Longer Story → Niagara Cider

With the tastes of Niagara showing in every mouthful, Niagara Cider Company’s No. 1 Dry Apple Cider is now available in the LCBO.

We love cider! Our first fermentations were inspired by the desire for an elusive beverage...dry, flavourful, unique. From the beginning it has been about playing, growing and making clean cider. We have learned that it’s a fine line to make a beverage that is both complex and highly drinkable. Sometimes you get it right and sometimes not so much, but after years of discoveries we have created something we want to share with you.

NO WATER ADDED

OUR CIDER PROCESS

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5 STEP 1: PICK AND PRESS

Let’s start with a custom blend of handpicked Niagara heirloom apples. Each variety of apple has its own flavour. We choose apple varieties that lend minerality and balance, and then press them to extract maximum juice and flavour. This creates the ‘must’, a rich, tart liquid to which…

STEP 2: YEAST

…a specifically chosen aromatic white wine yeast is added, beginning…

STEP 3: FERMENTATION

…the main event! Fermentation takes place as the yeast does its work, converting sugar and leaving behind the flavour and minerality of Niagara Cider. We ferment to dryness in stainless steel tanks at an optimal temperature and then we let it…

STEP 4: REST AND MAYBE SOAK

…rest in the case of our No. 1 Dry to develop increased complexity. Depending on the product we then soak beautiful fruit, such as Niagara berries or Niagara peaches in the tank, until all of the fruit flavour has permeated the cider, at which point…

STEP 5: POST-FERMENTATION AND PACK

...the cider is lightly back sweetened with cane sugar, filtered for clarity, and then carbonated (yay, bubbles!). Lastly, we package for you in cans, bottles and kegs!

A SENTENCE ABOUT THE TEAM

WHO WE ARE

Hand-crafted with a proprietary blend of apples hand-picked from Niagara orchards, Niagara Cider is an ultra-premium beverage. Cold fermented in stainless steel tanks, it is fermented with specifically chosen white wine yeast that gives the cider a hint of Niagara’s vineyards amidst the orchards from where the apples are born.

Let’s keep growing and exploring together! We hope that our paths cross and we too can share steps on the journey. Until then, cheers to the love of cider!