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LIAN CIDER AWARDS •

BRONZE MEDAL • 2019

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LIAN CIDER AWARDS •

SILVER MEDAL • 2019

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LIAN CIDER AWARDS •

GOLD MEDAL • 201

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JUDGES

Sebastian Crowther (Chair) (REAL Wines)

Briony Liebich (Lion Co)

James Kendell (Small Acres Cyder)

Jody Scott (Zeffer Cider, NZ)

Loic Le Calvez (Wine Truth)

Michael Henry (Henry of Harcourt)

Tom Oliver (Guest judge, Oliver’s Cider & Perry, UK)

ASSOCIATE JUDGES

Genevieve Blackman (Dan Murphy’s)

Tina Panoutsos (Carlton & United Breweries)

Rotating Panel: Camilla Humphries,Clare Mackie, Dave Nelson, Jo-AnneFahey, Mark Ellis, Marianne Smith,

Matthew Stitt, Rabiya Oeztan,Rohan Nunan

STEWARDS

Warwick Billings (Chief)

Wayne Hewett

Camilla Humphries

Clare Mackie

Dave Nelson

David Pickering

Jane Anderson

Jo-Anne Fahey

Marianne Smith

Mark Ellis

Matthew Stitt

Mike Conolly

Rabiya Oeztan

Rohan Nunan

TECHNICAL SUPPORT

Damian Nieuwesteeg (Competition Administrator)

Andrew Toms (RASV)

Glenn Goodwin (RASV)Tim McColl (RASV)

OFFICIAL ACKNOWLEDGEMENTCider Australia acknowledges and thanks all officials for their generous contribution towards the success of the 2019 Australian Cider Awards.

Gold: 92.5 – 100 points

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BEST IN SHOW The Barossa Cider Co - Squashed Apple Cider, The Barossa Valley Cider Company, South Australia (97pts)

BEST TRADITIONAL CIDER

Colony Cove 2018 Draught Cider, Kangaroo Island Ciders, South Australia (93pts)

BEST NEW WORLD CIDERThe Barossa Cider Co - Squashed Apple Cider, The Barossa Valley Cider Company, South Australia (97pts)

BEST PERRY Small Acres Cyder 2017 Sparkling Perry, Small Acres Cyder, New South Wales (93pts)

BEST INTENSIFIED/DISTILLED CIDER OR PERRY Charles Oates Distilling Apple Blanco, William Smith And Sons, Tasmania (93pts)

BEST SPECIALTY CIDER OR PERRY

Not Awarded

BEST AUSTRALIAN CIDER OR PERRY The Barossa Cider Co - Squashed Apple Cider, The Barossa Valley Cider Company, South Australia (97pts)

BEST INTERNATIONAL CIDER OR PERRY Sidro Del Bosco, Cester Camillo Pty Ltd, Victoria (94pts)

MOST SUCCESSFUL SMALL PRODUCER (LESS THAN 50,000L PER YEAR)

Small Acres Cyder, New South Wales

MOST SUCCESSFUL LARGER PRODUCER (>50,000L PER YEAR) William Smith & Sons, Tasmania

BEST PACKAGING AWARD (STEWARDS CHOICE)Lobo Apple Brandy - Lobodos, Lobo Juice And Cider Pty Ltd, South Australia

2019 TROPHIES

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BRONZE MEDAL • 2019

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SILVER MEDAL • 2019

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GOLD MEDAL • 201

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Gold: 92.5 – 100 points Silver: 85 – 92 points Bronze: 77.5 – 84.5 points

MEDALS

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BIC01 - NEW WORLD CIDER DRY Adam’s Evening Hifi, Pulp & Juice P/L, Victoria, Australia (97pts)

BIC02 - NEW WORLD CIDER MEDIUMSidro Del Bosco, Cester Camillo Pty Ltd, Victoria, Australia (94pts)

BIC03 - NEW WORLD CIDER MEDIUM SWEETThe Barossa Cider Co - Squashed Apple Cider The Barossa Valley Cider Company, South Australia, Australia (97pts)

BIC04 - NEW WORLD CIDER SWEETSmall Acres Cyder 2016 Appscato, Small Acres Cyder, New South Wales, Australia (93pts)

BIC05 - NEW WORLD METHOD TRADITIONAL (DISGORGED)Core Cider 2017 Core-Upted, Core Cider, Western Australia, Australia (94pts)

BIC06 - TRADITIONAL CIDER DRYHart’s Farm Dry Cider, Marah Enterprises Pty Ltd, Victoria, Australia (92.5pts)

BIC07 - TRADITIONAL CIDER MEDIUMWillie Smith’s French Blend, William Smith And Sons, Tasmania, Australia (93pts)

BIC08 - TRADITIONAL CIDER MEDIUM SWEETColony Cove 2018 Draught Cider, Kangaroo Island Ciders, South Australia, Australia (97pts)

BIC09 - TRADITIONAL CIDER SWEETLobo Royale, Lobo Juice And Cider Pty Ltd, South Australia, Australia (89pts)

BIC10 - TRADITIONAL METHOD TRADITIONAL (DISGORGED)Flying Brick Cider Co Mc Cider, Flying Brick Cider Co, Victoria, Australia (97pts)

BIC21 - NEW WORLD PERRY DRYNinch Cider Parsons Bay Perry, Ninch Cider, Tasmania, Australia (81pts)

BIC22 - NEW WORLD PERRY MEDIUMYarra Valley Cider Pure Pear, Yarra Valley Cider, Victoria, Australia (87pts)

BIC23 - NEW WORLD PERRY MEDIUM SWEETThe Hills Cider Company, Pear, The Hills Cider Company, South Australia, Australia (87pts)

BIC24 - NEW WORLD PERRY SWEETMr Finch Pear, Coles Liquor Group, Victoria, Australia (81pts)

2019 BEST IN CLASS

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BIC25 - PERRY METHOD TRADITIONAL (DISGORGED)Small Acres Cyder 2017 Sparkling Perry, Small Acres Cyder, New South Wales, Australia (93pts)

BIC26 - TRADITIONAL PERRY DRYLobo Dry Pear, Lobo Juice And Cider Pty Ltd, South Australia, Australia (86pts)

BIC27 - TRADITIONAL PERRY MEDIUMNot Awarded

BIC28 - TRADITIONAL PERRY MEDIUM SWEETNot Awarded

BIC29 - TRADITIONAL PERRY SWEETNot Awarded

BIC31 - SPECIALITY STYLES EXPERIMENTAL CIDER OR PERRYSydney Brewery Agave Ginger Cider, Winadell T/A Schwartz Brewery (Sydney Brewery), New South Wales, Australia (85pts)

