Sutliff Cider Company Reviews

crossovert	2.1 Sutliff John’s Northcider 355ml can. Pours hazed light pale cider color. Aromais musty with phenol. Falvor is sweeter than expected with a creamy spice note, wayy too sweet. Friday, June 17, 2022
wlajwl	3.7 Sutliff John’s Northcider Aroma is slightly mushy apples and a small hint of pine/spruce. The flavor is apples, fruit and a mildly sweet/tart/slight coriander/spice finish. Monday, May 16, 2022
fidelis83	3.2 Sutliff Hard Cider Clear pale gold, slightly green at the edges, no head, high effervescence. Aroma is sweet and tart apple and a light, sweet woody note. Flavor is sweet apple, red apple skin, light woody notes and something mellow and vanilla - like. Light to medium body, crisp, slightly syrupy, medium carbonation pretty decent, basic cider. Thursday, May 27, 2021
wlajwl	3.9 Sutliff Mimosa Aroma is fruit/orange and apples/almost pears. The flavor is fruit/big orange, apples and a tart/medium sweet finish. Wednesday, July 29, 2020
fidelis83	3.4 Sutliff Old Oak Clear yellow-gold pour with a thin ring of a head. Aroma is nice and clean, slightly sweet, juicy cider, just a hint of earthy oak. Flavor is about the same with a little more oak. Nothing crazy going on here, but its a solid, pretty clean cider. Friday, July 19, 2019
Homer321	3.1 Sutliff Hard Cider Draft as a guest handle. Clear light yellow pour with minimal white head that dies quickly. Taste is lightly tart and acidic. Dry. Just kind of ok. Sunday, July 30, 2017
Westchesterco	3.3 Sutliff Hard Cider On draft at pulpit tick brewery. It is a clear light gold color with a slight head the aroma is slightly malty and the taste us a sweet apple juice flavor with a dry finish Monday, June 27, 2016
Iphonephan	3.5 Sutliff Hard Cider On draft at the brewery. Pours a clear pale gold with an off white head. Aroma of sweet delicisiouis apples. Flavors same. Semi dry finish. Monday, June 27, 2016
ajnepple	3.3 Sutliff Hard Cider On tap at the University Library Cafe. Clear golden appearance with minimal head. Mild apple sweetness with a crisp feel and a dry finish. A nice, clean, easy drinking cider overall. Friday, June 10, 2016
davineck	5 Sutliff Hard Cider Saturday, March 26, 2016
deyholla	3.2 Sutliff Hard Cider Sampled from the tap at Torrent Brewing. Pours a clear very pale yellow with a thin white head that dissipates quickly and completely. Aroma has a good amount of sweet apple with a bit of dryness underlying. Flavor is full of earthy apples with a good amount of sweetness. Sunday, November 15, 2015
ecm1285	4 Sutliff Hard Cider Sunday, October 12, 2014
Ferris	3.4 Sutliff Hard Cider Draft - Sweet and tart apple. Pale yellow. Sweet and dry. Pretty good, but nothing that stands out. Sunday, September 21, 2014
jcwattsrugger	3 Sutliff Hard Cider Monday, June 16, 2014
madvike	3.3 Sutliff Hard Cider Bottle shared by MrPickles...thanks Andy! - Pours pale clear yellow with very little head. Nose is light and dry, with a bit of apple cider vinegar. Taste is dry and light, with a little overripe apple, light sweetness, gentle carbonation, and a bit of tartness. Light and soft in the mouth with gentle carbonation. Not bad. Monday, October 21, 2013
ScipioA	4.1 Sutliff Hard Cider This is the good stuff. I went to school near their brewery center and biked down there many a time to pick up hard cider, as well as their unpasteurized unfermented fresh squeezed cider. Apple and yeast aromas in the Hard Cider. Not particularly sweet. Perfect refreshing mouthfeel with a bit of apple tannin that lingers and a good amount of carbonation. Tuesday, August 27, 2013
DiarmaidBHK	3.4 Sutliff Hard Cider Draft at red’s Alehouse. Pours clear apple with no head. Has a bit of apple on the nose. Very dry on the tongue. I’m getting very little residual sweetness here. Finishes clean. Solid for style. Saturday, July 27, 2013
jcnielsen	3.4 Sutliff Hard Cider On tap at randomgarbage’s wedding. Clear light yellow color with minor white head. Apple, cider, fruity, pear flavors. Nice cider. Thanks Andy! Saturday, June 15, 2013
cubs	3.5 Sutliff Hard Cider Bottle @ home via the artist formerly known as pepsiedcan. Iowa wael tick. Thanks Andy! Pours a bit hazy yellow appearance with a spritzy white head that has no retention. Sweet red delicious, champagne bubbly, light white wine, pear aroma. Refreshing, spritzy, sweet apple juice flavor. Definitely chuggable. Easy to pound and honestly just begs to drank as fast and as immaturely as possible. Thursday, May 23, 2013
