Virtue Cider

The Mitten

Cider - Traditional / Apfelwein

The Mitten is a winter cider, a blend of last season's best, aged in bourbon barrels, with the new season’s fresh pressed apple juice. Straight cider,… Read More

The Mitten is a winter cider, a blend of last season's best, aged in bourbon barrels, with the new season’s fresh pressed apple juice. Straight cider, aged for three seasons, finds notes of vanilla, caramel and charred American oak, balanced with the best of the orchard, over-ripe apples and their sweet, tart, earthy juice. Many barrels are filled, but only a small portion, the very smoothest, will find their way into The Mitten. Read Less

Michigan Brut

Cider - Traditional / Apfelwein

This dry cider showcases the beauty and complexity of heirloom apples grown on Michigan's Cider Coast. Ripe apple aromas make way for crisp, tart flavors… Read More

This dry cider showcases the beauty and complexity of heirloom apples grown on Michigan's Cider Coast.
Ripe apple aromas make way for crisp, tart flavors with a hint of yeasty goodness. Read Less

Rosé

Cider - Rosé

Our rosé cider is a blend of hand-pressed heirloom Michigan apples aged in French oak barrels. It is truly cider make like wine with floral notes and… Read More

Our rosé cider is a blend of hand-pressed heirloom Michigan apples aged in French oak barrels. It is truly cider make like wine with floral notes and a dry, crisp finish.
Rosé pours with the light pink of spring apple blossoms, with bright floral notes and hints of fresh-picked apple, grapefruit peel, and green strawberry. The finish is clean with just a slight tartness.
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Lapinette

Cider - Traditional / Apfelwein

A Norman-style cidre brut, aged in French oak barrels. Reminiscent of the old days in France, before the great wars, when wine makers of the south shared… Read More

A Norman-style cidre brut, aged in French oak barrels. Reminiscent of the old days in France, before the great wars, when wine makers of the south shared their used barrels with their northern cousins, the resulting ciders were a little bit rough, unfiltered with a balance of flavors from the fruit, the farm and the barrel. Virtue has recreated this traditional cider by sourcing tart fruit, patiently aging for months in wine barrels, and serving as is, without fine filtration. Lapinette is a window into our past, a very tasty time indeed. Read Less

Percheron

Cider - Traditional / Apfelwein

In Normandy, France, cider has been made on the farm for over a thousand years. Apples were carried from orchard to barn by cart, drawn by a big, grey… Read More

In Normandy, France, cider has been made on the farm for over a thousand years. Apples were carried from orchard to barn by cart, drawn by a big, grey horse—a percheron. The apples were milled and pressed into juice through straw—driven by that same horse—then fermented with wild yeast in used wine barrels. The resulting farm cider, or cidre fermier, was rustic and complex, with notes of both the farm and barrel.

Percheron Cidre Fermier is dedicated to the big, beautiful horse of Normandy. Like its French cousin, it bares the unmistakable scent of the farm, a strong body, and a gentle finish. Read Less

Sidra De Nava

Cider - Traditional / Apfelwein

The Asturias region produces 80% of the Sidra in Spain, and the Asturian summer is something to behold. The skies are clear and blue, the cafes full,… Read More

The Asturias region produces 80% of the Sidra in Spain, and the Asturian summer is something to behold. The skies are clear and blue, the cafes full, and Sidra reigns supreme. Afternoon drinking under those blue skies leads to long nights of music, dancing and of course, more Sidra. Virtue's Sidra de Nava is more tart than the dry ciders of England or funky cidre from France. Its lemony nose and bracingly tart dry finish are a happy intersection of cider, dry white wine and fresh squeezed lemonade. It's the most refreshing of drinks, pure sunshine in a glass. Read Less

Michigan Apple

Cider - Traditional / Apfelwein

Semi-dry barrel-aged cider

Semi-dry barrel-aged cider Read Less

Michigan Harvest

Cider - Traditional / Apfelwein

Our tart and crisp semi-dry cider is made from all sorts of Michigan-grown apples, fermented deep in our cool cellar and aged in French oak, then blended… Read More

Our tart and crisp semi-dry cider is made from all sorts of Michigan-grown apples, fermented deep in our cool cellar and aged in French oak, then blended with this year's fresh-pressed juice. Michigan Harvest offers the scent of the orchard, a hint of oak, and a touch of sweetness. Read Less

Ledbury

Cider - Traditional / Apfelwein

Ledbury is an old market town in Herefordshire, England – full of historic inns and pubs, and a beautiful, half-timber Market House dating back to 1617.… Read More

Ledbury is an old market town in Herefordshire, England – full of historic inns and pubs, and a beautiful, half-timber Market House dating back to 1617. It sits between the rivers Wye and Severn, surrounded by orchards growing cider apples. My first visit to Ledbury was as a brewer, to buy English hops in the autumn of 2007. I returned in 2011, a newly minted Cider-maker, to meet Tom Oliver. Tom makes traditional cider and perry in Ocle Pynchard, Herefordshire, to my palate among the very best.

