Put out across the globe, an open call for submissions brought in over 400 ciders across all categories this year. Submissions were sampled blind and judged in person over 2 full days by leading cider industry experts who determined the top four medalists in each respective category.
To view the medalists in a digital edition format click here.
HERITAGE – DRY
Description: Up to 2% residual sugar. Apple only, focused on the specific apple used.. Ciders in this category are made primarily with bittersweet and/or bittersharp apples and the resulting cider has significant bittersweet/bittersharp characteristics and tannin content. Apples may include multi-use and cider-specific apples (such as Dabbinet, Chisel Jersey, Domaine, Frequin Rouge) resulting in higher tannin content.
PLATINUM
French Cidre – Lewis Creek Orchard Reserve
CIDERY | Noble Cider
Asheville, NC
DOUBLE GOLD
Serendipity
CIDERY | Castle Hill Cider
Keswick, VA
GOLD
2021 Golden Russet / Porter’s Perfection
CIDERY | Black Diamond Cider
Trumansburg, NY
SILVER
Jersey Blend
CIDERY | Greenwood Cider
Seattle, WA
JUDGES’ PICKS
English Cider – Lewis Creek Orchard Reserve
CIDERY | Noble Cider – Asheville, NC
2021 Cackling Hen
CIDERY | Seminary Hill Orchard & Cidery – Callicoon, NY
Kermerrian
CIDERY | Portland Cider Company – Clackamas, OR
HERITAGE – SWEET
Description: >2.0% residual sugar. Apple- only, focused on the specific apple used. Ciders in this category are made primarily with bittersweet and/or bittersharp apples and the resulting cider has significant bittersweet/bittersharp characteristics and tannin content. Apples may include multi-use and cider-specific apples (such as Dabbinet, Chisel Jersey, Domaine, Frequin Rouge) resulting in higher tannin content.
PLATINUM
Lafayette
CIDERY | 1911 Established
Lafayette, NY
DOUBLE GOLD
Gold Rush
CIDERY | Snow Capped Cider
Cedaredge, CO
GOLD
La Raison Reserve
CIDERY | Empyrical Orchards and Cider
Snohomish, WA
SILVER
Reserve Cider
CIDERY | Kristof Farms Cider
Yamhill, OR
SINGLE VARIETAL
Description: A showcase of one varietal; must be 80% varietal and apple only.
PLATINUM
Orchard Reserve
CIDERY | Blake’s Hard Cider
Armada, MI
DOUBLE GOLD
Porter’s Perfection
CIDERY | Snow Capped Cider
Cedaredge, CO
GOLD
Harrison
CIDERY | Fenceline Cider
Mancos, CO
SILVER
Bella – Lewis Creek Orchard Reserve
CIDERY | Noble Cider
Asheville, NC
JUDGES’S PICKS
Porter’s Perfection Single Varietal
CIDERY | Bauman’s Cider – Gervais, OR
Golden Russet
CIDERY | Snow Capped Cider – Cedaredge, CO
Honeycrisp
CIDERY | 19 Acres Cider Co. – Sherwood, OR
PERRY
Description: 100% fermented pear, made from pear varieties grown specifically for perry production, as well as those made from culinary/table pears. Can be labeled as pear cider as long as it is exclusively pear juice.
PLATINUM
Winter Pear
CIDERY | Snow Capped Cider
Cedaredge, CO
DOUBLE GOLD
Principle
CIDERY | Empyrical Orchards and Cider
Snohomish, WA
GOLD
Perry
CIDERY | Forbidden Fruit Cider Co.
Palisade, CO
SILVER
Barrel Aged Perry
CIDERY | Yonder Cider
Wenatchee, WA
JUDGES’ PICKS
Perry
CIDERY | Alma Cider – Mount Vernon, WA
Berry Perry
CIDERY | Stormalong Cider – Sherborn, MA
Little Martha Old World Perry
CIDERY | Double Mountain Brewery & Cidery – Hood River, OR
NATURAL
Description: This category should be for natural ‘style’ ciders -which include Spanish sidra style ciders and other ciders with significant wild yeast/ bacterial characteristics. Also includes ‘low intervention’ winemaking style ciders. These ciders do not have significant bittersweet characteristics.