BIC32 - SPECIALITY STYLES APPLE AND PEAR BLENDSLobo Apple And Pear Cider, Lobo Juice And Cider Pty Ltd, South Australia, Australia (86pts)

BIC33 - SPECIALITY STYLES CIDER OR PERRY WITH FRUITEasy Rider Blood Orange Cider, Rusty Bike Wines & Ciders, South Australia, Australia (89pts)

BIC34 - SPECIALITY STYLES LIGHTER STRENGTH CIDER OR PERRY(There were no entries in this class. The Best in Class has been awarded to the highest scoring entry in the show with an eligible ABV of 1.15 – 3.5%.) Daylesford Cider - Heritage Light, Jonathan Mackie, Victoria, Australia (81pts)

BIC41 - INTENSIFIED AND DISTILLED STYLES ICE CIDER OR PERRYNot Awarded

BIC42 - INTENSIFIED AND DISTILLED STYLES POMMEAUCharles Oates Distilling Pommeau, William Smith And Sons, Tasmania, Australia (87pts)

BIC43 - INTENSIFIED AND DISTILLED STYLES EAU DE VIECharles Oates Distilling Apple Blanco, William Smith And Sons, Tasmania, Australia (93pts)

BIC44 - INTENSIFIED AND DISTILLED STYLES AGED SPIRITCharles Oates Distilling Fine Apple Brandy Muscat Barrel, William Smith And Sons, Tasmania, Australia (88pts)

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The Australian Cider Awards increases in size each year, and new classes are introduced to keep up with market and maker trends.

We had a great judging team who came from a range of backgrounds giving diversity and depth to the panels.

Once again an enthusiastic band of stewards gathered at the William Angliss Institute to polish and pour. The stewards’ goal is to present a seamless professional show to the judges, with the highest possible integrity.

This year we had an extra team from the Royal Agricultural Society of Victoria helping with the new software and tablet based judging.

The stewards get to taste a little after the judging, and there is an opportunity to judge for a session, as a “rotating associate”. This allows stewards to sit alongside the full judges on “L” plates and judge and participate in the deliberation of scores.

Stewarding is fun, has bursts of hard work, and there are quieter moments for talking about all things cider and getting to know everyone.

I’d like to take this opportunity to thank everyone involved in the running of the show for their participation – it takes a lot of people working together to do this.

Cheers, Warwick

Above: Champion of Industry Award 2019 Winners, Dr Clive Crossley and Lynne Uptin OAM.

Above: Chief Steward Warwick Billings

MESSAGE FROM THE CHIEF STEWARD

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CHAMPION OF THE INDUSTRY AWARD

The Champion of the Industry Award honours individuals who have made an outstanding contribution to the Australian cider industry over a prolonged period of time. Cider Australia is proud to present this Award to Dr Clive Crossley and partner Lynne Uptin OAM.

Clive Crossley, creator of Red Sails Cider, is perhaps Tasmania’s most authentic cider maker. Raised and born in Somerset, England, his passion and enthusiasm for the traditional craft of cider is second to none. Academic, sailor, orchardist and entrepreneur, Clive is the real deal when it comes to Tasmanian cider.

Lynne Uptin has been a partner at Red Sails Cider since 2009. She has worked in cultural industries management in Sydney and Tasmania including 16 years as Director of Arts Tasmania and membership of many educational and cultural boards and committees. Lynne was the founding Secretary of Cider Tasmania.

Clive and Lynne have been sharing their love of cider with the world for the past 40 years, providing an authentic Australian presence at many overseas events. Through regular overseas trips they have forged strong links within the global cider community. This has extended to hosting a vast number of international cider makers at their famous Pear Tree Cottage in Middleton, just South of Hobart, where they produce small commercial quantities of artisan cider. Their international reach and strong reputation has been important for Australian cider.

Clive and Lynne were some of the early pioneers of traditional cider apples and perry pears in Australia, with the ongoing high quality and unique style of their ciders clearly reflecting their varietal choices.

They have shown an ongoing commitment to gaining an in-depth understanding of keeving and other aspects of traditional French Cider making techniques.

A visit to Pear Tree Cottage (home of Red Sails) is a delight and a rare treat. The Red Sails orchards contain one of the largest collections of cider apple and perry pear varieties in Australia and overlook the bay where Clive keeps his Red Sails yacht. The 100+ year-old pear tree, in the middle of the orchard, provides pears to create a perry that arguably rivals the finest in England.

Note from Tom Oliver, guest judge at the 2019 Australian Cider Awards

“One of the aspects that I love most about cider is the people and how they connect. Over the last 7 years it has been an immense pleasure to share cider and food with Clive and Lynne from Red Sails.

It started with a couple of visits to Ocle Pychard and over some great food and cider, much talk. Clive then kindly invited myself (and amongst others Julian Temperley of Somerset Cider Brandy and Jorg Geiger of Manufactum Geiger from Schlad in Germany) to a wonderful multi-national cider tasting in Turin at their biennial Salone del Gusto.

Since then we have met in Tasmania and finally I managed to get to the heart and soul of Red Sails at Old Pear Tree Cottage where we had a wonderful meal cooked by Lynne and accompanied by some of Clive and Lynne’s excellent cider with Tim and Tom from Willie Smith’s. This was a really quite emotional evening for me as I feel that Clive and Lynne encapsulate what I find so fulfilling about cider and the friendships it yields.

Best from Tom”

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New World Dry Cider (<9g/L) CLASS 1

