Fifth Annual Great Lakes International Cider & Perry Competition Results.
Tuesday, December 15, 2009 at 2:15 AMJust got word via Twitter post from Lars at Snowdrift Cider Co. in East Wenatchee WA. that the GLINT CAP (Commercial) results were in. Here are the results from the link he posted. I'll update if anything turns out to be inaccurate.
A lot of great folks got the praise and appreciation they deserve. Special congrats to Snowdrift Cider Co. who has barely released their cider and yet brought home two medals a bronze for their Dry in the English Style and a gold for the Semi-Dry in the New England Style category. Rich Anderson at Westcott Bay Orchards Cider got another gold for his Dry and silver medal for his Very Dry in the English Style category. Drew Zimmerman at Red Barn Cider got a Silver in the common Perry category for Red Barn Perry "Moulton's Dry".
I'd also like to give special recognition to Mike Beck of Uncle John's Cider Mill. Uncle John's really cleaned up apparently with what looks to be about 10 medals. Way to go guys. Mike also sent me a load of ciders from their Great Lakes International Cider Festival which are in my refrigerator awaiting a quiet moment for Heather and I to evaluate and potentially write about a number of them. I didn't get any Uncle John's in the package but it certainly looks as though I need to get my hands on some.
Congratulations to all the winners and all the entrants. Keep up the great work cider makers.
I urge you all to pick up any of these ciders on the list or even any local craft cider you can find. Many of the winners can be found on my map and the ones I don't have at the time of my post will be up shortly.
The results
Category 25a - Cyser (1 Entry)
Gold - Uncle John's Fruit House Winery, Cyser, St Johns, MI
Category 26c - Open Category Mead (1 Entry)
Silver - Robinette Cellars, Cyser, Grand Rapids, MI
Category 27a - Common Cider (21 Entries)
Gold - Uncle John's Fruit House Winery, Uncle John's Hard Cider, St Johns, MI
Silver - Blackstar Farms, Hard Apple Cider, Suttons Bay, MI
Silver - McRitchie Winery & Ciderworks, North Carolina Hard Cider Thurmond, NC
Silver - Warrick Valley Winery and Distillery, Doc's Draft Hard Apple Cider, Warwick, NY
Silver - Spicers Orchard Winery, Sweet Williams Hard Cider, Fenton, MI
Bronze - McRitchie Winery & Ciderworks, North Carolina Dry Hard Cider, Thurmond, NC
Bronze - Tulip Valley Vineyard and Orchard, Burro Loco Cider, Mount Vernon, WA
Bronze - Tandem Cider, Early Day, Suttons Bay, MI
Bronze - McIntosh Orchards, Draught Cider Dry, South Haven, MI
Bronze - Tideview Cider, Tideview Festive Sparkler, Halifax, Nova Scotia
Bronze - Vandermill Cider, Hard Apple Cider, Spring Lake, MI
Bronze - Hideout Brewing Company, Hideout Cider, Grand Rapids, MI
Bronze - Northville Winery, Hard Cider, Northville, MI
Category 27b - English Cider (10 Entries)
Gold - Westcott Bay Cider Westcott Bay, Traditional Dry Cider, Friday Harbor, WA
Silver - Westcott Bay Cider, Westcott Bay Traditional Very Dry Cider, Friday Harbor, WA
Silver - Henney's Cider Co., Frome Valley Sweet, Herefordshire, England
Silver - Oliver's Cider House, Hereforshire Medium Cider, Herefordshire, England
Bronze - Aspall Cyders, Aspall Dry Cider, Suffolk, England
Bronze - Aspall Cyders, Aspall Medium Cider, Suffolk, England
Bronze - Oliver's Cider House, Herefordshire Dry Cider, Herefordshire, England
Bronze - Henney's Cider Co., Vintage, Herefordshire, England
Bronze - Snowdrift Cider Company, Dry Cider, East Wenatchee, WA
Category 27c - French Cider (1 Entry)
Gold - Aspall Cyders, Aspall Organic Cider, Suffolk, England
Category 27d - Common Perry (2 Entries)
Silver - Uncle John's Fruit House Winery, Uncle John's Perry, St. Johns, MI
Silver - Tulip Valley Vineyard and Orchard, Red Barn Perry Moulton's Dry, Mount Vernon, WA
Category 27e - Traditional Perry (2 Entries)
Silver - Oliver's Cider House, Herefordshire Dry Perry, Herefordshire, England
Bronze - Oliver's Cider House, Blakeney Red Perry, Herefordshire, England
Category 28a - New England Cider (2 Entries)
Gold - Snowdrift Cider Company, Semi-Dry Cider, East Wenatchee, WA
Silver - Uncle John's, New England Cider/Seasonal, St. Johns, MI