PLATINUM
Cidre Bouché Brut
CIDERY | Pierre Huet
Cambremer, France
DOUBLE GOLD
Amour Brut
CIDERY | Maison Hérout
Auvers, France
GOLD
Raw
CIDERY | Brooklyn Cider House
New Paltz, NY
SILVER
2019 Grande Cuvée Extra Brut
CIDERY | Maison Hérout
Auvers, France
JUDGES’ PICKS
Ariane 5
CIDERY | Space Time Mead & Cider Works – Dunmore, PA
2021 Geneva Tremlett’s
CIDERY | Black Diamond Cider – Trumansburg, NY
Green Urban Lunch Box
CIDERY | Mountain West Cider – Salt Lake City, UT
PÉT NAT
Description: The pét nat process involves achieving carbonation through the fermentation process rather than infusing CO2 into the beverage. These ciders may be spontaneously fermented or pitched, but must be bottle finished. Apple and/or pear only, apples used may be dessert/culinary or cider-specific.
PLATINUM
Three of Life
CIDERY | Brooklyn Cider House
New Paltz, NY
DOUBLE GOLD
2022 Not What we May Be
CIDERY | Botanist & Barrel
Cedar Grove, NC
GOLD (TIE)
Salish Trio
CIDERY | Madrone Cider
Friday Harbor, WA
GOLD (TIE)
McIntosh Pét Nat
CIDERY | Bauman’s Cider
Gervais, OR
SILVER
The Local Blend
CIDERY | Madrone Cider
Friday Harbor, WA
MODERN – DRY
Description: up to 2% Residual Sugar: Apple only, focused on the specific apples, dessert/culinary or multi-purpose apples (such as Fuji, Newtown Pippin, McInosh, Golden Russet). Resulting cider is fresh, high acid with little to no tannin.
PLATINUM
City Fruit
CIDERY | Seattle Cider Co.
Seattle, WA
DOUBLE GOLD (TIE)
Dry
CIDERY | Double Mountain Brewery & Cidery
Hood River, OR
DOUBLE GOLD (TIE)
Light Cider
CIDERY | Seattle Cider Co.
Seattle, WA
GOLD
Russet
CIDERY | Bent Ladder
Doylestown, OH
SILVER
Gold Rush
CIDERY | Blake’s Hard Cider
Armada, MI
JUDGES’ PICKS
BrightCider
CIDERY | 2 Towns Ciderhouse – Corvallis, OR
Dry
CIDERY | Greenwood Cider – Seattle, WA
Dry Me!
CIDERY | Black Apple Hard Cider – Springdale, AR
MODERN – SWEET
Description: >2.0% Residual Sugar: Apple only, focused on the specific apples, dessert/culinary or multi-purpose apples (such as Fuji, Newtown Pippin, McInosh, Golden Russet). Resulting cider is fresh, high acid with little to no tannin.
PLATINUM
Honeycrisp
CIDERY | Seattle Cider Co.
Seattle, WA
DOUBLE GOLD
Original
CIDERY | 1911 Established
Lafayette, NY
GOLD
Original
CIDERY | Glacial Till Craft Cider
Ashland, NE
SILVER
PINOVA
CIDERY | Snow Capped Cider
Cedaredge, CO
JUDGES’ PICKS
Semi Sweet
CIDERY | Seattle Cider Co. – Seattle, WA
Little Wild
CIDERY | Brooklyn Cider House – New Paltz, NY
Authentic Cider
CIDERY | Bauman’s Cider – Gervais, OR
IMPERIAL
Description: Ciders with higher-than-average alcohol content and bold flavors. Imperial ciders have an ABV of 8% or higher.