KAF	3 Sutliff River Bend Trading Company Hard Cider Sunday, January 27, 2013
brokensail	2.8 Sutliff Hard Cider Another fine Iowa tick provided by Andy. Clear pale yellow color with a thin layer of white foam. Certainly has some apple aroma, lots of yeast, some alcohol, and a hint of spice. Light tartness, some fruit skins, and somewhat dry. The flavor is just okay. Apple fruitiness, some drying fruit skin, a little yeast, and very mild tartness. Thursday, December 6, 2012
wutangfinancial	3 Sutliff Hard Cider Sunday, December 2, 2012
MicroGrog	3.2 Sutliff Hard Cider Bottle from John’s Grocery. Sam PP glass. Clear, vibrant, pale wheat color. Smells of pears, cider vinegar, & yeast. Has a little bit of that strange Babycham thing going on. Really, really crispy. Loads of vanilla. Subtle pear & hay. Tart eating apples & plastic in the back. Low acid. Noticeable sulfites. Refreshing stuff that I would gladly pick up a sixer of. Thursday, October 11, 2012
Pawola22	3.3 Sutliff Hard Cider On tap at Red’s Ale House in North Liberty, IA. Pours a crystal clear, straw colored body with a thin, fizzy, white head that dissipates quickly and leaves a light lacing. Aroma is medium sweet apples with a lightly tart and acidic note. Flavor is similar. Medium sweet apples up front with a light acidic tarntess before this finishes crisp, mostly dry, and balanced before leaving a medium length aftertaste. Light body and a moderately fizzy carbonation. Overall, nothing spectacular, but a solid cider. Somewhat sweet and lightly tart with a refreshing, crisp acidic finish. Tuesday, September 11, 2012
MacBoost	2.6 Sutliff Hard Cider 750ml from pepsiedcan. Pours a clear champagne color with a short lived head. Aromas of apples with some Belgian yeast type smells. Taste is sweet apples, slight tartness with an apple juice finish. No alcohol detected. This is my first cider, and I’m not really all that impressed... I guess I would prefer something much drier and more tart (if that’s possible) in a cider. I don’t know, maybe it’s just not my style. Wednesday, August 1, 2012
beerbill	3.1 Sutliff Hard Cider 750 ml courtesy of pepsiedcan. Pours a brilliant clear gold with lots of carbonation bubbles rising to the surface. Pleasant aroma of apples but not a strong fragrance. The flavor is apples and is very subdued and is short lived not lingering very long on the palate. Dries out at the finish and the flavor just sort of evaporates. Saturday, June 16, 2012
GT	3.1 Sutliff Hard Cider 750mL thanks to pepsiedcan. Pours mega sparkling clear golden with sharp, white fizz. Nose is small pears, vanilla, really quite muted. Taste is red apple skin heavy, bitter, slightly dry and powdery with quite the refreshing, citric, quenching character. Drier, phlegmy palate. Not too bad. Not really fruity and very white grape forward. More like champagne. Friday, June 15, 2012
wlajwl	3.6 Sutliff Hard Cider Pulpy in aroma while the appearance is pale gold and translucent. The flavor is relatively mild, tart apples and a decent finish. Not really a flavor blast but cleans up well. Sunday, November 13, 2011
DietPepsican	3.6 Sutliff Hard Cider I drank about 6 pints of this today while working jazzfest. Awesome. Super light gold pour with tons of bubbles but little head, reminds me of soda. Bile and sulfur up front in the aroma and flavor, some apple rounds it out. Dry and mildly tart finish, very refreshing. This is a damn good cider. Saturday, July 2, 2011
ryan	3.5 Sutliff Hard Cider Clear apple juice looking body with a tiny white head that quickly fades. The nose is heavy apple, some honey and a funky basement mustiness. Lightly sweet taste, lightly tart, some cotton candy and pear to go along with the apple. Medium/light body is a bit thin with moderate carbonation. Wednesday, June 30, 2010
fonefan	3.2 Sutliff Hard Cider Bottle 75cl. @ Fastelavnssmagning, Ulfborg. Clear light to medium yellow orange color with a small to average, frothy to fizzy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, white head. Aroma is moderate apple, dry apple, red apple, sour appe, vanilla notes ? Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and light to light light moderate acidic with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is watery to oily, carbonation is soft. [20100220] Tuesday, March 9, 2010
