ARDIEL APPLE DRY CIDER

Available at an LCBO near you! 

$3.75 - 473 ml - 5.5% alcohol

Cider, like art, has its periods of design. In the early days in Europe the more traditional cider styles were very dry, flat, and cask conditioned.  Ciders were full bodied, almost bitter and quite high in alcohol, some well over 7% alc./vol.  In today’s modern cider revolution, cider makers are experimenting with many different styles.  Some are clean, crisp, sparkling dry ciders similar to champagne while others are sweeter and lower in alcohol.
 
Ardiel APPLE Dry Cider is “Classic” in style with full bodied cider flavours and a vibrant crisp mid palate, finishing with a clean refreshingly dry finish. Considered very dry in comparison to most ciders with no sugar added, a small amount of fresh pressed apple juice is blended back after fermentation to balance out the tart acidity and enhance the flavours.

ARDIEL PEAR DRY CIDER

Available at an LCBO near you! 

$3.75 - 473 ml - 5.5% alcohol

Traditionally known as Perry this sparkling pear cider offers a unique refreshing taste experience. Considered very dry in comparison to most ciders with no sugar added, a small amount of fresh pressed pear juice is blended back after fermentation to enhance the flavours.

BIG JOHN HOP CIDER

$3.75 - 473 ml - 6.5% Alcohol

For decades, farmers have nicknamed their tractors.  At the Ardiel farm, Big John has been hauling apple bins since the early fifties. This hop cider is in recognition of Big John’s years of toil and dedicated service to the Ardiel family.

Big John Hop Cider is unique in style with attractive floral hop aromas; citrus and spice mid palate; ending with tangy tart cider notes. The hop flavours were induced by immersing select Ontario Hops (Cascade) from St Thomas for a period of time, just enough to add the complexity of hop flavours and aromatics and yet still maintain the core cider integrity.

OUR STORY

It has been almost a century since great grandfather Leonard Ardiel first planted apple trees on the home farm.  He was succeeded by grandfather Fred who focused on expanding the orchards.  
His legacy has been perpetuated by his son John, along with his wife Lynda, and their sons Greg and Liam. They continue to grow the apple business and plant more orchards in the Beaver Valley.

Apple Tradition

Each generation of the Ardiel family has been committed to growing new varieties and adopting new planting techniques with a goal of producing the elusive “perfect orchard”. This propels the family to continue learning and experimenting and adopting new production techniques.  Sometimes taking a risk or two with new varieties is necessary as exemplified by the extremely successful Ambrosia, Gala, Fuji, Crispin and Honey Crisp varieties.

Cider Integrity

APPLES are grown in the Beaver Valley, Blue Mountains at the Ardiel family orchards. The region is known for its cool northerly climate where orchard farmers have been growing unique varieties of heritage apples for over a century. These crisp, tart, higher acid apples have been revered for eating or making delicious apples pies, more recently they are highly sought after to make classic traditional styles of cider with exciting flavour integrity: Varieties include Cortland, Ida Red, McIntosh, Russet, Spartan and Spy to name a few.

PEARS are all Ontario grown, the Bartlett pear grown in the Beaver Valley at the Ardiel home orchard farm and the Bosc and Cold Snap pears sourced from orchards in Niagara and Essex County.

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