Congratulations to all of this year’s medalists. To read the full press release on this year’s competition click here.
To view in a digital edition format click here.
A special thank you to photographer Stacey Sprenze for the beautiful images of Botanist & Barrel included in this feature.
And the winners are…
Low Alcohol / Alcohol Removed
PLATINUM
N/A Guava Get Down
CIDERY | 2 Towns Ciderhouse
Corvallis, OR
DOUBLE GOLD
Excelsior Ground Control
CIDERY | Schilling Cider
Auburn, WA
GOLD
Alpenglow
CIDERY | NoWhere
Seattle, WA
SILVER
Virginia-Kin
CIDERY | Puget Sound Cider Company
Renton, WA
High Tannin – Dry
PLATINUM
Porter’s Perfection – Lewis Creek Orchard Reserve
CIDERY | Noble Cider
Asheville, NC
DOUBLE GOLD
Scrumpy
CIDERY | Greenwood Cider
Seattle, WA
GOLD
Orchard Cider
CIDERY | Kristof Farms
Yamhill, OR
SILVER
Brown Snout
CIDERY | Puget Sound Cider Company
Renton, WA
JUDGES’ PICKS
Kingston Blend
CIDERY | Puget Sound Cider Company
Renton, WA
Yarlington Mill
CIDERY | Snow Capped Cider
Cedaredge, CO
Good Past Life
CIDERY | Stray Cider
Portland, OR
High Tannin – Sweet
PLATINUM
Ellis Bitter
CIDERY | Snow Capped Cider
Cedaredge, CO
DOUBLE GOLD
Brut
CIDERY | Kristof Farms
Yamhill, OR
GOLD
Golden Dabinett
CIDERY | Snow Capped Cider
Cedaredge, CO
SILVER – TIE
Excelsior Imperial Apple
CIDERY | Schilling Cider
Auburn, WA
SILVER – TIE
Chisel Jersey
CIDERY | Snow Capped Cider
Cedaredge, CO
Single Varietal
PLATINUM
Kingston Black Reserve
CIDERY | Snow Capped Cider
Cedaredge, CO
DOUBLE GOLD
Harrison Reserve
CIDERY | Snow Capped Cider
Cedaredge, CO
GOLD
Esopus Spitzenburg
CIDERY | Snow Capped Cider
Cedaredge, CO
SILVER
Elevation Gravenstein
CIDERY | Snow Capped Cider
Cedaredge, CO
JUDGES’ PICKS
Honeycrisp
CIDERY | Champlain Orchards
Shoreham, VT
Harrison 2024
CIDERY | Eden Specialty Ciders
Newport, VT
Medaile d’Or
CIDERY | Snow Capped Cider
Cedaredge, CO
Perry
PLATINUM
Pear Naked
CIDERY | Ciderboys Cider Co.
Stevens Point, WI
DOUBLE GOLD
Winter Pear
CIDERY | Snow Capped Cider
Cedaredge, CO
GOLD
Sparkling Perry
CIDERY | Snow Capped Cider
Cedaredge, CO
SILVER
Perry
CIDERY | Finnriver Farm & Cider
Chimicum, WA
Natural
PLATINUM
Foragers Delight Pet Nat
CIDERY | Botanist and Barrel
Cedar Grove, NC
DOUBLE GOLD
Wickson Crab
CIDERY | Bivouac Ciderworks
San Diego, CA
GOLD
Pet Nat
CIDERY | Kristof Farms
Yamhill, OR
SILVER
Sugar Hollow Daybreak
CIDERY | Botanist and Barrel
Cedar Grove, NC
Rosé
PLATINUM
Mountain Rose
CIDERY | Snow Capped Cider
Cedaredge, CO
DOUBLE GOLD
Mountain Rose
CIDERY | Bauman’s Cider
Gervais, OR
GOLD
2024 Rosé
CIDERY | Black Diamond Cider
Trumansburg, NY
SILVER
Rosé
CIDERY | AVAL Cider
Brooklyn, NY
Modern-Dry
PLATINUM
Platinum Elevation
CIDERY | Snow Capped Cider
Cedaredge, CO
DOUBLE GOLD
Cowichan Dry
CIDERY | Merridale Cidery
Cobble Hill, BC
GOLD
Novel
CIDERY | Snow Capped Cider
Cedaredge, CO
SILVER
Bluebird Day
CIDERY | Snow Capped Cider
Cedaredge, CO
JUDGES’ PICKS
Dry Fidelity
CIDERY | 2 Towns Ciderhouse
Corvallis, OR
Paddy Green
CIDERY | Blue Toad Hard Cider
Roseland, VA
Pearsecco
CIDERY | Woodchuck Cider
Middlebury, Vermont
Modern – Sweet
PLATINUM
The Russets
CIDERY | Snow Capped Cider
Cedaredge, CO
DOUBLE GOLD
Harrison Reserve
CIDERY | Snow Capped Cider
Cedaredge, CO
GOLD
6456 Elevation
CIDERY | Snow Capped Cider
Cedaredge, CO
SILVER
Natures Nectar
CIDERY | Woodchuck Cider
Middlebury, VT
JUDGES’ PICKS
Handlebar
CIDERY | The Old Mine Cider Co.