Catalogue # Product Producer Award Score

4924 Adam’s Evening HiFi Pulp & Juice P/L, Victoria, Australia Gold 97.0

2359 Sydney Brewery Oaked Organic Cider

Winadell T/A Schwartz Brewery (Sydney Brewery), New South Wales, Australia

Gold 95.0

3862 Ninch Cider Harps' Harvest Ninch Cider, Tasmania, Australia Silver 90.0

3750 Fernbank Creek Cidery - Original Dry Cider

FBC Beverages Pty Ltd (T/A Fernbank Creek Cidery), New South Wales, Australia

Silver 87.0

1428 X3 - 2016 Incy Wincy Cyder Pty Limited, New South Wales, Australia

Silver 86.0

1273 Bilpin Archibald High 'n' Dry, Can

Bilpin Cider Co, New South Wales, Australia

Bronze 83.0

5465 Adam’s Evening 2018 Dry Pulp & Juice P/L, Victoria, Australia Bronze 82.3

7517 Sutton's Pink Lady Apple Cider Sutton's Juice Factory & Cidery, Queensland, Australia

Bronze 81.0

4073 3 Sons Cider - Pomme 3 Sons Cider, Australian Capital Territory, Australia

Bronze 80.7

7387 Small Acres Cyder 2016 Somerset Still

Small Acres Cyder, New South Wales, Australia

Bronze 80.7

6670 Incy Wincy Cyder Wild 2017 Incy Wincy Cyder Pty Limited, New South Wales, Australia

Bronze 80.0

5264 Huntsman 2018 Incy Wincy Cyder Pty Limited, New South Wales, Australia

Bronze 79.0

1872 Willie Smith's Bone Dry William Smith and Sons, Tasmania, Australia

Bronze 79.0

9266 Huntsman 2017 Incy Wincy Cyder Pty Limited, New South Wales, Australia

Bronze 78.7

5373 Castaway Low Carb Apple Cider Pinnacle Drinks, New South Wales, Australia

Bronze 78.7

4473 Bilpin Archibald High 'n' Dry Bilpin Cider Co, New South Wales, Australia

Bronze 78.5

7579 Roleystone Brewing Co - Original

Roleystone Brewing Co Pty Ltd, Western Australia, Australia

Bronze 78.5

6120 SBO Australian Surges Bay Orchard, Tasmania, Australia

Bronze 78.3

2536 Runamuk "Scoundrel" Dry Cider Runamuk Cider Co., Western Australia, Australia

Bronze 78.2

3368 SBO Wild Ferment Surges Bay Orchard, Tasmania, Australia

Bronze 78.0

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5783 Devil's Orchard Apple Cider ALDI Stores (Aust), New South Wales, Australia

9276 Camilla's Crush Brooklet Farm Produce, Victoria, Australia

6356 Monkeyshines Cider Coles Liquor Group, Victoria, Australia

4445 Core Cider SCORE-umpy Core Cider, Western Australia, Australia

7410 Core Cider Core Cider, Western Australia, Australia

8187 Core Cider Hard CORE Core Cider, Western Australia, Australia

9125 Granite Belt Cider Co - Treehouse Cider

Granite Belt Cider Co, New South Wales, Australia

2955 Vat of 9 Tails 2018 Incy Wincy Cyder Pty Limited, New South Wales, Australia

4207 On the Shoulders of Giants Wild Ferment Oaked Brut Dry Batch 2

Manjimup Cider Co, Western Australia, Australia

6207 On the Shoulders of Giants Wild Ferment Oaked Brut Dry Batch 1

Manjimup Cider Co, Western Australia, Australia

9933 Scape Goat Lower Sugar Apple Cider

Pinnacle Drinks, New South Wales, Australia

4027 Spreyton Cider Co - Classic Cider

Spreyton Fresh P/L, Tasmania, Australia

6127 Sunshine Coast Cider - Dry & Still

Sunshine Coast Cider, Queensland, Australia

8880 Winter Brook Cider Winter Brook Vineyard, Tasmania, Australia

Judges remarks: Overall very good class, best had good integration, balance and complexity, some pushing the style positively. Few faults but some did appeal.

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New World Medium Cider (9-25g/L) CLASS 2

Catalogue # Product Producer Award Score

5244 Sidro Del Bosco Cester Camillo Pty Ltd, Victoria, Australia

Gold 94.0

5407 Yarra Valley Cider Yarra Valley Cider, Victoria, Australia Silver 87.0

9712 Willie Smith's Organic Apple Cider

William Smith and Sons, Tasmania, Australia

Silver 86.0

3851 Hillbilly Cider Vintage Hillbilly Cider, New South Wales, Australia

Bronze 84.0

8127 Mock Red Hill Classic Cider Mock Red Hill, Victoria, Australia Bronze 82.3

3001 Flying Brick Cider Co Draught Cider

Flying Brick Cider Co, Victoria, Australia

Bronze 82.0

5126 LOBO Cloudy Cider LOBO Juice and Cider Pty Ltd, South Australia, Australia

Bronze 81.3

3134 Harcourt Dry Cider Harcourt Perry and Cider Makers P/L, Victoria, Australia

Bronze 79.7

8391 Darkes Dry Cider Glenbernie Orchard PTY LTD, New South Wales, Australia

Bronze 79.3

6980 Hillbilly Cider Scrumpy Hillbilly Cider, New South Wales, Australia

Bronze 79.0

1162 Bilpin Archibald Cloudy Apple Cider

Bilpin Cider Co, New South Wales, Australia

Bronze 78.8

6393 Carmel Cider Carmel Cider Company, Western Australia, Australia

Bronze 78.7

5976 Fils de Pomme - La Sauvage Fils de Pomme Australia Pty Ltd, New South Wales, Australia

Bronze 78.7

1891 Two Birds Brewing Apple Cider Two Birds Brewing Pty Ltd, Victoria, Australia

Bronze 78.0

9385 Hansen Tasmania Apple Cider 330ML

Hansen Tasmania Pty Ltd, Tasmania, Australia

Bronze 77.5

8548 Castaway Original Apple Cider Pinnacle Drinks, New South Wales, Australia

Bronze 77.5

5164 Runamuk "Grifter" Medium Dry Cider

Runamuk Cider Co., Western Australia, Australia

Bronze 77.5

9771 Sidewood Apple Cider Sidewood Estate, South Australia, Australia

Bronze 77.5

5613 The Side Project: Mr Bright Cide The Side Project Cider & Beerworks, South Australia, Australia

Bronze 77.5

2649 3 Sons Cider - Comfortably Numb

3 Sons Cider, Australian Capital Territory, Australia

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8013 Apple Truck Cider Apple Truck Ciders, New South Wales, Australia

6385 Batlow Premium Cider Batlow Cider Co, New South Wales, Australia

Not Received

5185 Pure Blonde Organic Cider Carlton & United Breweries, Victoria, Australia

9389 Mr Finch Lower Sugar Coles Liquor Group, Victoria, Australia

6178 Funk Cider Saison cider Funk Cider, Western Australia, Australia

2374 Jolly Miller Draught Apple Cider Gundaroo Cider Company, New South Wales, Australia

6412 Vat of 9 Tails - 2017 Incy Wincy Cyder Pty Limited, New South Wales, Australia

9101 Ironbark Hill - Breathe A Cider Relief

Ironbark Hill Brewhouse, New South Wales, Australia

7188 Napoleone 2019 Vintage Release Cider, Keg

Napoleone Cider, Victoria, Australia

6492 Cheeky Tiki - Dry Apple Cider Ohana Winery & Cheeky Tiki a Cider, Queensland, Australia

9526 Patrick Of Coonawarra Applelation Apple Cider

Patrick of Coonawarra Pty Ltd, South Australia, Australia

5834 Sidewood Apple Cider, Can Sidewood Estate, South Australia, Australia

3455 Sunshine Coast Cider - Sunshine Cider

Sunshine Coast Cider, Queensland, Australia

Judges remarks: Overall very strong class. Best had complexity and purity of fruit. Simple styles were rewarded for drinkability, some experimental styles were marked down when they didn’t hit the mark.

