The Cider Crate – Best of 2020

Fortunately there were still some bests’ in 2020!  Here are our favs.

~Bethany and Barry

Top 5 Overall

1. Cold Creek – Cuvée Madeline
2. FieldBird – 2018 Perry Sur Lie
3. Banjo – Rouge
4. East Street – Harvest Botanical
5. Farmgate – Mulled

Top 5 – Apple

1. Cold Creek – Cuvée Madeline
2. Banjo – Dueling Banjos
3. Twin Pines – Hammer Bent Organic Cider
4. Front Road – Lakeside Cider
5. Steel Town – Salvaje

Top 5 – Fruit Flavoured / Perry

1. FieldBird – 2018 Perry Sur Lie
2. Banjo – Rouge
3. Revel – Pom Lam (Perry)
4. Kings Mill – Strawberry Rhubarb
5. Hard Way – Catawampus

Top 5 – Herbed/Spiced/Hopped

1. East Street – Harvest Botanical
2. Farmgate – Mulled
3. Shale Ridge – Cranberry Spice Cider
4. Slabtown – Watermelon Thyme
5. Loch Mór  – Hopped

Top Fortified Ciders

1. Loch Mór – Pommeau
2. West Avenue – North by West Ice Cider
3. Georgian Hills – Frozen to the Core Bartlett (2014)
4. County Cider – Prince Edward County Ice Cider

Top Wines

1. Hinterland – Ancestral 
2. Pelee Island – Mousseux de Pomme
3. Garland Sugar Shack – Maple Wine

Top 5 – Beers (Bethany)

1. Bellwoods – Battenberg Cake Stout
2. Short Finger – Fargo
3. Fair Weather – Fonso
4. Blood Brothers – Razzle Dazzle
5. Dominion City – Small Imperial Stout w/ Pistachios

Top 5 – Beers (Barry – No order)

• Bellwoods – Battenberg Cake Stout
• Blood Brothers vs. Collective Arts – Feed Your Gods
• Fairweather – Beki
• Blood Brothers – Angelo Della Morte
• Farmery – Pink Lemonade

Cidery of the Year

• Banjo Cider

Runners Up 

• Bulwark Cider
• East Street Cider Co.
• Slabtown Cider 

Top Ciders Outside of Ontario

1. Bulwark (NS) – Winter
2. Fleuri Cidres Biologiques (QC) – Hyslop 
3. Cidrerie Milton (QC) – Première Station No. 1

Top LCBO Releases

1. KW Craft Mixpack 
2. Pommies – Mimosa
3. Brickworks – The Purple Road