Revel Cider

Cidery in Guelph, Ontario, Canada 🇨🇦

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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7.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

A hazed blonde cider with aroma of tart apples, sage, Italian spice, light Brett, very nice. In mouth, a nice sweet fruity apple juice with light lime, sage, herbaceous character, light mineral notes, very nice. On tap at Bar Lupulus.

Tried from Draft on 18 Sep 2018 at 00:11


7.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

A hazed dark golden cider with aroma of tart raspberry, Epsom salts, light Brett, light lactic notes, very nice and complex. In mouth, a nice sweet raspberry jam with apple skin, light Brett, light lactic notes, light Epsom salts, very nice. On tap at Bar Lupulus.

Tried from Draft on 17 Sep 2018 at 23:57


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

A hazed dark rosey cider with aroma of intense cherries with cinnamon and vanilla, very nice. In mouth, a nice sweet cherry with light vanilla, cinnamon, light lactic notes, very nice and complex. On tap at Bar Lupulus.

Tried from Draft on 17 Sep 2018 at 23:50


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

A hazed golden blonde cider with aroma of sweet apple with light acidity, light Brett, light lactic notes, alcohol warmth, very nice. In mouth, a nice tart sweet fruity mix of apples, doughy character, light mineral notes, alcohol warmth, interesting. On tap at Bar Lupulus.

Tried from Draft on 17 Sep 2018 at 23:22


7.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

A hazed blonde yellow cider with aroma of tart apples, light Brett, light lactic notes, very nice and complex. In mouth, a nice sweet tart apples with light acidity, light Brett, light lactic notes, nice and smooth. On tap at Bar Lupulus.

Tried from Draft on 17 Sep 2018 at 23:15


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

A hazed dark reddish cider with aroma of tart cherry, light Brett, light lactic notes, horse blanket, veering on Kriek. In mouth, a nice tart mix of apples, cherry, light Epsom salts, light Brett, smooth butter,.. Blind tasting, this would be a Kriek from Belgium.

Tried on 06 Sep 2018 at 22:35


6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5

500 ml bottle. Pours a dull dark hay color with no head. Aromas of cloves, bright lemon, and dull apple. Odd apple pie and clove flavor with earthy floral notes and a bit of tequila (gin botanicals - I don’t know...)

Tried from Bottle on 31 Aug 2018 at 22:56


5.1
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5.5

Tasting at Brian's
Very pale colour, cloudy. Lots of chemicals and glue, light apple aroma, very dry mouthfeel, bit of lemony character, short finish. Simplistic and boring cider.

Tried on 31 Aug 2018 at 18:44


4
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 2 | Overall - 4

Tasting at Brian's
Very pale colour, cloudy. As announced on the label, this is full of botanical notes, but the underlying cider is poor, dry, weak; some soap character.
Very poor, pretentious stuff.

Tried on 31 Aug 2018 at 18:44


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

Bottle - Intense botanicals, almost tequila barrel notes as well. Cloudy dirty yellow with a small white head. Soured botanicals ands apple peel. Nice.

Tried from Bottle on 31 Aug 2018 at 05:22