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World Cider Awards 2018

Winners

World's Best Sparkling Cider
Medium

World's Best Sparkling Cider
Gold Medal
Hoila
Cider

Italy

"Aromatic with honey and cooked apples on the nose. Medium high with warm riper apple and apricot. Flavours follow through. Palate with sprightly acids and sparkle, apricot/peach and light astringency."

Australia

Gold Medal
SweetGold MedalSydney Brewery
Sydney Cider
Australia
"Great nose of green notes. Palate more mixed pear and apples, bitter almonds with a sweet and tangy balance. Elegant."

SILVER WINNERS

Silver Medal
MediumBlack Devil Cider
Australia

Brazil

SILVER WINNERS

Silver Medal
MediumSina
Hard Cider
Brazil

Canada

SILVER WINNERS

Finland

Gold Medal
MediumGold MedalCrafty
Apple Cider Dry
Finland
"Fruit salad on the nose. Yellow apple and honeyed notes on the palate. Balanced carbonation. Good balance. Well balanced and complex."

Portugal

Gold Medal
MediumGold MedalVadia
Sidra Vadia
Portugal
"Nose of yellow ripe apples and toffee, ligth and very aromatic. Palate of cooked, warm apricot cobbler with green tang and the texture from sparkles welcome here. Acidity and sweetness in harmony iwth a long finish."

Republic of Ireland

Gold Medal
MediumGold MedalOrchard Pig
Truffler
Republic of Ireland
"Light aromas of eating apples. Pleasant carbonation with a dry mouthfeel. Not complex but pleasant and quaffable."

SILVER WINNERS

Silver Medal
MediumOrchard Pig
Charmer
Republic of Ireland

BRONZE WINNERS

Bronze Medal
MediumLegacy Irish Cider
Republic of Ireland

South Africa

Gold Medal
DryGold MedalBirkenhead Brewery
Dry Apple Cider
South Africa
"Dark amberesque colour with strong honey and spicy, cooked apples on the nose. Palate of hazelnuts; high sparkle and astringency. Flavours of stewed apricots/plums coming through. Very innovative."

Switzerland

SILVER WINNERS

United Kingdom

Gold Medal
MediumGold MedalFriels
First Press Vintage
United Kingdom
"Light on the nose. Great taste with a honey sweetness. Easily quaffable. Well balanced without much complexity and tannins, but nice overall. "

SILVER WINNERS

BRONZE WINNERS

United States

Gold Medal
SweetGold MedalMcKenzie's Hard Cider
Original
United States
"Golden in colour and good carbonation with pleasant sweet apple on the nose. Chewy mouthfeel and flavours of the whole apple coming through nicely. Dry clean finish."

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