About
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.
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6.5
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
355mL can, pours a clear blonde with a small white head. Aroma has a bright, spritzy apple skins, light champagne-like effervescence, and a touch of sugars. Flavour has semi-tart, quite dry apple, with moderate minerality. Not much depth here, but perfectly drinkable, finishing lightly tart and quite dry. Decent.
Tried
from Can
at
West Avenue Cider House
on 26 Jun 2026
at 02:54
6.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 6.5
Texture 6
Overall 6
355mL can. Pours clear blonde. Light apple juice, some granny smith on the nose. Flavour has a pretty one-dimensional tart apple character, mostly fruit with some skins. Off-dry. Light carbonation. Very drinkable, but not that complex.
Tried
from Can
on 25 Jun 2026
at 22:57
6.1/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
750ml @ Ryan's shared with Phill.
Aroma: weird mix of fermented in barrel apples and solvent.
Taste: along the same lines, very carbonated, bone dry. Finishes with some fermented vegetables.
Overall: not my thing.
Aroma: weird mix of fermented in barrel apples and solvent.
Taste: along the same lines, very carbonated, bone dry. Finishes with some fermented vegetables.
Overall: not my thing.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Dec 2025
at 08:22
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Poured from 750mL bottle (2012 vintage). Clear blonde gold with dissipating white head. Fairly dry apple, touch of the bourbon barrels, effervescence, some wet paint on the nose. The barrel character gives some vanilla notes with feint paint, but the sweetness doesn't necessarily lend itself to the dryness of the apples and the wet paint throws things off a bit. Fairly carbonated in the mouth. Average or above average. A bit odd.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Dec 2025
at 08:09
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
750ml @ SF shared with Josh and Phill (thx for the bottle, dude!)
Aroma: funky, dry apples.
Taste: along the same lines with very noticeable addition wine notes.
Overall: interesting one.
Aroma: funky, dry apples.
Taste: along the same lines with very noticeable addition wine notes.
Overall: interesting one.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Nov 2025
at 07:35
7.8/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Looks like cider. The aroma is somewhat vinous and appley. On the palate, it's the same, but brings a lot of dryness, plenty of tannins. Somewhat low carbonation. Good stuff.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Nov 2025
at 07:32
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
750mL bottle, pours a clear blonde with a small white head. Aroma has a lot of farmhouse funk, crisp apple skins, some apple core, and toffee. Flavour is quite funky, with lots of barnyard funk, apple core, a touch of toffee, and some tart apple skins. Funky, fairly dry, and bright. This is great.
Tried
from Bottle
at
West Avenue Cider House
on 02 Aug 2025
at 05:41
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Poured from 750mL bottle. Clear yellow gold with no head. Semi-dry apple skins, very feint hint of funk note, okay.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Jul 2025
at 06:42
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
750mL bottle, pours a clear golden with a small white head. Aroma has some dry caramel, light tannins, and dry apple skins. Flavour is fairly crisp, with dry caramel, apple skins, and a touch of funk. Dry, caramely, apple core-y finish. Pleasant.
Tried
from Bottle
at
West Avenue Cider House
on 08 Jul 2025
at 06:37
7.6/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle, 750 ml at McBerko's place, shared with him and the crew. Dark gold with no head. Apples, moderate sourness, some sweetness
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Jul 2025
at 22:00