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New World Medium Sweet Cider (25-40g/L) CLASS 3

Catalogue # Product Producer Award Score

4371 The Barossa Cider Co - Squashed Apple Cider

The Barossa Valley Cider Company, South Australia, Australia

Gold 97.0

1047 Small Acres Pomme Small Acres Cyder, New South Wales, Australia

Silver 89.0

5430 The Hills Cider Company, Apple The Hills Cider company, South Australia, Australia

Silver 86.0

6338 Sydney Brewery Sydney Cider Winadell T/A Schwartz Brewery (Sydney Brewery), New South Wales, Australia

Silver 85.0

2061 Hillbilly Cider Crushed Apple Hillbilly Cider, New South Wales, Australia

Bronze 83.7

5488 Eddies Cider Eddies Cider, Victoria, Australia Bronze 83.0

5088 Runamuk "Pedlar" Medium Sweet Cider

Runamuk Cider Co., Western Australia, Australia

Bronze 82.0

1192 Daylesford Cider - Heritage light Jonathan Mackie, Victoria, Australia Bronze 81.0

1301 Frank's Summer Apple Cider Franklin Cider Company, Tasmania, Australia

Bronze 79.8

3062 Napoleone Apple Cider Napoleone Cider, Victoria, Australia Bronze 79.8

7291 Granny Smith Can Cider Production Pty Ltd, New South Wales, Australia

Bronze 78.0

2113 Daylesford Cider - Session Jonathan Mackie, Victoria, Australia Bronze 78.0

4102 Batlow Cloudy Cider Batlow Cider Co, New South Wales, Australia

Not Received

2352 Bilpin Original Cider Bilpin Cider Co, New South Wales, Australia

4112 Cedar Creek Cider Cedar Creek Cider, New South Wales, Australia

5375 Cheeky Cider Cheeky Grog Co. Pty Ltd, Victoria, Australia

1068 Granny Smith Cider Production Pty Ltd, New South Wales, Australia

7942 Pink Lady Cider Cider Production Pty Ltd, New South Wales, Australia

5216 Fat Pixie Hard Cider Coles Liquor Group, Victoria, Australia

4212 Colonial Brewing Co. Bertie Apple Cider

Colonial Brewing Co., Victoria, Australia

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9340 Colonial Brewing Co. Bertie Apple Cider, Keg

Colonial Brewing Co., Victoria, Australia

1525 Core Cider Melt Down Core Cider, Western Australia, Australia

1078 St Ronan's Apple Cider DJP Ronin Pty Ltd, Victoria, Australia

9118 Funk Cider - PERTH CIDER Funk Cider, Western Australia, Australia

3931 Darkes Cider- Howler Glenbernie Orchard PTY LTD, New South Wales, Australia

8296 Jachmann Pink Lady Apple Cider

Jachmann Apple Co Pty Ltd, South Australia, Australia

1775 Kelly Brothers Cider Kellybrook Winery, Victoria, Australia

8996 Mock Red Hill Golden Cider Mock Red Hill, Victoria, Australia

8784 EASY RIDER Apple Cider Rusty Bike Wines & Ciders, South Australia, Australia

5119 KAIJU! Golden Axe Crisp Apple Cider

South East Brewing Company, Victoria, Australia

8059 Spreyton Cider Co - Apple Cider Spreyton Fresh P/L, Tasmania, Australia

6643 The Hills Cider Company, Cloudy Apple

The Hills Cider company, South Australia, Australia

5279 Tower Estate Tower Estate, New South Wales, Australia

Judges remarks: Disappointing class overall ranging from light-flavoured confectionery styles to developed styles. Various sulfur issues which were exposed due to lightness of style.

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New World Sweet Cider (>40g/L) CLASS 4

Catalogue # Product Producer Award Score

5842 Small Acres Cyder 2016 Appscato

Small Acres Cyder, New South Wales, Australia

Gold 93.0

4360 Storm European Apple Cider ALDI Stores (Aust), New South Wales, Australia

Silver 90.0

6754 SPARKKE Apple Cider The Sparkke Change Beverage Company, South Australia, Australia

Bronze 82.0

7686 Mock Red Hill Sweet Cider Mock Red Hill, Victoria, Australia Bronze 81.0

7378 Bilpin Blush Pink Lady Cider Bilpin Cider Co, New South Wales, Australia

Bronze 79.3

9076 Trattore- New World Cider Bellevue Orchard Pty Ltd, Victoria, Australia

Bronze 78.5

2086 Harcourt Apple Cider Harcourt Perry and Cider Makers P/L, Victoria, Australia

Bronze 78.0

6382 Main Ridge Cider (Vic) Pty Ltd Main Ridge Cider (Vic) Pty Ltd, Victoria, Australia

Bronze 77.7

5755 Pressman's Apple Cider Australian Beer Company, New South Wales, Australia

8873 Pressman's Draught Apple Cider, Keg

Australian Beer Company, New South Wales, Australia

3051 Batlow Saison Cider, Keg Batlow Cider Co, New South Wales, Australia

3463 Strongbow Classic Apple Cider Carlton & United Breweries, Victoria, Australia

8260 Mercury Hard Cider Carlton & United Breweries, Victoria, Australia

3429 Mr Finch Apple Coles Liquor Group, Victoria, Australia

6939 Miss Seed Cider Coles Liquor Group, Victoria, Australia

4297 Core Cider Cloudy Core Cider, Western Australia, Australia

3599 Flying Brick Cider Co Original Cider

Flying Brick Cider Co, Victoria, Australia

4022 Hillbilly Cider Sweet Julie Hillbilly Cider, New South Wales, Australia

3656 Prizefighter Nine Mile Fresh Pty Ltd, Victoria, Australia

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New World ‘Method Traditional’ Cider (disgorged) CLASS 5

Catalogue # Product Producer Award Score

6426 Core Cider 2017 CORE-upted Core Cider, Western Australia, Australia

Gold 94.0

4367 Core Cider 2015 CORE-upted Core Cider, Western Australia, Australia

Gold 92.5

1900 Small Acres Cyder 2016 Sparkling

Small Acres Cyder, New South Wales, Australia

Silver 89.0

5380 Apple 15 Carmel Cider Company, Western Australia, Australia

Silver 86.0

9698 Core Cider 2018 CORE-upted Core Cider, Western Australia, Australia

Bronze 80.0

1401 Tree Ripened Apple Carmel Cider Company, Western Australia, Australia

Bronze 78.3

6877 Oaked Apple Carmel Cider Company, Western Australia, Australia

8186 Gurneys Method Traditional Gurneys Cider, Victoria, Australia

2917 Sunshine Coast Cider - Brut+ Cider Méthode Traditionelle

Sunshine Coast Cider, Queensland, Australia

Judges remarks: Strong class, very good examples bring complexity and texture from Method Traditional. Best examples showing good use of oak and clean fruit.