PLATINUM
Imperial Hazy Honeycrisp
CIDERY | Incline Cider
Tacoma, WA
DOUBLE GOLD
Original Cosmic Crisp
CIDERY | 2 Towns Ciderhouse
Corvallis, OR
GOLD (TIE)
Odyssey
CIDERY | Seattle Cider Co.
Seattle, WA
GOLD (TIE)
American Apple
CIDERY | Blake’s Hard Cider
Armada, MI
SILVER (TIE)
Golden Delish
CIDERY | Avid Cider Co.
Bend, OR
SILVER (TIE)
Objective
CIDERY | Empyrical Orchards and Cider
Snohomish, WA
JUDGES’ PICKS
Excelsior Imperial Apple
CIDERY | Schilling Cider – Auburn, WA
Royal Apricot
CIDERY | Avid Cider Co. – Bend, OR
Imperial Dry
CIDERY | Portland Cider Company – Clackamas, OR
ROSÉ
Description: (Red-Fleshed Varieties): Cider with a pinkish hue made heritage cider apples, including red-fleshed varieties. A cider may be pinkish in color and the cidermaker may choose not to use the rosé cider nomenclature, but all rosé ciders are pinkish in color.
PLATINUM
Rosé
CIDERY | Alma Cider
Mount Vernon, WA
DOUBLE GOLD (TIE)
Raspberry Cosmic Crisp
CIDERY | 2 Towns Ciderhouse
Corvallis, OR
DOUBLE GOLD (TIE)
Excelsior Imperial Red Glo
CIDERY | Schilling Cider
Auburn, WA
GOLD
Mountain Rose Single Varietal
CIDERY | Bauman’s Cider
Gervais, OR
SILVER
Redfield
CIDERY | Champlain Orchards
Shoreham, VT
JUDGES’ PICKS
Rosé Red Flesh
CIDERY | Double Mountain Brewery & Cidery – Hood River, OR
Red Flesh
CIDERY | Greenwood Cider – Seattle, WA
Arctic Rosé
CIDERY | Thor’s Hard Cider – Stillwater, MN
FRUIT
Description: Cider infused or co-fermented with other fruits, such as pear, tropical fruit, etc.
PLATINUM
Forbidden Fruit – Pinot Noir
CIDERY | Bauman’s Cider
Gervais, OR
DOUBLE GOLD (TIE)
Rosé
CIDERY | Brooklyn Cider House
New Paltz, NY
DOUBLE GOLD (TIE)
Watermelon
CIDERY | Locust Cider
Gig Harbor, WA
GOLD
Yuzu Plum
CIDERY | 19 Acres Cider Co.
Sherwood, OR
SILVER
Lestat
CIDERY | Ironbark Ciderworks
Claremont, CA
JUDGES’ PICKS
Orange Blossom Cider
CIDERY | Bauman’s Cider – Gervais, OR
Inversion
CIDERY | Empyrical Orchards and Cider – Snohomish, WA
Blueberry Pomegranate
CIDERY | Avid Cider Co. – Bend, OR
BERRY
Description: Cider base infused with any combination of berries.
PLATINUM
Blueberry Rosé
CIDERY | Angry Orchard
Walden, NY
DOUBLE GOLD
Blueberry
CIDERY | Glacial Till Craft Cider
Ashland, NE
GOLD
Blackberry
CIDERY | Washington Gold Cider
Chelan, WA
SILVER
Triple Jam
CIDERY | Blake’s Hard Cider
Armada, MI
JUDGES’ PICKS
Wild Berry Knight
CIDERY | Noble Cider – Asheville, NC
Berry Mac
CIDERY | Riley’s Cidery – Bowen Island, British Columbia
Upta Camp
CIDERY | Artifact Cider Project – Cambridge, MA
STONE FRUIT
Description: Cider infused or co-fermented with stone fruit, such as cherry, apricot, plum, etc.