Category 28b - Fruit Cider (11 Entries)
Gold - Uncle John's Fruit House Winery, Apple/Cherry Cider, St. Johns, MI
Silver - Uncle John's Fruit House Winery, Apple/cCranberry Cider, St. Johns, MI
Silver - Aspall Cyders, Aspall Perronelle's Blush Cider, Suffolk, England
Silver - Vandermill Cider, Apple Blueberry Cider, Spring Lake, MI
Silver - Robinette Cellars, Apple Cherry Cider, Grand Rapids, MI
Silver - Warrick Valley Winery and Distillery, Doc's Draft Hard Pear Cider, Warwick, NY
Silver - Vandermill Cider, Apple Peach Cider, Spring Lake, MI
Silver - Northville Winery, Blue River, Northville, MI
Silver - Tideview Cider, Raspberry Cider, Halifax, Nova Scotia
Silver - Northville Winery, Crimson Dew, Northville, MI
Category 28c - Applewine (4 Entries)
Silver - Robinette Cellars, Apple Table Wine, Grand Rapids, MI
Silver - Uncle John's Fruit House Winery, Applewine, St. Johns, MI
Category 28d - Specialty Cider or Perry (4 Entries)
Silver - Lehmans Orchard, Honeycrisp Hard Apple Cider, Niles, MI
Silver - Vandermill Cider, Black Tea Cider, Spring Lake, MI
Silver - Vandermill Cider,Michigan Wit, Spring Lake, MI
Category 2006-1 Macro Cider (8 Entries)
Silver - H.Weston and Sons Ltd., Old Rosie Cloudy Scrumpy, Herefordshire, England
Silver - Green Mountian Beverage, Woodchuck Draft Cider - Amber, Middlebury, VT
Silver - Green Mountian Beverage, Woodchuck Draft Cider - Oak Aged, Middlebury, VT
Silver - Green Mountian Beverage, Strongbow, Middlebury, VT
Silver - Green Mountian Beverage, Woodchuck Draft Cider - Granny Smith, Middlebury, VT
Silver - H.Weston and Sons Ltd., Stowford Press Medium Dry Draft, Herefordshire, England
Silver - Green Mountian Beverage, Wyder's Pear Cider, Middlebury, VT
Silver - Original Sin, Original Sin Pear Cider, New York, NY
Category 2006-2a Intensified Cider & Perry - Prefermentation - Ice Cider (3 Entries)
Gold - Eden Ice Cider Co, Eden-Calville Blend, West Charleston, VT
Silver - Eden Ice Cider Co, Champlain Orchards- Honeycrisp, West Charleston, VT
Silver - Tideview Cider, Tideview Sparkling Ice Cider, Halifax, Nova Scotia
Category 2006-2b Intensified Cider and Perry - Postfermentation - Pommeau (6 Entries)
Gold - Blackstar Farms, Sirius Maple, Suttons Bay, MI
Gold - Warrick Valley Winery and Distillery, American Fruits Apple Liquor, Warwick, NY
Silver - Uncle John's Fruit House Winery, Apple Dessert Wine, St. Johns, MI
Silver - Aeppeltreow Winery, Poirissimo Traditional, Burlington, WI
Silver - Robinette Cellars, Dessert Apple Wine, Grand Rapids, MI
Silver - Blackstar Farms, Sirius Pear, Suttons Bay, MI
Category 2006-3a Distilled - Eau de vie (2 Entries)
Silver - Warrick Valley Winery and Distillery, American Fruits Pear Brandy, Warwick, NY
Silver - Uncle John's Fruit House Winery, Vodka From Apples, St. Johns, MI
Category 2006-3b Distilled - Brandy Oak Aged (1 Entry)
Gold - Uncle John's Fruit House Winery, Apple Brandy, St. Johns, MI
Category 2009 - Non Alcoholic Sparkling Cider (2 Entries)
Gold - Vandermill Cider, VanderMill NA, Spring Lake, MI
Best Of Show
Best Of Show - Uncle John's Fruit House Winery, Uncle John's Hard Cider, St. Johns, MI
Honorable Mention - Warwick Valley Winery, American Fruits Apple Liquor, Warwick, NY
Reader Comments (2)
Dave,
Thanks for the kind words, I think Santa might get some of those ciders in your hands by Christmas. A recognition should also go out to Rex Halfpenny who rounds up qualified judges and does all of the registration to make it a recognized competition. As well as administer actuall judging. Rex, also publishes the Michigan Beer Guide. Also the Prime Time Brewers of Grand Rapids, MI supply all the dirty work i.e. stewards, scoring analysis, janitors, and all of the glue that makes a competition happen. To many to mention but Jeff Carlson of Grand Rapids should not go un-mentioned. Thanks guys
Dave thank you for getting the word out about the competition as well as results and for all the other great things you do for cider.
Mike Beck
Uncle John's Fruit House Winery & Distillery
Just went to Tandem for the first time last month. What a cool place!
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