5431 Cheeky Tiki - Sweet Apple Cider Ohana Winery & Cheeky Tiki a Cider, Queensland, Australia

3246 Scape Goat Crisp Apple Cider Pinnacle Drinks, New South Wales, Australia

Judges remarks: Sound class with a mixture of results. The best managed to carry higher levels of sugar while still having complexity, character and interest on both the nose and palate. Others lacked complexity and were dominated by sugar to make them eligible for higher scores.

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Traditional Dry Cider (<9g/L) CLASS 6

Catalogue # Product Producer Award Score

4996 Hart's Farm Dry Cider Marah Enterprises Pty Ltd, Victoria, Australia

Gold 92.5

1380 321 Traditional Still 2016 321 Cider, Victoria, Australia Silver 92

9719 Malus Cider 'Robusta' Malus Cider, Victoria, Australia Silver 90.0

6134 3 Sons Cider - Kingston Black 3 Sons Cider, Australian Capital Territory, Australia

Silver 88.0

7957 Secret Seven Cheeky Grog Co. Pty Ltd, Victoria, Australia

Bronze 80.0

8991 Percy Chicken's Authentic Draught Scrumpy

Denmark Heritage Cider Company, Western Australia, Australia

Bronze 79.3

5362 LOBO Norman LOBO Juice and Cider Pty Ltd, South Australia, Australia

Bronze 78.7

1673 Marenny Vale 2004 Vintage Cheeky Grog Co. Pty Ltd, Victoria, Australia

Bronze 77.5

1644 SBO Sturmer Pippin Surges Bay Orchard, Tasmania, Australia

Bronze 77.5

9592 Gurneys Orchard Reserve Gurneys Cider, Victoria, Australia

4137 Crucible Cider Pennyroyal Raspberry Farm, Victoria, Australia

6784 Spreyton Cider Co - Vintage 2018

Spreyton Fresh P/L, Tasmania, Australia

4269 SBO Traditional Surges Bay Orchard, Tasmania, Australia

7153 Sutton's Dry Cider Sutton's Juice Factory & Cidery, Queensland, Australia

5328 The Side Project: Dry Vintage Cider

The Side Project Cider & Beerworks, South Australia, Australia

Judges remarks: Best examples showing great concentration and depth. Some tannin came across as overly astringent. Overall showing nice complexity but work required on balance for many.

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Traditional Medium Cider (9-25g/L) CLASS 7

Catalogue # Product Producer Award Score

4607 Willie Smith's French Blend William Smith and Sons, Tasmania, Australia

Gold 93.0

1004 Willie Smith's Traditional William Smith and Sons, Tasmania, Australia

Silver 85.7

1776 Daylesford Cider - Wild Jonathan Mackie, Victoria, Australia Silver 85.2

8790 Daylesford Cider - Arf n Arf Jonathan Mackie, Victoria, Australia Silver 85.0

5537 Devils Bit Mountain cider Unwined Liquor Pty Ltd, Victoria, Australia

Silver 85.0

3534 Willie Smith's Kingston Black William Smith and Sons, Tasmania, Australia

Silver 85.0

1876 Spreyton Cider Co - Kingston Black 2019

Spreyton Fresh P/L, Tasmania, Australia

Bronze 83.5

9200 Colony Cove 2019 Original Cider

Kangaroo Island Ciders, South Australia, Australia

Bronze 82.1

1661 3 Sons Cider - Naughty Nanna 3 Sons Cider, Australian Capital Territory, Australia

Bronze 82.0

4251 Daylesford Cider - Bulmers Norman Cider

Jonathan Mackie, Victoria, Australia Bronze 82.0

7906 LOBO Trad LOBO Juice and Cider Pty Ltd, South Australia, Australia

Bronze 82.0

9154 Spreyton Cider Co - Cidermakers Select 2017 - The Big Q

Spreyton Fresh P/L, Tasmania, Australia

Bronze 79.3

9680 321 Heritage 321 Cider, Victoria, Australia Bronze 79.0

4286 BeerFarm Western Cider BeerFarm, Western Australia, Australia

5548 Tratttore- West Country Style Cider

Bellevue Orchard Pty Ltd, Victoria, Australia

8202 Batlow Road Cider Wilgro Orchards, New South Wales, Australia

Judges remarks: Majority showed reserved traditional character in terms of barnyard notes. All showed levels of tannin and astringency. Only a few minor defects were perceived.

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Traditional Medium Sweet Cider (25-40g/L) CLASS 8

Catalogue # Product Producer Award Score

1348 Colony Cove 2018 Draught Cider

Kangaroo Island Ciders, South Australia, Australia

Gold 97.0

2713 Zeffer Cidre Demi-Sec Zeffer Cider Co., New Zealand Gold 92.5

8448 Colony Cove 2019 Draught Cider

Kangaroo Island Ciders, South Australia, Australia

Silver 87.0

2747 Seven Oaks Farmhouse Cider Seven Oaks Farmhouse Cider, Victoria, Australia

Bronze 79.7

6098 Steamrail Cider Coles Liquor Group, Victoria, Australia

1582 Thatchers Gold Apple Cider Premium Beverages, Victoria, Australia

4968 Willie Smith's Frequin Good Cider, Keg

William Smith and Sons, Tasmania, Australia

Judges remarks: Best examples used tannin intelligently to build structure and length around sweetness. Good range of interpretation of style.

Traditional Sweet Cider (>40g/L) CLASS 9

Catalogue # Product Producer Award Score

6244 LOBO Royale LOBO Juice and Cider Pty Ltd, South Australia, Australia

Silver 89.0

2682 Daylesford Cider - Sweet Coppin Jonathan Mackie, Victoria, Australia Bronze 79.0

Judges remarks: Two strong examples, very nicely balanced.

