GOLD –
Best New World Cider // Apricot Cider
SILVER –
Best New Cidery
BRONZE –
Cidery of the Year
Lillooet Cider Co. has been heavily focused on being local, using 100% hand harvested Lillooet-grown fruit in their ciders. That focus, and the passion that owner and cidermaker Seth Jex puts into every bottle has managed to shine through.
With three awards this year, including 2nd for Best New Cidery and 3rd for Best Cidery of the Year, the upstart has some serious fans. Many of those votes clearly came from fans of the first-place winner for Best New World Cider: their Apricot cider.
The blend of 90% apples, 10% apricots was co-fermented dry which leaves a fantastic tropical flavour and rich apricot notes with a balanced finish from their oak aging. Lillooet Cider Co. makes vintage-style ciders, launching each April and usually selling out by November, so grab yours now through their website or in person at their home base at Fort Berens Estate Winery.
