West Avenue Cider House
Cidery
in
Freelton,
Ontario,
Canada 🇨🇦
Associated Venue: West Avenue Cider House
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Description
Welcome to West Avenue Cider. Where authenticity and tradition meet big city lights. Our cider has been awarded Best Cider in Ontario for several years running, and we hope you’ll have the chance to find out why. As small-batch producers of hard cider we care about the quality of the fruit that goes into our cider—and we always will. We only use the best ingredients, coupled with a slow fermentation process, so every batch of our cider is characteristic of the orchard’s terroir. Because heritage apples are rare in Canada, we planted thousands of trees in our Orchard to ensure that our Heritage Ciders remain authentic forever.
7/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
355mL can, pours a lightly hazed dull yellow with a tiny white head. Nose has some maple notes upfront, along with crisp apple skins, and a touch of apple juice. Flavour follows accordingly, with moderate apple juice, light skins, and some maple. Light-to-moderate sweetness (certainly sweeter than the West Avenue average), but it works. Good stuff.
Tried
from Can
at
West Avenue Cider House
on 08 Jun 2025
at 02:34
7.4/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
355mL can, pours a clear dull golden with a tiny white head. Aroma has lots of crisp dry apple skins, a touch of funk, and some hay. Flavour has plenty of red apple core, crisp dry apple skins, and a hint of funk. Quite dry, with just a hint of residual sweetness. Very well-made as usual.
Tried
from Can
at
West Avenue Cider House
on 07 Jun 2025
at 03:16
7.8/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
330mL can, pours a clear golden with a tiny white head. Nose is gentle, with oak and crisp apple skins detectable. Flavour has a dry oak character, with crisp apple skins, gentle wild yeast, and a touch of bugginess. Real nice oak and wild yeast character. Excellent.
Tried
from Can
at
West Avenue Cider House
on 04 Jun 2025
at 03:39
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
473mL can, pours a clear amber, no head. Aroma has a nice red apple skin character and light farmhouse funk. Flavour is fairly dry, with a solid tart red apple skin character, light farmhouse, and a toxic of hay. Nice tart, dry finish. Good stuff.
Tried
from Can
at
West Avenue Cider House
on 01 Jun 2025
at 05:00
6.8/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 6
330mL can, pours a cloudy dark red with a tiny white head. Nose is full of red wine, dry sangria, and a touch of crisp pear skins in back. Flavour is quite dry, with lots of red wine and sangria, which drown out any real cider/perry notes. Quite a dry sangria-like finish. Not complex but nicely done for what it is.
Tried
from Can
at
West Avenue Cider House
on 30 May 2025
at 03:15
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
On tap at barhop 2. Clear golden pour, no head. Aroma of earthy apple skins, bright peach Purée, with hints of vanilla, and light tartness. Interesting brew, a big mix of stone fruit and barrel with a tart finish. Quite nice.
Tried
from Draft
on 28 Feb 2025
at 06:24
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
On tap at C’est What? Clear gold pour, no head. Aroma is tart apples, with some subtle mengo skin sharpness. Good mouth feel, low carb. Sweet, apple skin finish with some extra fruity sweetness, but not specifically mango. Meh,
Tried
from Draft
on 28 Feb 2025
at 06:22
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Tap at the Black Hoof. Clear yellow pour, no head. Not as funky as I expected but there was some funk and tartness for sure. The apples seems a but musty, some honey, and crisp apple skins with some funk, and slight sour notes. Not bad, not great. But still refreshing and crisp.
Tried
from Draft
on 28 Feb 2025
at 06:19
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Tap at barhop. Quite tart, crisp, and clean. Light honey, touches of funk, slight spice. Crisp abd clean apple cider with a great tartness.
Tried
from Draft
on 28 Feb 2025
at 06:14
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Tap at barhop.
Clear yellow pour, no head. Tart apples, soft, but sweet Blueberry. Quite juicy, and a good balance of tart and sweet. Juicy finish, clean and dry.
Clear yellow pour, no head. Tart apples, soft, but sweet Blueberry. Quite juicy, and a good balance of tart and sweet. Juicy finish, clean and dry.
Tried
from Draft
on 28 Feb 2025
at 06:12