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Traditional ‘Method Traditional’ Cider (disgorged) CLASS 10

Catalogue # Product Producer Award Score

8137 Flying Brick Cider Co MC Cider Flying Brick Cider Co, Victoria, Australia

Gold 97.0

7879 St Ronan's Method Traditional Apple Cider

DJP Ronin Pty Ltd, Victoria, Australia Gold 95.0

8607 Denmark Heritage Cider Company Blend 16 Natural.

Denmark Heritage Cider Company, Western Australia, Australia

Gold 93.0

8539 Small Acres Cyder 2015 Cat's Pyjamas

Small Acres Cyder, New South Wales, Australia

Silver 85.3

5670 3 Sons Cider - Methode Traditonal

3 Sons Cider, Australian Capital Territory, Australia

Bronze 84.1

9751 Denmark Heritage Cider Co. Blend 2017. Medium Dry

Denmark Heritage Cider Company, Western Australia, Australia

Bronze 83.7

7842 Denmark Heritage Cider Company Blend 16 Medium

Denmark Heritage Cider Company, Western Australia, Australia

Bronze 83.0

8403 Denmark Heritage Cider Company Blend 15 Medium Dry

Denmark Heritage Cider Company, Western Australia, Australia

Bronze 80.2

1017 Willie Smith's Methode Traditionelle

William Smith and Sons, Tasmania, Australia

Bronze 80.0

5514 Adam’s Evening Extra Special Night Tonic

Pulp & Juice P/L, Victoria, Australia Bronze 79.7

2121 Denmark Heritage Cider Co Blend 2017 Natural Dry

Denmark Heritage Cider Company, Western Australia, Australia

Bronze 79.6

2177 Denmark Heritage Cider Co. Blend 2017. Rich.

Denmark Heritage Cider Company, Western Australia, Australia

Bronze 78.3

2520 321 Cuvee 2015 321 Cider, Victoria, Australia

7199 Heritage Apple Carmel Cider Company, Western Australia, Australia

6150 Denmark Heritage Cider Company Blend 15 Rich

Denmark Heritage Cider Company, Western Australia, Australia

6514 House of Cards 'AppleJack' Cider House of Cards Margaret River Pty Ltd, Western Australia, Australia

Judges remarks: Very strong class, almost all medal winners. Good range of flavour development and fruit purity. Three stand out golds speaks very well for the direction of the cider industry.

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New World Dry Perry (<9g/L) CLASS 21

Catalogue # Product Producer Award Score

2695 Ninch Cider Parsons Bay Perry Ninch Cider, Tasmania, Australia Bronze 80.8

2640 Devil's Orchard Pear Cider ALDI Stores (Aust), New South Wales, Australia

Bronze 79.5

2586 Incy Wincy Cyder - Perry 2018 Incy Wincy Cyder Pty Limited, New South Wales, Australia

Judges remarks: A few clean, fresh examples. None stand-out.

New World Medium Perry (9-25g/L) CLASS 22

Catalogue # Product Producer Award Score

1425 Yarra Valley Cider Pure Pear Yarra Valley Cider, Victoria, Australia Silver 87.0

5265 Napoleone Pear Cider Napoleone Cider, Victoria, Australia Bronze 79.5

2766 Sydney Brewery Manly Perry Winadell T/A Schwartz Brewery (Sydney Brewery), New South Wales, Australia

Bronze 78.7

5935 Flying Brick Cider Co Pear Cider Flying Brick Cider Co, Victoria, Australia

Bronze 77.7

5349 Willam Pear Cider Production Pty Ltd, New South Wales, Australia

6681 Sidewood Pear Cider Sidewood Estate, South Australia, Australia

Judges remarks: Some well made examples. Best had good balance and drinkability while those with too much sugar were marked down. Oxidative characters when integrated were rewarded.

New World Medium Sweet Perry (25-40g/L) CLASS 23

Catalogue # Product Producer Award Score

8276 The Hills Cider Company, Pear The Hills Cider company, South Australia, Australia

Silver 87.0

2726 Fils de Pomme - L'Epatant Fils de Pomme Australia Pty Ltd, New South Wales, Australia

Silver 85.0

3965 The Barossa Cider Co - Squashed Pear Cider

The Barossa Valley Cider Company, South Australia, Australia

Silver 85.0

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New World Sweet Perry (>40g/L) CLASS 24

Catalogue # Product Producer Award Score

6583 Mr Finch Pear Coles Liquor Group, Victoria, Australia

Bronze 80.8

5793 Core Cider Sparkling Pear Core Cider, Western Australia, Australia

Judges remarks: Lacked a little depth, complexity and balance to elevate to higher levels.

1369 Frank's Summer Pear Cider Franklin Cider Company, Tasmania, Australia

Bronze 81.5

9811 Harcourt Pear Cider Harcourt Perry and Cider Makers P/L, Victoria, Australia

Bronze 79.0

8805 Hillbilly Cider Pear Hillbilly Cider, New South Wales, Australia

6562 Kelly Brothers Pear Kellybrook Winery, Victoria, Australia

8640 Scape Goat Classic Pear Cider Pinnacle Drinks, New South Wales, Australia

6250 Small Acres Poire Small Acres Cyder, New South Wales, Australia

1642 Spreyton Cider Co - Pear Cider Spreyton Fresh P/L, Tasmania, Australia

Judges remarks: Balance with acidity was the defining factor for better examples. Lack of complexity was restricting high medals. Overall, clean and simple ciders.

New World ‘Method Traditional’ Perry (disgorged) CLASS 25

Catalogue # Product Producer Award Score

2049 Small Acres Cyder 2017 Sparkling Perry

Small Acres Cyder, New South Wales, Australia

Gold 92.5

6272 Pear Carmel Cider Company, Western Australia, Australia

Silver 86.0

5699 St Ronan's Method Traditional Pear Cider

DJP Ronin Pty Ltd, Victoria, Australia Bronze 79.0

1648 Napoleone Pear Method Traditional

Napoleone Cider, Victoria, Australia Bronze 78.0

7909 Core Cider 2017 CORE-pear-al Core Cider, Western Australia, Australia

Judges remarks: Best had good clean fruit. Many lacked complexity to elevate to top levels.

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Traditional Dry Perry (<9g/L) CLASS 26

Catalogue # Product Producer Award Score

6251 LOBO Dry Pear LOBO Juice and Cider Pty Ltd, South Australia, Australia

Silver 86.0

Traditional Sweet Perry (>40g/L) CLASS 29

Catalogue # Product Producer Award Score

3258 Perry Pear Cheeky Grog Co. Pty Ltd, Victoria, Australia

Traditional Medium Perry (9-25g/L)No entries CLASS 27

Traditional Medium Sweet Perry (25-40g/L)No entries CLASS 28

Traditional ‘Method Traditional’ Perry (disgorged) CLASS 30

Catalogue # Product Producer Award Score

6683 Frank's Methode Traditionelle Perry

Franklin Cider Company, Tasmania, Australia

Bronze 83.0

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Experimental Cider or Perry CLASS 31

