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June 2025

Welcome to Summer!

A few cool, cloudy days still prevail here and there, but the energy of summer has arrived on Salt Spring Island. We had a very busy May long weekend at the cidery, and now even mid-week there’s a noticeable hustle and bustle on the island and in our tasting room and lounge. As usual, the island is providing a perfect backdrop to all of this activity, with the fields and forests a rich green accented by the colour and fragrance of flowers in bloom. Apples and pears will soon be forming on the trees and ripening in the sun.

We’ve got some great ciders to share with you this summer. Our Red Grapefruit Cider is back as our first seasonal release of the summer. This one has become something of an institution for us, and we make it each June to welcome the warmest months here on the island. It’s a simple yet delightful blend of apple cider with organic red grapefruit juice, and the crisp tart tang and balanced sweetness make it a perfect summer sipper. Speaking of summer, we’re also including a super concoction we call Island Time, which blends apple cider with pineapple, guava, agave, tequila, and triple sec. It takes its name from the local term for Salt Springers’ somewhat relaxed attitude toward punctuality, and it’s perfect for slowing down and chilling out.

There’s also a couple of fantastic small batch, naturally-fermented ciders in this shipment. Last March you tasted the 2023 harvest’s Wild Pear & Quince after it had aged and settled for about a year after fermenting through the winter. Now we have the 2024 harvest’s Wild Pear & Quince for you to enjoy. We’re loving the complexity the quince can add, including a fantastic floral nose and a honey sweetness that accents the residual sugars from the pears. This one has just finished fermenting and will probably continue to develop in flavour, but it’s already quite tasty and ready to enjoy!

There’s also a continuation of our experiments with grape and apple blends with our new Wild Apple Grape. This time we’ve added Concord grapes to our cider at about 5% by volume, then co-fermented on the skins of the grapes. Like our previous batch of Apple Gamay, the grapes synergize with the apples to create some really unique flavours. The end result is delightfully tricky to categorize, and it falls in the same sort of liminal gustatory space as rosés and orange wines. We’re getting hints of strawberry and honeydew melon, and there’s a nice bit of minerality that adds some complexity too.

Once again, we’re again inviting you to pick half of the ciders in your shipment. Just click on the button at the bottom of the page to go to our special Cider Club shop where you can make your selections for this shipment.

Best wishes for a bright and beautiful summer ahead. Thanks for your continued patronage. Cheers!

Featured Ciders

  • Wild Apple Grape

    Salt Spring Island apples were pressed and blended with a small amount of locally grown Concord grapes, then co-fermented on the skins of the berries. Bottle conditioned to carbonate. This cider is still maturing, but it already tastes fantastic, with notes of strawberry, honeydew melon, and a hint of minerality. 6.7% ABV

  • Red Grapefruit

    A summer classic here at the cidery! This super refreshing blend of apple with grapefruit has a tonne of mouth-watering tart tang, balanced by just a hint of red grapefruit sweetness. A perfect accompaniment to the summertime sun! 6.3% ABV

  • Wild Pear & Quince

    Made with hand foraged Salt Spring Island wild seed pears, tannic cider pears, Asian pears, and quince. Cold fermented using native yeast, then bottle conditioned. Gently sweet due to the natural residual sugar from the pears. This is a somewhat juicy, almost vinous cider, with a delightfully floral nose and notes of white grape and honey. 6.2% ABV

  • Semi Dry

    Slightly sweeter than our dry cider, with earthy notes and good acidity. This cider is made from over 20 varieties of entirely organic apples, including eating apples, cider varieties, and other heirloom apples as well. 6.8% ABV

  • Island Time

    This fun, tropical cocktail creation blends cider with pineapple, guava, lime, tequila, agave, and triple sec. Sweet, tart, and just a bit on the boozy side. Named for us Salt Springer’s somewhat relaxed attitudes toward punctuality, this one’s great for slowing down and hanging out. Best enjoyed cloudy, so don’t be shy about giving it a quick shake and swirl prior to opening. 6.9% ABV

  • Elderberry/Flower

    Beautiful Elderflower nose, tart and lightly sweet at the same time. Made with organic apples, and organic Vancouver Island elderberries and flowers. 6.4 % ABV

PICK YOUR SIX CIDERS!

All shipments will include the ciders listed above. You get to pick the rest.

Click the button below to visit our Cider Club store. Select six ciders from the choices there, and we’ll include them with your shipment.

If no selection is made by June 15th, we’ll pick them for you. (Don’t worry, they’ll be good ones!)

Boxes will ship on or before June 20th, or after your card on file is processed on its reoccurring subscription charge date if it normally falls thereafter.