A lot shines at 2023 Australian Cider Awards

Cider Australia introduced the winners of the 2023 Australian Cider Awards at a gala dinner in Melbourne on Thursday Evening.

Tasmanian producer A lot Cider was awarded Finest in Present with Apple + Blueberry together with the Finest Specialty Cider and Most Profitable Small Producer trophies.

The standard of entries this 12 months left the judges impressed with a document 75% of all ciders entered receiving a medal, exhibiting how laborious the trade is working to get rid of technical faults, meet model expectations and take a look at the boundaries with new and thrilling merchandise.

A discipline of 219 native and worldwide entries from 62 producers was judged by a extremely expert and numerous panel of 9 judges led by chair Briony Liebich of consultancy Flavour Logic. Visitor choose Darlene Hayes from america added useful perception on international tendencies.

13 gold medals and 9 trophies have been awarded. The Dry New World Cider class was a standout class with three gold medals awarded.
 
2023 Trophy winners:
 
Finest in Present: A lot Cider with Apple + Blueberry (TAS)
Finest New World Cider: Hillbilly Cider with Apple (NSW)
Finest Conventional Cider: Easy Cider with Wild Heritage Mix (TAS)
Finest Perry: Napoleone Cider with Napoleone Pear Cider (VIC)
Finest Specialty Cider or Perry: A lot Cider with Apple + Blueberry (TAS)
Finest Intensified / Distilled Cider or Perry: Carmel Cider Firm with Apple Brandy (WA)
Finest Worldwide Cider or Perry: Peckham’s with Stoke Crimson (NZ)
Most Profitable Small Producer: A lot Cider (TAS)
Most Profitable Bigger Producer: Hillbilly Cider (NSW)
 
Cider Australia additionally honours people who’ve made an impressive contribution to the Australian cider trade over a protracted time frame by way of its Champion of the Trade Award. This Award was introduced to Max Allen.
 
For a full listing of award and medal winners go to: cideraustralia.org.au/past-results/2023-results

In regards to the Awards
The Awards is the biggest cider competitors in Australia and is main the standardisation and enchancment of cider judging throughout Australia. The judging panel comprised:

• Briony Liebich (Flavour Logic) (chair)
• Darlene Hayes (Licensed Pommelier™ educator and author) (worldwide visitor choose)
• Max Allen (wine and drinks author)
• Nyall Condon (Flying Brick Cider Co)
• Adam D’Arcy (A lot Cider)
• Lindsy Greig (Licensed Cicerone® The fifth Ingredient)
• Rob Corridor (Napoleone Cider Bar) (affiliate)
• Emma Penny (Licensed Cicerone® Stomping Floor Brewery) (affiliate)
• Jenny Polack (Bacchus Academy)

Chair of judges – Briony Liebich
Briony is a sensory analyst and tasting coach. Rising up in a winemaking household gave Briony a very good grounding within the booze trade and developed her appreciation for good drinks. After working in vineyard laboratories, Briony grew to become a sensory analyst operating wine and meals analysis initiatives and coaching sensory panellists. She side-stepped into the beer world and led the sensory program at Lion’s West Finish Brewery for 10 years working with beer, cider and RTD’s. Throughout that point, she gained useful judging expertise at beer and cider awards and have become a Licensed Cicerone ®. Since West Finish’s closure, Briony has revamped her Flavour Logic model to assist drive a top quality focus and enhance tasting expertise inside the alcoholic beverage trade. She is a professional coach, writes repeatedly for Beer and Brewer, and runs instructional workshops for customers, hospitality workers and trade professionals.
 
Visitor worldwide choose – Darlene Hayes
Darlene Hayes, dipWEST and Licensed Pommelier™, is a author and educator residing in Sonoma County, California. She’s been fascinated by apples and cider since she and her husband constructed a home subsequent to a 100+ 12 months outdated apple orchard. Ever curious, she has since been doing analysis, historic and in any other case, on quite a few apple varieties and the ciders comprised of them. For the final six years Darlene has been working with the American Cider Affiliation on their Licensed Cider Professionals program growing content material to teach beverage professionals and lovers alike on the breadth and depth of what cider has to supply. She is a well-respected worldwide cider choose and the editor of the cider and apple-themed zine, Malus in addition to writing about cider and apples for quite a lot of publications and at www.allintocider.com. Her e-book, Cider Cocktails–One other Chunk of the Apple, was the primary e-book on the trendy exploration of utilizing cider in cocktails.
 
2023 Finest in Class Winners