtle sliced apple. Richer, more intense flavors follow same with emphasis on currants, plus additional honey and oak. There is also the additional rosemary/herbal flavors that other folks have noted. More subtle for me but just makes everything a bit more complex. Delicious!

Tried from Bottle on 04 Feb 2022 at 02:53


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

On tap. Pours a clear mahogany. Aromas of fresh cut apples and sweet cherries, Flavors of apple and cherry pie including a bit of cinnamon.

Tried from Draft on 28 Jan 2022 at 02:38


7.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Power tasting at Ferris', corked bottle
Burgundy colour, dark. Weird aroma, rosemary bread, raspberry jam. Sweet, full bodied, rich, raspberry jam flavour, with herbal tones, rosemary and heather.
Very good drink.

Tried from Bottle on 18 Jan 2022 at 07:29


7.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

375ml @ Farees'. Appearance: deep purple with no head. Aroma: intense black and red currants with some raspberries notes. Taste: along the same lines but with a bit weird notes to me (related to the rosemary as per gang), very intense. Overall: good.

Tried on 15 Jan 2022 at 07:08


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

Reddish-brown. There's a rich raspberry fruit nose, bit of apple. On the palate, there's a rich oxidized sort of note, that brings out a meatiness. Soft, sweet and with some alcohol in there as well. Good stuff, got that dessert sweetness.

Tried on 15 Jan 2022 at 07:06


6.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

375mL bottle, pours a deep dark mahogany, no head. Aroma boozy, with plenty of raspberries, perfumey spirit, and bizarrely enough, rosemary. Flavour is loaded with syrupy raspberry, rosemary (seriously, a lot of it), and boozy oak. I can't shake the rosemary character, which doesn't ruin this, but it's definitely odd. Treacly, syrupy raspberry character, with lots of heat. Good stuff, but not top-tier stuff.

Tried from Bottle on 15 Jan 2022 at 07:04


7.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Deep purple red with no head. Dar raspberry and a bit savoury. Dark and sweet raspberry a long finish. Nice.

Tried from Bottle on 15 Jan 2022 at 07:04


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

Poured from the tap. Clear blonde with small fizzy white head. Pear, ginger, juniper. Finds a nice balance, though would prefer it sans juniper.

Tried from Draft on 14 Jan 2022 at 00:40