Revel Cider

Cidery in Guelph, Ontario, Canada 🇨🇦
Associated Venue: Revel Cider Co.

Established in 2014

Contact
62 Dawson Rd, Guelph, N1L 1S8, Canada
Description
Revel started in 2014 as a solo passion project. Imagine our excitement when it turned out that, hey, lots of folks are fermentation enthusiasts!

By 2022, our team was seven people strong — with over 1000 cases of Revel bottles and cans shipped to discerning drinkers every month.

Our characterful native yeast fermentations explore the endless flavours Ontario has to offer. Combining farm-grown and foraged fruits, discovering what the fermentation process yields, and aiming to bring out the best of each ingredient is what makes us excited to come to work every day. (Well, that, and all the incredible smells.)

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7/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 7 Overall 7
750ml bottle from Mr West. 2021 Vintage. Hazed yellow colour, short-lived white foam head and aroma of grape, apple, pear, straw. Taste is sweetish and tart, perry pear, appley, white wine, sourish, peach, woody, oak, coconut hint, with some acidity and drying tannin. Medium bodied, light carbonation, dry acidic & tannic finish. Nicely drinkable.
Tried from Bottle on 22 Jul 2026 at 08:21

7.3/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 6
Bottle via Press online. Bought it on a slight discount, makes me think that it may turn on me. Month on the fridge, couple days in the fridge. Mostly settled.

Mojito glass on the porch with the neighbors. Pale, peachy, watermelon color, quick soda head splash.
Intense sour watermelon & dry grape nose. Gum & acetone in the background.
Sidra sourness over some very tart plum juiciness. Lemon/lime & lots of plum skin, a bit floral, more than a bit yeasty. Residual vinegar & acetone, more than I'd like. Bittersweet apple tannins & mellow-light funk.
Decent carb, way acidy, pretty sharp but with some lingering sweetness.

Ended up being some good fruit over a wild cider in the process of turning to vinegar. Okay.
Tried from Bottle from Press Then Press Cider Shop on 06 Jul 2026 at 00:53

7.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 6.5 Texture 7 Overall 6.5
750ml @ Ryan's shared with Alex, Phill, and Josh, trying to figure out the Okanagan trip because weather is preventing us from Golden Ears camping 😬.
Aroma: fruity, some farmhouse and herbal notes.
Taste: along the same lines, very fruity and acidic.
Overall: too much acid here.
Tried from Bottle on 20 Jun 2026 at 05:32

7.4/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 7.5 Flavor 7.5 Texture 7 Overall 7.5
Purplish colour. Tannic, bitter apple and also some plum. On the palate, also a bit tannic, some buttery type of notes from one of the fruits in here. The plum comes across well, though. A bit of bright apple notes in the finish.the added fruits are nice but I’m not sure it’s coherent.
Tried from Bottle on 20 Jun 2026 at 05:29

7.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Poured from 750mL bottle. Brown-ish red with small off white head. Cherry pits, feint plum character, underlying apple, not picking up the mint aspect, okay.
Tried from Bottle on 20 Jun 2026 at 05:22

7.6/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 7.5 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
A lightly hazed golden cider with aroma of sweet apple jam, light Brett pleasant. In mouth, a nice tart mix of tart apples, light Brett, light lactic notes, pleasant.
Tried from Bottle on 03 May 2026 at 19:17

7.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7.5 Texture 7 Overall 6.5
Big bottle web SB 2026-04-28 Göteborg
AR: cranberries, sour citrus, funky
AP: clear red, no head
F: cranberries, sour citrus, funky, rich carbonated, stretch to say thin vineager with strawberries
Tried from Bottle from Systembolaget Webbeställning on 28 Apr 2026 at 17:24

8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Panda thanks to SaltyGrog: Poured a reddish and beige head. Aroma is floral, apple, berry, grape. Taste is cereal, berry, apple, tangy.
Tried on 17 Apr 2026 at 01:30

6.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Clear, bottom round, 750ml bottle from press online.

Pint glass. Soda spritz pour. Pale hazy.
Sour, grape-y, white wine, bubblegum, vinegar, roses, wild ferment nose.
Twangy, spirited, leafy, high acid, white grape, lemon, medium-low farm funk, yeast, still a bit industrial.
Fizzy, halfway acid, approachable alcohol, super thin.

Indifferentiable from many wild ferments. It's fine but unjustified to prop up in fancy glass. Super average.
Tried from Bottle from Press Then Press Cider Shop on 24 Jan 2026 at 01:23

7.8/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 7 Overall 8
On tap at Stillwell. Pours clear blonde with a white head. Musty apples and lots of funk on the nose; fairly earthy. Flavour has tart and musty apples, good funkiness. Great funk. This is an excellent cider.
Tried from Draft at Stillwell Beer Bar on 21 Dec 2025 at 04:19