Erie, CO
Amber
CIDERY | Woodchuck Cider
Middlebury, VT
Yellow Pear
CIDERY | YSLA Craft Cider
Kyiv, Ukraine
Fruit
PLATINUM
Rhuby
CIDERY | Starcut Ciders
Bellaire, MI
DOUBLE GOLD
Purrfectly Pear
CIDERY | Slightly Furry
Seattle, WA
GOLD
Strawbeary Rhube Awakening
CIDERY | Schilling Cider
Auburn, WA
SILVER
Peach Raspberry Cider
CIDERY | Bauman’s Cider
Gervais, OR
JUDGES’ PICKS
Lemongrass Rose
CIDERY | Clarksburg Cider Co.
Lancaster, NY
Blueberry Lemondrop
CIDERY | Snow Capped Cider
Cedaredge, CO
White Peach Raspberry
CIDERY | Yankee Cider Company
East Haddam, CT
Berry
PLATINUM
Black and Blue
CIDERY | Tennessee Cider Company
Gatlinburg, TN
DOUBLE GOLD
Pacific Berry
CIDERY | Portland Cider
Clackamas, OR
GOLD
Imperial Raspberry
CIDERY | Starfall Cider Co
Auburn, WA
SILVER
Blackberry
CIDERY | Puget Sound Cider Company
Renton, WA
JUDGES’ PICKS
Obsidian Blackberry
CIDERY | Bauman’s Cider
Gervais, OR
Berry Blush
CIDERY | Martinelli’s
Watsonville, CA
Strawberry
CIDERY | Tennessee Cider Company
Gatlinburg, TN
Stone Fruit
PLATINUM
Village Tart
CIDERY | Noble Cider
Asheville, NC
DOUBLE GOLD
Screechy Peach
CIDERY | Slightly Furry
Seattle, WA
GOLD
Summer Peach
CIDERY | Old Mountain Wine Company
Gatlinburg, TN
SILVER
Cherry
CIDERY | Puget Sound Cider Company
Renton, WA
Tropical
PLATINUM
Guava Get Down
CIDERY | 2 Towns Ciderhouse
Corvallis, OR
DOUBLE GOLD
Excelsior Imperial Mango
CIDERY | Schilling Cider
Auburn, WA
GOLD
Excelsior Imperial Passionfruit
CIDERY | Schilling Cider
Auburn, WA
SILVER
Imperial Pink Guava
CIDERY | Tieton Cider Works
Yakima, WA
JUDGES’ PICKS
P.O.G.
CIDERY | Cider Corps
Mesa, AZ
Pineapple
CIDERY | Tennessee Cider Company
Gatlinburg, TN
Pineapple
CIDERY | Woodchuck Cider
Middlebury, CT
Imperial Cider (Apple Only)
PLATINUM – TIE
Imperial 1868
CIDERY | Martinelli’s
Watsonville, CA
PLATINUM – TIE
Harrison
CIDERY | Puget Sound Cider Company
Renton, WA
DOUBLE GOLD
Excelsior Imperial Apple
CIDERY | Schilling Cider
Auburn, WA
GOLD
Original Cosmic Crisp
CIDERY | 2 Towns Ciderhouse
Corvallis, OR
SILVER
Excelsior Imperial Hyper-Dry
CIDERY | Schilling Cider
Auburn, WA
JUDGES’ PICKS
Ashmead’s Kernel
CIDERY | Bauman’s Cider
Gervais, OR
Big Apple
CIDERY | Hudson North Cider Co.
Newburgh, NY
Big Crush
CIDERY | Woodchuck Cider
Middlebury, VT
Imperial Cider – (Adjuncts)
PLATINUM
Boundless Blueberry-Basil
CIDERY | Endless Orchard
Chelan, WA
DOUBLE GOLD
Cheeky Cherry
CIDERY | Woodchuck Cider
Middlebury, CT
GOLD
Excelsior Imperial Mango
CIDERY | Schilling Cider
Auburn, WA
SILVER
Imperial White Peach
CIDERY | Starfall Cider Co
Auburn, WA
JUDGES’ PICKS
Huckleberry Cosmic Crisp
CIDERY | 2 Towns Ciderhouse
Corvallis, OR
Imperial Paddy Blueberry
CIDERY | Blue Toad Hard Cider
Roseland, VA
Sippin’ Citrus
CIDERY | Woodchuck Cider
Middlebury, CT
Co-Ferments: Fruit / Stone Fruit
PLATINUM
Porters & Perry
CIDERY | Snow Capped Cider
Cedaredge, CO
DOUBLE GOLD
Sour Cherry
CIDERY | Snow Capped Cider
Cedaredge, CO
GOLD
Noir
CIDERY | Kristof Farms
Yamhill, OR
SILVER
Washington’s Admission Tart Cherry Cider
CIDERY | Yankee Cider Company
East Haddam, CT
JUDGES’ PICKS
Plum Perry
CIDERY | Madrone Cellars & Cider
Friday Harbor, WA
Magna Vino
CIDERY | Snow Capped Cider
Cedaredge, CO
Song Within a Song
CIDERY | Stray Ciders
Portland, OR
Hopped
PLATINUM
Citra
CIDERY | Champlain Orchards
Shoreham, VT
DOUBLE GOLD
Colorado Sunshine
CIDERY | The Old Mine Cider Co.