Catalogue # Product Producer Award Score

4953 Sydney Brewery Agave Ginger Cider

Winadell T/A Schwartz Brewery (Sydney Brewery), New South Wales, Australia

Silver 85.0

2950 Runamuk "Trickster" Runamuk Cider Co., Western Australia, Australia

Bronze 82.3

4830 Pure Peninsula Honey Manuka Honey Cider

Pure Peninsula Honey, Victoria, Australia

Bronze 81.3

1241 Mercury Hard Cider Crushed Raspberry

Carlton & United Breweries, Victoria, Australia

Bronze 80.3

5638 Spreyton Cider Co - Bitter Cider Spreyton Fresh P/L, Tasmania, Australia

Bronze 80.3

8284 Funk Cider - Sex Machine Funk Cider, Western Australia, Australia

Bronze 80.2

9037 Darraweit Valley Cider - Oaked Apple Cider

Darraweit Valley Cider, Victoria, Australia

Bronze 80.1

7381 Apple Truck Cider - Mosaic Dry Hopped

Apple Truck Ciders, New South Wales, Australia

Withdrawn

6255 Pressman's Oaked Cider, Keg Australian Beer Company, New South Wales, Australia

1830 Strongbow Blossom Rose Cider Carlton & United Breweries, Victoria, Australia

5727 Darraweit Valley Cider - Hopped Apple Cider

Darraweit Valley Cider, Victoria, Australia

9106 Funk Cider - American hustle Funk Cider, Western Australia, Australia

8416 Runamuk "BushBandit" Runamuk Cider Co., Western Australia, Australia

3903 Southern Forest Cider Co 'Tickled Pink'

Southern Forest Cider Co, Western Australia, Australia

9849 Sydney Brewery Sydney 697 Winadell T/A Schwartz Brewery (Sydney Brewery), New South Wales, Australia

Withdrawn

3665 Zeffer Cider Co. Apple Crumble cider

Zeffer Cider Co., New Zealand Not Received

Judges remarks: Diverse class, most showing good integration of additional flavours, although some were heavy-handed. Good to see new approaches in innovation to the cider category.

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Apple and Pear Blends CLASS 32

Catalogue # Product Producer Award Score

8881 LOBO Apple and Pear Cider LOBO Juice and Cider Pty Ltd, South Australia, Australia

Silver 86.0

2170 Mock Red Hill Apple & Pear Cider

Mock Red Hill, Victoria, Australia Silver 85.0

1393 The Barossa Cider Co - Cloudy Cider

The Barossa Valley Cider Company, South Australia, Australia

Bronze 82.0

1155 Darraweit Valley Cider - Apple & Pear Cider

Darraweit Valley Cider, Victoria, Australia

Bronze 79.3

6175 Apple and Pear Carmel Cider Company, Western Australia, Australia

Bronze 77.5

4107 Core Reactor Core Cider, Western Australia, Australia

2696 Roleystone Brewing Co - Gold'n Pear

Roleystone Brewing Co Pty Ltd, Western Australia, Australia

Judges remarks: Good range of styles. Pear character gave some nice lift and vibrancy to some. Style shows promise. Balance overall was good, this was rewarded. Less drinkable styles were marked down.

Cider or Perry with Fruit CLASS 33

Catalogue # Product Producer Award Score

5750 EASY RIDER Blood Orange Cider

Rusty Bike Wines & Ciders, South Australia, Australia

Silver 89.0

4770 Hart's Farm Quince, Pear & Apple Cider

Marah Enterprises Pty Ltd, Victoria, Australia

Bronze 83.0

8259 Cheeky Tiki - Orange and Ginger Cider

Ohana Winery & Cheeky Tiki a Cider, Queensland, Australia

Bronze 82.0

2863 Cheeky Cactus Cheeky Grog Co. Pty Ltd, Victoria, Australia

Bronze 80.0

2396 Zeffer Cider Co. Apple and Passionfruit Cider

Zeffer Cider Co., New Zealand Bronze 79.7

9376 Fils de Pomme - La Coquette Fils de Pomme Australia Pty Ltd, New South Wales, Australia

Bronze 78.0

4492 Funk Cider - Pineapple cider Funk Cider, Western Australia, Australia

Bronze 78.0

1014 Cheeky Tiki - Passionfruit Cider Ohana Winery & Cheeky Tiki a Cider, Queensland, Australia

Bronze 78.0

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9371 FKA Passionfruit Cider Tower Estate, New South Wales, Australia

Bronze 78.0

5971 Byron Bay Wild Cider Ancient Wisdom, New South Wales, Australia

Bronze 77.7

1177 Spreyton Cider Co - Apple and Raspberry Cider

Spreyton Fresh P/L, Tasmania, Australia

Bronze 77.5

5357 3 Sons Cider - Ginger Apple 3 Sons Cider, Australian Capital Territory, Australia

5031 Fils de Pomme - L'Audacieux Fils de Pomme Australia Pty Ltd, New South Wales, Australia

2209 Frank's Raspberry Pear Cider Franklin Cider Company, Tasmania, Australia

5770 Frank's Cherry Pear Cider Franklin Cider Company, Tasmania, Australia

6433 Funk Cider - Passion8 Funk Cider, Western Australia, Australia

7482 Hillbilly Cider Blackberry Vintage

Hillbilly Cider, New South Wales, Australia

7717 EASY RIDER Pomegranate Cider

Rusty Bike Wines & Ciders, South Australia, Australia

8459 EASY RIDER White Peach Cider Rusty Bike Wines & Ciders, South Australia, Australia

9348 Southern Forest Cider Co 'Black Apple Cider'

Southern Forest Cider Co, Western Australia, Australia

3979 The Hills Cider Company, Apple and Ginger

The Hills Cider company, South Australia, Australia

4586 The Hills Cider Company, Apple and Cherry

The Hills Cider company, South Australia, Australia

9150 The Hills Cider Company, Apple and Davidson Plum

The Hills Cider company, South Australia, Australia

6130 Batlow Road Cider Quince Cider Wilgro Orchards, New South Wales, Australia

1947 Sydney Brewery Cherry Perry Winadell T/A Schwartz Brewery (Sydney Brewery), New South Wales, Australia

Withdrawn

9880 Zeffer Cider Co. Apple and Cherry Cider

Zeffer Cider Co., New Zealand

Judges remarks: Fruit commonly dominates. Good to see some interesting innovation. Over-reliance on sweetness to carry cider. Examples with more refreshing acidity performed better. Clean ciders in general.

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Lighter Strength Cider or Perry CLASS 34

Catalogue # Product Producer Award Score

1192 Daylesford Cider - Heritage light Jonathan Mackie, Victoria, Australia Bronze 81.0

Judges remarks: No entries. The Best in Class has been awarded to the highest scoring entry in the show with an eligible ABV of 1.15 – 3.5%.

