Results of the
Japan Cider Cup 2024


Domestic

 

Best in Show


ICE CIDER

VinVie Winery & Cidery
Usuginu Cryoconcentration Cider

 

Gold


MODERN CIDER (DRY)

BEST IN CLASS

Baeren Brewery
Baeren Our Hour Dry Cidre

 

Hirosaki Meijo
Hirosaki Meijo Cidre Dry

Tamura Farm
Tamura Cidre Brut

Kamoshika Cidre
La 3e Saison Brut 2022

 

MODERN CIDER (SWEET)

BEST IN CLASS

Kamoshika Cidre
Rosé Doux 2022

 

Kamoshika Cidre
La 2e Saison Doux 2022

Koshiro Noen
Koshiro Noen Cidre Pink Blend

Kikusui Brewing
Kikusui Cidre Standard

Kikusui Brewing
N35 Terroir Demi-Sec

Marukame Cidery
Shinano Blend Sweet

 

MODERN PERRY

Marukame Cidery
Marukame Pear Cider

 

TRADITIONAL PERRY

Kamoshika Cidre
Poire 2022

 

FRUIT/BLENDED CIDER

Baeren Brewery
Baeren Our Hour Yuzu Cidre

 

SPECIALTY CIDER OR PERRY

Miyazaki Phoenix Brewing
Berry Cider

 

Silver


MODERN CIDER (DRY)

Akiu Winery
Banji Cider Brut 2022

Akiu Winery
Miyagi Cider 2022

Tamura Farm
Tamura Cidre 2nd Dry Grande

Kikusui Brewing
Kikusui Cidre Method Charmat

Craft Instinct Japan
Austeja

 

MODERN CIDER (SWEET)

Mashino Winery
Mashino Cidre Sweet

Tamura Farm
Tamura Cidre 2nd Sweet Grande

Tamura Farm
Tamura Cidre Sweet

Tamura Farm
Tamura Cidre Sec

Kikusui Brewing
Kikusui Cidre Nouveau 2023

Sanyohai Shuzo
Cidre RonRon Prototype Garden Yeast

 

TRADITIONAL CIDER (DRY)

VinVie Winery & Cidery
Virginia Crab

VinVie Winery & Cidery
Bitter Sweet

 

FRUIT/BLENDED CIDER

Three Peaks Winery
REGALO 2022 Campbell Early

 

HOPPED CIDER

OK,ADAM
HOP IN!

Shiwa Cidery
FC Hopped Cider

 

SPICED/BOTANICAL CIDER

OK,ADAM
ORIGIN

 

WOOD/BARREL-AGED CIDER

Mashino Winery
Mashino Premium Cidre

 

WOOD/BARREL-AGED
SPECIALTY CIDER

Son of the Smith Hard Cider
Fresh Hopped Barrel Laundering

 

SPECIALTY CIDER OR PERRY

Izumi Brewery
Knuckle Baller

 

Bronze


MODERN CIDER (DRY)

VinVie Winery & Cidery
VinVie Cider

Akiu Winery
Akiu Craft Cider 2022

Three Peaks Winery
Machiko’s Apple Cider Yellow

Koshiro Noen
Koshiro Noen Cidre Ringo San-Kyodai

Kikusui Brewing
N35 Terroir Brut Naturel

Okashina_Ouchi/Le milieu
Circulo Cidre

Cave D’Occi Winery
Funpy Cidre 2022

Monnosuke Farm
Kamineko Cidre

Marukame Cidery
Shinano Blend Dry

Mugi to Budo
Okukuji Daigo Cider (Beer Yeast)

zattana
zattana Cidre Kogan Kitaru

Gio Hills Winery
Hồng Ngọc Cidre

 

MODERN CIDER (SWEET)

Hirosaki Meijo
Hirosaki Meijo Unfiltered Sweet

Hikaru no Hata
Lippu Cidre Sweet

 