PLATINUM
Plum Dandy
CIDERY | Meriwether Cider
Garden City, ID
DOUBLE GOLD
Apricot Peach
CIDERY | Mill Haus Cider Co.
Eatonville, WA
GOLD
Yuzu Plum
CIDERY | 19 Acres Cider Co.
Sherwood, OR
SILVER
Plum & Lemongrass
CIDERY | Snow Capped Cider
Cedaredge, CO
JUDGES’ PICKS
Sour Cherry
CIDERY | Snow Capped Cider – Cedaredge, CO
Peach
CIDERY | Blake’s Hard Cider – Armada, MI
Cellar Series Oak Apricot, Nectarine & Honey
CIDERY | 2 Towns Ciderhouse – Corvallis, OR
TROPICAL
Description: Cider infused or co-fermented with ONLY tropical fruits such as dragon fruit, acai, pineapple, guava and papaya.
PLATINUM
Big Zesty
CIDERY | Schilling Cider
Auburn, WA
DOUBLE GOLD (TIE)
Tropical Cosmic Crisp
CIDERY | 2 Towns Ciderhouse
Corvallis, OR
DOUBLE GOLD (TIE)
Tropicolada
CIDERY | Blake’s Hard Cider
Armada, MI
GOLD
Passion Pineapple
CIDERY | Glacial Till Craft Cider
Ashland, NE
SILVER (TIE)
Juhu Beach
CIDERY | Artifact Cider Project
Cambridge, MA
SILVER (TIE)
Pineapple Ginger
CIDERY | North Canyon Cider Company
Camino, CA
JUDGES’ PICKS
Passion Seeker
CIDERY | Blake’s Hard Cider – Armada, MI
Pineapple Agave
CIDERY | Seattle Cider Co. – Seattle, WA
POGA
CIDERY | Hale & True Cider – Philadelphia, PA
HOPPED
Description: Cider with hops added.
PLATINUM
Hip Hops
CIDERY | 2 Towns Ciderhouse
Corvallis, OR
DOUBLE GOLD
Pomme Paloma Pink Boots Collab
CIDERY | Mountain West Cider
Salt Lake City, UT
GOLD
Idaho 7
CIDERY | Bauman’s Cider
Corvallis, OR
SILVER
Hopricot
CIDERY | Ponderosa Cider Co.
Auburn, CA
JUDGES’ PICKS
Cider Tree with Citra Hops
CIDERY | Hazlitt 1852 Vineyards – Hector, NY
Cottonwood
CIDERY | Mountain West Cider – Salt Lake City, UT
Hoppy Fruits
CIDERY | Glacial Till Craft Cider – Ashland, NE
BOTANICAL
Description: Cider infused with any combination of herbs, nectars, leaves, tea, etc.
PLATINUM
Hibiscus
CIDERY | Black Apple Hard Cider
Springdale, AK
DOUBLE GOLD
Strawberry Hibiscus
CIDERY | 19 Acres Cider Co.
Sherwood, OR
GOLD
Apricot Sage
CIDERY | Beach Bee Meadery
Long Branch, NJ
SILVER
Cherry Rose
CIDERY | 19 Acres Cider Co.
Sherwood, OR
JUDGES’ PICKS
Lavender Honey
CIDERY | Tieton Cider Works – Yakima, WA
Duchess
CIDERY | Ironbark Ciderworks – Claremont, CA
Rosé
CIDERY | Anna’s Cider – Santa Paula, CA
SPECIALTY
Description: A catchall category for unique blends, a cider base infused with any specialty ingredients such as squash, coffee, rhubarb, New England-style, etc. Also includes cysers.