The Ledbury Cider is an English-style medium cider – not too dry, not too sweet. A blend of old world bittersweet apples and new world heirloom varieties are fermented with native yeast, adding a bit of farminess to the ripe apple nose. Read Less

Michigan Honey

Cider - Traditional / Apfelwein

Michigan Honey is our homage to the bees, which are imperative for pollinating the new blossoms on fruit trees in the spring. Our honey cider is a blend… Read More

Michigan Honey is our homage to the bees, which are imperative for pollinating the new blossoms on fruit trees in the spring. Our honey cider is a blend of hand-pressed heirloom Michigan apples that is aged in French oak barrels, and local wildflower honey. Read Less

Prince Hal

Cider - Traditional / Apfelwein

Prince Hal is a semi-dry cider that is finished with freshly pressed juice that our cidermakers use to give the cider a bright, fresh apple aroma. Leading… Read More

Prince Hal is a semi-dry cider that is finished with freshly pressed juice that our cidermakers use to give the cider a bright, fresh apple aroma. Leading with tropical and citrus notes, it follows with graceful sweetness from the freshly pressed juice, finishing crisp and clean with a touch of oak. Read Less

Vestland

Lager - Other

A Nordic-style lager with Juniper berry, Caraway, Rye and natural flavor

A Nordic-style lager with Juniper berry, Caraway, Rye and natural flavor Read Less

Cidre Nouveau

Cider - Traditional / Apfelwein

This French-style cider is brilliant, complex, and dry with a lingering tartness. This cider offers up a whole host of the aromas of fall, including sweet… Read More

This French-style cider is brilliant, complex, and dry with a lingering tartness. This cider offers up a whole host of the aromas of fall, including sweet caramel, honey, and fresh nuts.
Cidre Nouveau is the first cider of the season and a worthy addition to your harvest table. Read Less

Maple Mitten

Cider - Traditional / Apfelwein

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Pear

Cider - Perry / Poiré

Apple and pear farmhouse cider.

Apple and pear farmhouse cider. Read Less

Cherry Mitten

Cider - Other Fruit

Bourbon barrel-aged. Cherries from our neighbors give this cider light cherry sweetness, notes of vanilla, bourbon, cinnamon, and heavy stone fruit flavor. Read More

Bourbon barrel-aged. Cherries from our neighbors give this cider light cherry sweetness, notes of vanilla, bourbon, cinnamon, and heavy stone fruit flavor. Read Less

Fruit Belt Michigan Blueberry Cider

Cider - Other Fruit

Virtue Cider Farm is located in Fennville, MI - right at the heart of the Michigan fruit belt where the apples are the pride of the cider coast. If you… Read More

Virtue Cider Farm is located in Fennville, MI - right at the heart of the Michigan fruit belt where the apples are the pride of the cider coast. If you take a roadtrip to Southwest Michigan, you will also find farmers growing other beautiful and delicious fruit like peaches, blueberries, and of course Michigan cherries.

Our fruit belt series blends hand-picked Michigan apples with local fruit for a taste of Michigan from our farm to you. This version highlights Michigan blueberries. Read Less

Orchard Series: Spirit Springs Farm

Cider - Traditional / Apfelwein

Spirit Springs' Ashmead's Kernal, Sops of Wine , and Titus Pippin are a few of the heirloom varieties that comprise this wild-fermented blend. Overripe… Read More

Spirit Springs' Ashmead's Kernal, Sops of Wine , and Titus Pippin are a few of the heirloom varieties that comprise this wild-fermented blend. Overripe apple and tropical aromas are followed by a body rich in smokey barnyard nets, finishing crisp with delicate tannins. Read Less

Fruit Belt Michigan Peach Cider

Cider - Other Fruit

Virtue Cider Farm is located in Fennville, MI - right at the heart of the Michigan fruit belt where the apples are the pride of the cider coast. If you… Read More

Virtue Cider Farm is located in Fennville, MI - right at the heart of the Michigan fruit belt where the apples are the pride of the cider coast. If you take a roadtrip to Southwest Michigan, you will also find farmers growing other beautiful and delicious fruit like peaches, blueberries, and of course Michigan cherries.

Our fruit belt series blends hand-picked Michigan apples with local fruit for a taste of Michigan from our farm to you. This version highlights Michigan peaches. Read Less

Northcider

Cider - Dry

Hard cider made for the city we love. At Virtue Cider, we make proper farmhouse cider made with local fruit on our farm in Michigan. Here's a cider love… Read More

Hard cider made for the city we love. At Virtue Cider, we make proper farmhouse cider made with local fruit on our farm in Michigan. Here's a cider love note to Chicago. Northcider is a hopped cider made with Cascade and Centennial hops. Read Less

Southcider

Cider - Sweet

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Seedling Orchard

Cider - Traditional / Apfelwein

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Old Spot

Cider - Dry

Virtue Cider farm is home to heritage breed animals, like our Gloucestershire Old Spot Pigs. These are traditional orchard pigs who were part of the cycle… Read More

Virtue Cider farm is home to heritage breed animals, like our Gloucestershire Old Spot Pigs. These are traditional orchard pigs who were part of the cycle from soil to cider in England. According to orchard folklore, their spots are said to be bruises caused by apples falling from the trees in the orchards where the pigs grazed. Old Spot is a traditional, still, dry, barrel-aged English farmhouse cider made with Michigan bittersweet apples. It is a tribute to our experience in the West Country and our Gloucestershire Old Spot pigs. Read Less

Offalgood Cider

Cider - Traditional / Apfelwein

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Fruit Belt Michigan Cherry Cider

Cider - Other Fruit

Virtue Cider Farm is located in Fennville, MI - right at the heart of the Michigan fruit belt where the apples are the pride of the cider coast. If you… Read More

Virtue Cider Farm is located in Fennville, MI - right at the heart of the Michigan fruit belt where the apples are the pride of the cider coast. If you take a roadtrip to Southwest Michigan, you will also find farmers growing other beautiful and delicious fruit like peaches, blueberries, and of course Michigan cherries.

Our fruit belt series blends hand-picked Michigan apples with local fruit for a taste of Michigan from our farm to you. This version highlights Michigan cherries. Read Less