Ice Cider or PerryNo entries CLASS 41

Pommeau CLASS 42

Catalogue # Product Producer Award Score

5956 Charles Oates Distilling Pommeau

William Smith and Sons, Tasmania, Australia

Silver 87.0

7871 Small Acres Cyder 2011 Pommeau

Small Acres Cyder, New South Wales, Australia

Bronze 79.0

3215 Harcourt Pommeau Harcourt Perry and Cider Makers P/L, Victoria, Australia

Withdrawn

Judges remarks: Two good examples which shows promise for the category that is new to Australia. More time in barrel to create complexity, length and interest.

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Apple or Pear Spirits - Eau de Vie CLASS 43

Catalogue # Product Producer Award Score

1568 Charles Oates Distilling Apple Blanco

William Smith and Sons, Tasmania, Australia

Gold 92.5

7731 Core Cider Tractor Juice Core Cider, Western Australia, Australia

Silver 85.0

3640 On the Shoulders of Giants Genuine Apple Spirit

Manjimup Cider Co, Western Australia, Australia

Silver 85.0

9853 Eau De Vie Carmel Cider Company, Western Australia, Australia

Bronze 78.0

3520 Harcourt Eau de Vie Harcourt Perry and Cider Makers P/L, Victoria, Australia

Judges remarks: A couple of examples demonstrated wonderful distillation technique, vibrancy, lift, purity of fruit, coupled with balanced alcohol. Resulted in great spirits. Others were rustic with elevated alcohol which detracted.

Apple or Pear Spirits - Aged Spirit CLASS 44

Catalogue # Product Producer Award Score

6708 Charles Oates Distilling Fine Apple Brandy Muscat Barrel

William Smith and Sons, Tasmania, Australia

Silver 88.0

2871 Charles Oates Distilling Fine Apple Brandy Tokay Barrel

William Smith and Sons, Tasmania, Australia

Silver 85.0

6038 LOBO Apple Brandy - Lobodos LOBO Juice and Cider Pty Ltd, South Australia, Australia

Bronze 79.0

4661 Kellybrook Apple Brandy Kellybrook Winery, Victoria, Australia

Judges remarks: Some really good examples that show wonderfully integrated oak characters that didn’t overwhelm natural fruit. Those that scored well had balanced alcohol.

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3 Sons Cider: 1, 2, 6, 7, 10, 33321 Cider: 6, 7, 10

AALDI Stores (Aust): 1, 4, 21Ancient Wisdom: 33Apple Truck Ciders: 2, 31Australian Beer Company: 4, 31

BBatlow Cider Co: 2, 3, 4BeerFarm: 7Bellevue Orchard Pty Ltd: 4, 7Bilpin Cider Co: 1, 2, 3, 4Brooklet Farm Produce: 1

CCarlton & United Breweries: 2, 4, 31Carmel Cider Company: 2, 5, 10, 25, 32, 43Cedar Creek Cider: 3Cester Camillo Pty Ltd: 2Cheeky Grog Co. Pty Ltd: 3, 6, 29, 33Cider Production Pty Ltd: 3, 22Coles Liquor Group: 1, 2, 3, 4, 8, 24Colonial Brewing Co.: 3Core Cider: 1, 3, 4, 5, 24, 25, 32, 43

DDarraweit Valley Cider, DARRAWEIT GUIM Victoria AUSTRALIA: 31, 32Denmark Heritage Cider Company, Scotsdale Western Australia AUSTRALIA: 6, 10DJP Ronin Pty Ltd, : 3, 10, 25

EEddies Cider: 3

FFBC Beverages Pty Ltd (T/A Fernbank Creek Cidery): 1Fils de Pomme Australia Pty Ltd: 2, 23, 31, 33Flying Brick Cider Co: 2, 4, 10, 22Franklin Cider Company: 3, 23, 30, 33Funk Cider: 2, 3, 31, 33

GGlenbernie Orchard PTY LTD: 2, 3Granite Belt Cider Co: 1Gundaroo Cider Company: 2Gurneys Cider: 5, 6

HHansen Tasmania Pty Ltd: 2Harcourt Perry and Cider Makers P/L: 2, 4, 23, 42, 43Hillbilly Cider: 2, 3, 4, 23, 33House of Cards Margaret River Pty Ltd: 10

IIncy Wincy Cyder Pty Limited: 1, 2, 21Ironbark Hill Brewhouse: 2

JJachmann Apple Co Pty Ltd: 3Jonathan Mackie: 3, 7, 9

KKangaroo Island Ciders: 7, 8Kellybrook Winery: 3, 23, 44

LLOBO Juice and Cider Pty Ltd: 2, 6, 7, 9, 26, 32, 44

ENTRANTS

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MMain Ridge Cider (Vic) Pty Ltd: 4Malus Cider: 6Manjimup Cider Co: 1, 43Marah Enterprises Pty Ltd: 6, 33Mock Red Hill: 2, 3, 4, 32

NNapoleone Cider: 2, 3, 22, 25Ninch Cider: 1, 21Nine Mile Fresh Pty Ltd: 4

OOhana Winery & Cheeky Tiki a Cider: 2, 4, 33

PPatrick of Coonawarra Pty Ltd: 2Pennyroyal Raspberry Farm: 6Pinnacle Drinks: 1, 2, 4, 23Premium Beverages: 8Pulp & Juice P/L: 1, 10Pure Peninsula Honey: 31

RRoleystone Brewing Co Pty Ltd: 1, 32Runamuk Cider Co.: 1, 2, 3, 31Rusty Bike Wines & Ciders: 3, 33

SSeven Oaks Farmhouse Cider: 8Sidewood Estate: 2, 22Small Acres Cyder: 1, 3, 4, 5, 10, 23, 25, 42South East Brewing Company: 3Southern Forest Cider Co: 31, 33Spreyton Fresh P/L: 1, 3, 6, 7, 23, 31, 33Sunshine Coast Cider: 1, 2, 5Surges Bay Orchard: 1, 6Sutton’s Juice Factory & Cidery: 1, 6

TThe Barossa Valley Cider Company: 3, 23, 32The Hills Cider company: 3, 23, 33The Side Project Cider & Beerworks: 2, 6The Sparkke Change Beverage Company,: 4Tower Estate: 3, 33Two Birds Brewing Pty Ltd: 2

UUnwined Liquor Pty Ltd: 7

WWilgro Orchards: 7, 33William Smith and Sons,: 1, 2, 7, 8, 10, 42, 43, 44Winadell T/A Schwartz Brewery (Sydney Brewery): 1, 3, 22, 31, 33Winter Brook Vineyard: 1

YYarra Valley Cider: 2, 22

ZZeffer Cider Co.: 8, 31, 33

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NOTES

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