PLATINUM
Strawberry Rhubarb
CIDERY | Glacial Till Craft Cider
Ashland, NE
DOUBLE GOLDChocolate Covered Strawberry
CIDERY | Glacial Till Craft Cider
Ashland, NE
GOLD
Holy Habanero
CIDERY | Portland Cider Company
Clackamas, OR
SILVER
Larrabee
CIDERY | Champlain Orchards
Shoreham, VT
JUDGES’ PICKS
Sunday Sour
CIDERY | Odd Brothers Craft Cider – Homer, MI
Cucumber Ginger
CIDERY | Anna’s Cider – Santa Paula, CA
Sour Watermelon
CIDERY | Tieton Cider Works – Yakima, WA
COCKTAIL-INSPIRED
Description: Ciders with apple or pear base, that are influenced by cocktails (ex. paloma, sangria, margarita, mojito, mimosa).
PLATINUM
La Paloma
CIDERY | Soundbite Cider
Everett, WA
DOUBLE GOLD
Mountain Mule
CIDERY | Schilling Cider
Auburn, WA
GOLD
Strawberry Mojito
CIDERY | Bauman’s Cider
Gervais, OR
SILVER
Coulee
CIDERY | Yonder Cider
Wenatchee, WA
JUDGES’ PICKS
Velvet Cashmere
CIDERY | Yonder Cider – Wenatchee, WA
Lemon Drop
CIDERY | Portland Cider Company – Clackamas, OR
Sangria
CIDERY | 1911 Established – Lafayette, NY
SPICED
Description: Cider infused with any combination of spices or spicy vegetables, such as baking spices, habaneros, ginger, etc.
PLATINUM
El Chavo
CIDERY | Blake’s Hard Cider
Armada, MI
DOUBLE GOLD
Yuletide
CIDERY | 19 Acres Cider Co.
Sherwood, OR
GOLD
Harvest Cider
CIDERY | Bauman’s Cider
Gervais, OR
SILVER
Apple Pie
CIDERY | Washington Gold
Chelan, WA
JUDGES’ PICKS
Ginger Fizz
CIDERY | T
or’s Hard Cider – Stillwater, MN
JalaPEARño’
CIDERY | Snow Capped Cider – Cedaredge, CO
El Thoro
CIDERY | Thor’s Hard Cider – Stillwater, MN
WOOD-AGED
Description: Ciders aged in or with wood, such as barrels, oak cubes, chips, staves, etc.
PLATINUM
Blanc Mollet
CIDERY | Snow Capped Cider
Cedaredge, CO
DOUBLE GOLD
Sur Lie
CIDERY | Union Hill Cider Co.
East Wenatchee, WA
GOLD
Red-Wine Barrel Aged Berry
CIDERY | Seattle Cider Co.
Seattle, WA
SILVER
Bourbon Barrel Peach
CIDERY | Tieton Cider Works
Yakima, WA
JUDGES’ PICKS
Cabin Nights
CIDERY | Glacial Till Craft Cider – Ashland, NE
Cabernet Barrel-Aged
CIDERY | Clarksburg Cider Co. – Lancaster, NY
Sapsong
CIDERY | Brooklyn Cider House – New Paltz, NY
DESSERT/FORTIFIED
Description: Ice cider, late harvest, pommeau-style or other styles with spirits added.
PLATINUM (TIE)
Winter Crisp
CIDERY | Bent Ladder
Doylestown, OH
PLATINUM (TIE)
Hewes Crab Pommeau Five Year Reserve
CIDERY | Castle Hill Cider
Keswick, VA
DOUBLE GOLD
Pommeau
CIDERY | Angry Orchard
Walden, NY
GOLD
Hen’s Teeth
CIDERY | Seminary Hill Orchard & Cidery
Callicoon, NY
SILVER
ORE No. 001
CIDERY | Runcible Cider
Mosier, OR
JUDGES’ PICKS
2021 Porter’s Pommeau
CIDERY | Black Diamond Cider – Trumansburg, NY
Pommeau
CIDERY | 1911 Established – Lafayette, NY
Pommeau
CIDERY | Brooklyn Cider House – New Paltz, NY