Erie, CO
GOLD
Mo’Moro
CIDERY | Merridale Cidery
Cobble Hill, BC
SILVER
Dry Hopped Pear
CIDERY | Bivouac Ciderworks
San Diego, CA
Botanical
PLATINUM
Tuscan Blue
CIDERY | Champlain Orchards
Shoreham, VT
DOUBLE GOLD
Moon Berries
CIDERY | Schilling Cider
Auburn, WA
GOLD
Apollo Palmer
CIDERY | Papa Moon Ciders
Scottsbluff, NE
SILVER
Liv Lav Lem
CIDERY | White Crow Cider Company
Wichita, KS
JUDGES’ PICKS
Honey Lavender
CIDERY | Papa Moon Ciders
Scottsbluff, NE
Plum & Lemongrass
CIDERY | Snow Capped Cider
Cedaredge, CO
Cha Cha Chai
CIDERY | Soundbite Cider
Everett, WA
Spiced
PLATINUM
Holy Hell! Raspberry Habanero
CIDERY | Steelhead Cider
Chelan, WA
DOUBLE GOLD
Spiced Apple
CIDERY | Woodchuck Cider
Middlebury, VT
GOLD
Sweet Heat
CIDERY | Smokin Banjo
Gatlinburg, TN
SILVER
Tepache
CIDERY | Atlanta Hard Cider Co.
Marietta, GA
JUDGES’ PICKS
Forest Fire
CIDERY | Bigfoot Cider Co.
Milwaukie, OR
Cinnabear
CIDERY | Slightly Furry
Seattle, WA
Cinnamon Habanero
CIDERY | The Old Mine Cider Co.
Erie, CO
Cocktail Inspired
PLATINUM
Mai Tai Me Up, Mai Tai Me Down
CIDERY | Soundbite Cider
Everett, WA
DOUBLE GOLD
POM Bourbon Smash
CIDERY | Bauman’s Cider
Gervais, OR
GOLD
Mosa
CIDERY | Starcut Ciders
Bellaire, MI
SILVER
Black Panther
CIDERY | Cider Corps
Mesa, AZ
Specialty
PLATINUM
Pomegranate Heart
CIDERY | Soundbite Cider
Everett, WA
DOUBLE GOLD
Strawberry Rhubarb
CIDERY | Puget Sound Cider Company
Renton, WA
GOLD
Vanilla Bourbon
CIDERY | The Old Mine Cider Co.
Erie, CO
SILVER
Resurrection
CIDERY | Armageddon Brewing
Somerdale, NJ
Wood-Aged
PLATINUM
Reserve
CIDERY | Kristof Farms
Yamhill, OR
DOUBLE GOLD
Barrel Aged Kingston Black
CIDERY | Snow Capped Cider
Cedaredge, CO
GOLD
Pear Brandy Barrel Aged Cider
CIDERY | Yankee Cider Company
East Haddam, CT
SILVER
Sappy Hour
CIDERY | White Crow Cider Company
Wichita, KS
Dessert / Fortified
Dessert
PLATINUM
J’s Ice Cider
CIDERY | Russell Orchards
Ipswich, MA
DOUBLE GOLD
Honeycrisp Ice Cider 2024
CIDERY | Eden Specialty Ciders
Newport, VT
GOLD
Heirloom Blend 2024
CIDERY | Eden Specialty Ciders
Newport, VT
SILVER
Treasury Pommeau
CIDERY | Treasury Cider
Hopewell Junction, NY Blend 2024
CIDERY | Eden Specialty Ciders
Newport, VT
SILVER
Treasury Pommeau
CIDERY | Treasury Cider
Hopewell Junction, NY
We extend our heartfelt thanks to our judges for their time and commitment to both Cidercraft and the overall cider industry. Additionally, we would like to thank Teku Tavern for hosting the 9th annual Cidercraft Awards.
2026 CIDERCRAFT JUDGES
AJ Rathbun
Bobby Wood
Cameron Workman
Chris Brownrigg
Chris Weir
Elisa Turney
James Provance
Jenn White
Jennie Dorsey
Jessica Arlich
Jessie Polin
Maddie Pericak
Maia Wohlert
Maura Hardman
Paul Swanson
Sarah Moorman
Sean Connolly
Suzannah Klaniecki
Westley Lashley
