Ciders
Adventure and a love of the great outdoors has always remained at the core of what we do. Our Organic Core collection includes unique, complex ciders that are always pushing forward, while never straying far from that natural beauty our home state of Vermont is known for. They are made with USDA and Vermont Certified Organic apples and are always naturally low-sugar and gluten-free.
CLASSIC
The gold standard for a classic dry cider
Made with organic apples, our Classic dry cider is golden in color and balanced in flavor. Equally at home at the dinner table as it is in your cooler, this crisp and refreshing cider is well-rounded and an instant classic.
Tasting Notes: Dry but balanced, fruit-forward with a crisp finish
ABV: 5.2% alc/vol.
ROSÉ
Cider made like a rosé wine
We set out to pay homage to our friends in the winemaking world with a fun-loving but refined marriage of organic apples and wine grapes. Bright and crushable with notes of wild berries, Rosé is still as tasty as it is beautiful.
Tasting Notes: Bright and crushable with notes of wild berries
ABV: 5.5% alc/vol.
YUZU GINGER
An adventurous blend of cider, citrus and spice.
New to the family, Yuzu Ginger is an adventurous blend of cider, yuzu and ginger. From spontaneous adventures to unlikely ingredients, we believe things are always better when you embrace the unexpected. Organic apple cider, yuzu and ginger make for an unbelievable union best enjoyed outdoors.
Tasting Notes: Fresh and zesty with notes of wild honey
ABV: 5.5% alc/vol.
There are so many things that make our ciders special. From thoughtfully sourced, wild foraged and seasonal ingredients, to collaborations that span styles, industries, even continents. These specialty ciders give us a chance to venture out and work with the best ingredients we can get our hands on resulting in adventurous beverages that taste true to our native New England spirit.
THE SHAKE
In order to make wild cider, you gotta shake a few trees.
The Shake embodies all the best Vermont has to offer. Made with a blend of wild foraged apples and local orchard apples which were pressed and aged in WhistlePig Whiskey barrels. Finally, we added just a bit of maple syrup for balance…because well, Vermont.
Tasting Notes: Floral and slightly smoky with notes of maple syrup dripped over a mossy stone
ABV: 6.8% alc/vol.
DEER SNACKS V
Don’t worry – we left some apples for the deer.
This year, 2021 marks our fifth vintage of Deer Snacks, and it is better and more wild than ever. Each year we blend wild foraged apples from the Lost Apple Project with orchard fruit to bring you a complex but fun-loving cider. For the design, we partner with a different artist each year to give the new vintage a fresh look. This year, that artist is Eva Claycomb.
Tasting Notes: Vermont forest floor, dried leather, herbs, roasted apples
ABV: 6.0% alc/vol.
ARLO
Our porrón-worthy take on a Basque-style cider.
We partner with our friends at Petritegi Sagardoa, located just outside of San Sebastian in Spain, to source European apple varieties unavailable in commercial quantities in the United States. Petritegi presses and ferments their apples in enormous, decades-old chestnut barrels; we then ship this fermented cider to Vermont where we blend it with fruit we source from New England.
Tasting Notes: Super dry and funky fresh
ABV: 6.0% alc/vol.
VERMONTER
Cider made with gin botanicals.
The Vermonter is a dry, gin botanical cider made by slowly fermenting apples and adding juniper essence. With its piney nose, the juniper berry is the unifying ingredient in the production of gin, and when these woody yet floral berry notes are added to cider, the resulting beverage could easily pass for a sparkling cocktail. The resulting cider is homegrown but refined.
Tasting Notes: Alpine meadows, spring wildflowers, and the Green Mountains themselves.
ABV: 6.0% alc/vol.
Shacksbury Cellars is a collection of bottles that bring us back to our roots. These innovative special release ciders, hybrid wines and co-ferments are our passion projects, meant to blur the line between beverage categories. Handpicked to highlight our barrel program, Lost Apple Project, creative collaborations and unique craft ingredients – Shacksbury Cellars redefines what it truly means to be wild.
LUNA
An electric alchemy of dry Basque cider from Spain blended with local Vermont La Crescent grapes. This cosmic wonder explores the edges of expectations for what defines cider and wine, in order to create a category that is otherworldly. Luna is bright but grounded with punchy acidity and balanced tannins. // ABV: 9.5% alc/vol.
TERRA
Terra is an earthy blend of wild apples, native aronia berries, and local Vermont red wine grapes, namely Frontenac Noir, Léon Millot and Baco Noir. Deep, dark and surprisingly complex, this rustic fruit wine is woodsy and floral with a touch of bright berry acidity that will warm you from the inside out. // ABV: 9.4% alc/vol.
ROSA
Rosa is a playful fusion of east meets west, where local Vermont apples mingle joyfully with Nero d’Avola grape skins from our friend Martha Stoumen in California. Together, they dance around the definition of cider and wine to create a colorful space uniquely their own. Rosa is lively, with fresh fruit flavors and soft spontaneous bubbles. // ABV: 7.6% alc/vol.