HOPPED CIDER

VinVie Winery & Cidery
Hopped Cider

 

SPICED/BOTANICAL CIDER

Shiwa Cidery
Chocolate Hard Cider

 

WOOD/BARREL-AGED CIDER

Hibi
Ringorillappa Cidre 2022

 

WOOD/BARREL-AGED
SPECIALTY CIDER

CHILAN
CHILAN Cidre Sauvignon 2022

 

 

 

Results of the
Japan Cider Cup 2024


International

 

Best in Show


FORTIFIED CIDER

Small Acres Cyder
Pommeau 2021 Apple Mistelle

 

Gold


MODERN CIDER (DRY)

Heeman’s
Dry Empire

 

MODERN CIDER (SWEET)

BEST IN CLASS
Small Acres Cyder
Femme Fatale 2023
 

Neon Cider
Neon Cider Apple

 

TRADITIONAL CIDER (DRY)

BEST IN CLASS
Small Acres Cyder
Kingston Black 2023
 

Bauman’s Cider
Porter’s Perfection

 

TRADITIONAL CIDER (SWEET)

BEST IN CLASS
Neon Cider
Heritage Blend – Cellar Series

 

Bauman’s Cider
Reine des Pommes

Courtney’s of Whimple
Courtney’s Orchard Cider

 

FRUIT/BLENDED CIDER

BEST IN CLASS
JK’s Farmhouse Ciders
JK’s Patriotic Paw Paw
 

Bauman’s Cider
Obsidian Blackberry

Heeman’s
Berry Blush

Neon Cider
Neon Cider Just Peachy

Avid Cider
Blackberry

 

HOPPED CIDER

TÁLAVA
Apple Cider with Hops

 

SPICED/BOTANICAL CIDER

Neon Cider
Neon Cider Pandan

 

Silver


MODERN CIDER (DRY)

Il Torsolo srl
Sidro di Mele Antiche Piemontesi

Nightingale Cider
Night Bird

Nightingale Cider
Wild Disco Cider

Posdata
Posdata Mexican Classic Red Cider

Stowe Cider
Tips Up

Portland Cider
Original Gold

 

MODERN CIDER (SWEET)

Bauman’s Cider
Authentic Apple

Heeman’s
Empire Cider

Small Acres Cyder
Small Acres Pink Lady

Original Sin Cider
McIntosh

 

TRADITIONAL CIDER (DRY)

Courtney’s of Whimple
Silly Cow

 

TRADITIONAL CIDER (SWEET)

Courtney’s of Whimple
Devon Dapple

 

TRADITIONAL PERRY

Teepee Cider
TeePee Perry 2019 Method Traditional

 

FRUIT/BLENDED CIDER

Bauman’s Cider
Loganberry Cider

Heeman’s
Strawberry Rhubarb

JK’s Farmhouse Ciders
JK’s Traverse City Cherry

Finnriver Farm & Cidery
Black Currant

Golden Row Hard Cider
Golden Row Hard Marionberry Cider

La Familia Cider
Guayaba

 

SPICED/BOTANICAL CIDER

Heeman’s
Dutch Crumble

Neon Cider
Neon Cider NLC Lemon Tea Cider

 

WOOD/BARREL-AGED CIDER

Kristof Farms
Kristof Farms Reserve Cider

 

SPECIALTY CIDER

19 Acres Cider
Strawberry Hibiscus

 

Bronze


MODERN CIDER (DRY)

Nightingale Cider
Fledgling no4 Cider

Stowe Cider
High & Dry

 

MODERN CIDER (SWEET)

JK’s Farmhouse Ciders
JK’s Honeycrisp Haze

 

FRUIT/BLENDED CIDER

TÁLAVA
Apple Cider with Passionfruit

Original Sin Cider
Black Widow

 

WOOD/BARREL-AGED CIDER

Nightingale Cider
Song Bird no3 Cider

 

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