Announcing the 2019 Cidercraft Awards Winners!

What a wonderful world to drink cider in! The variety has never been broader, innovation abounds and traditions carry on. There’s funky Asturian sidra, bittersweet-based sips from Normandy, Québécois ice cider and ethereal perry from Somerset. Cider hopped with a single variety from Virginia, apples co-fermented with a hybrid berry from Oregon, habañero-infused cider from Texas, New York still ciders revealing all the secrets of the apple and blends centered on old American apples grown in Michigan.

An open call for submissions for the 2019 Cidercraft Awards shipped in myriad of these ciders, which were blind tasted by cider industry experts, researchers, growers, writers, producers and pommeliers to determine the top medalists in each category, plus runners-up labeled as Judges’ Picks. The results are laid out in Volume 14, out in January, plus producers to watch in 2020, trends, pairings, recipes and more.

To subscribe to the magazine and pick up this collector’s edition in print — including medalists, Judges’ Picks, producer profiles and trending articles — click here. For more details on submission guidelines and categories, click here.

From this selection, we hope you can taste how the world of cider is changing, evolving and growing. We’re just proud to be playing a part in it. Cheers!

2019 CIDERCRAFT AWARDS

HERITAGE

DOUBLE GOLD

Galipette Cidre Brut

GOLD

Liberty Ciderworks English Style

SILVER (TIE)

Lassen Traditional Cider Farmhouse Dry

West Avenue Cider Autumn

BRONZE

Rootwood Cider Co. Heritage Style Estate Blend

MODERN

DOUBLE GOLD

Portland Cider Co. Sorta Sweet

GOLD (TIE)

2 Towns Ciderhouse BrightCider

Arsenal Cider House Archibald’s Ado

SILVER (TIE)

Tieton Cider Works Tieton Dry

Arsenal Cider House Event Blend

BRONZE

Brooks Dry Cider Dry

PERRY

DOUBLE GOLD

Ramborn Cider Co.

GOLD

Portland Cider Co. Pearfect

SILVER

Seattle Cider Co. Traditional

BRONZE

Edenvale Winery Eden Valley Orchards Pear House

SINGLE VARIETAL

DOUBLE GOLD

Eden Ciders Cellar Series #4 Guinevere’s Pearls

GOLD

Settler’s Cider Co. Golden Russett

SILVER

Cider Riot! Kingston Black

BRONZE (TIE)

Tieton Cider Works Single Varietal

Herb’s Cider Double Drag Tap Gravenstein

ROSÉ

DOUBLE GOLD (TIE)

Ragged Hill Cider Co. Rasé

Seattle Cider Co. Red Currant

GOLD

Big Pippin Hard Cider Elder Cherry

SILVER

Houston Cider Co.

BRONZE

Windfall Cider Hail Mary

WOOD-AGED

DOUBLE GOLD

SARO Cider Marmara

GOLD (TIE)

Meriwether Cider Co. Hardwood Normandy

Blake’s Hard Cider Co. Barrel Reserve Wild Blueberry

SILVER

Seattle Cider Co. Red Wine Barrel-Aged Berry

BRONZE

Gypsy Circus Cider Co. PuppetMaster: Whiskey Barrel Vaudevillian

SOUR

DOUBLE GOLD

Sidra Riestra Sidra Natural Riestra

GOLD (TIE)

Sidra Riestra Good Clean Funk

Seattle Cider Co. Crimson Gold

SILVER (TIE)

2 Towns Ciderhouse 2017 La Mùre

Bristols Cider Skimmington

BRONZE

Courthouse Creek Cider Straight No Chase

STONE FRUIT

DOUBLE GOLD

Houston Cider Co. Cherry

GOLD

AVID Cider Co. Apricot

SILVER

Big B’s Hard Cider Peach Pickin Time

BRONZE

Bauman’s Cider Co. Peach Raspberry

FRUIT

DOUBLE GOLD

2 Towns Ciderhouse Camp Clementine

GOLD (TIE)

Liquid Alchemy Ciderworks Pineapple Experiment #13

2 Towns Ciderhouse Easy Squeezy

SILVER

Edenvale Winery Eden Valley Orchards CranPerry

BRONZE (TIE)

Cyderish B.O.M.B. Cider

North Canyon Cider Co. Pineapple Ginger

HOPPED

DOUBLE GOLD

Big Pippin Hard Cider All Hopped Up

GOLD

Rootwood Cider Co. Hop Infused

SILVER

Chain Yard Cider Hopped Up

BRONZE

Double Shovel Cider Co. Pineapple IPC

SPICED

DOUBLE GOLD

Meriwether Cider Pineapple Habañero

GOLD

Blue Bee Cider Firecracker

SILVER

Bauman’s Cider Co. The Old Mule

BRONZE

Arsenal Cider House Grant’s Flying Pumpkin

BOTANICAL

DOUBLE GOLD

Tieton Cider Works Lavender Honey

GOLD

Seattle Cider Co. Early Grey

SILVER

Big B’s Hard Cider Ciaison Grand Gru

BRONZE

Brownrigg Hard Cider Ginger Fig Leaf

SPECIALTY

DOUBLE GOLD

Chain Yard Urban Cidery Rhubee Cyser

GOLD

Meriwether Cider Co. Uncharted

SILVER

Bishop Cider Co. The Dark Cide

BRONZE

2 Towns Ciderhouse Hollow Jack’d

DESSERT/FORTIFIED

DOUBLE GOLD

2 Towns Ciderhouse 2018 Marissimo

GOLD

Bauman’s Cider Co. Ice Cider

SILVER (TIE)

West Avenue Cider Northern Lights

Settler’s Cider Co. Pommeau

BRONZE

2 Towns Ciderhouse 2017 Pommeau