Dedollewaitor	3.2 Sutliff Hard Cider Bottle @ Fastelavnssmagning, Ulfborg. Pours pale yellow with a small creamy and bubbly head. Nose is sweet red apples. A small tart and refreshing bite. Good. Saturday, February 27, 2010
KimJohansen	3.4 Sutliff Hard Cider Clear golden with a tiny white head. Somewhat dry aroma with apples. Fairly dry flavour with apples. Finished dry. Saturday, February 20, 2010
Papsoe	3.4 Sutliff Hard Cider Bottle 75 cl. Courtesy of iowaherkey. Pours a clear yellow with a neat yet dissipating white head. Sweet apple aromas yet with a vague Bretty whiff. Medium body, sweet and spicy apple notes with a whiff of sulphur. Some alcohol in the finish. 200210 Saturday, February 20, 2010
Ungstrup	2.6 Sutliff Hard Cider Bottled. A pale yellow cider with a thin off-white head. The aroma has notes of apples, and a bit of apple cores. The flavor is sweet with notes of apples, leading to a lightly tart finish. Saturday, February 20, 2010
MiP	2.6 Sutliff Hard Cider Bottle, 6%. Weak apple aroma, hint of wax. Clear very pale yellow colour. The flavour has a spicy apple note, a little wax and some flowery spiciness. The wax might actually be vanilla. Tastes OK, but is not so flavourful. Saturday, February 20, 2010
fata2683	3.2 Sutliff Hard Cider bottle thanks to pepsican, pours light yellow, thin white head. Aroma is sour apple and white wine. Flavor is crisp granny smith and pear flavors with a very dry finish and not a trace of alcohol. Not bad. Sunday, January 24, 2010
Skyview	3.7 Sutliff River Bend Trading Company Hard Cider Sampled at the Sutliff Cider Company’s tasting room, south of Lisbon, Iowa. Pours a clear sauvignon blanc colored cider with a thin fizzy white film top that quickly dissipates to a sparkling clear top. Aroma of light apple some subdues vanilla and a hint of honey. Taste is not as sparkling as Sutliff’s hard cider but more sweet apple flavor. Finish is more apple juice than hard cider, light, crisp, and a hint of sweetness with no yeast and acidic aftertaste. Overall a little softer than the regular Sutliff’s hard cider but still has some carbonation. Monday, November 23, 2009
Skyview	4.1 Sutliff Hard Cider Sampled at the Sutliff Cider Company’s tasting room, south of Lisbon, Iowa. Pours a clear pinot grigio colored cider with a decent fizzy white top that slowly dissipates to a sparkling clear top. Aroma of light apple and hint of Prosecco and a hint of vanilla. Taste is sparkling, light bodied, crisp with flavors of Cortland and Jonathan (slight acidic) and a hint of Côte des Blancs yeast which has some Gewurztraminer character. Finish is quite balanced, crisp, some light dry palate and no yeast and acidic aftertaste. Overall a very solid sparkling hard cider, no heavy carbonation, just a crisp apple aftertaste. Monday, November 23, 2009
MonsterGirl	5 Sutliff Hard Cider This is the champagne of ciders. So much so, we served this at our wedding. I have tasted dozens of ciders and was really impressed by the crispness and semi-dry qualities. You must try this cider as it is hands down, the best. Tuesday, November 17, 2009
scrizzz	3.7 Sutliff Hard Cider pencil lead and honey blossom aroma, little smoky. pale straw. snappy zing, little band aid, just a touch. Monday, November 9, 2009
drowland	3.4 Sutliff Hard Cider Tried at the 4th Annual Festival of Iowa Beers. Semi-dry and quite tasty. Rated it in my top 3 for the day. Thursday, August 13, 2009
gmattox	4.3 Sutliff Hard Cider A huge suprise! Crisp and refreshing Sutliff walks the tightrope between wine and beer. Made on an Iowa farm, tasting room is an 1890 barn. 100% apple juice allowed to slowly ferment and then stored in oak barrels fora nice crisp finish. Tasted at a festival and was so impressed i had to stop bt and check the place out. Tuesday, June 9, 2009
beeronmypants	3.7 Sutliff Hard Cider I really enjoyed this cider. It has a nice apple nose on it. This cider has a light yellow appearance, almost clear. The flavor was enjoyable. The first impression is sweet, then a nice dry flavor as if drinking a brute. When holding in my mouth I did pick up on an alcohol taste. The acidy to this drink made my tongue talk and feel alive. The palate is acidy but light. This is a great cider if you are looking for something that is not a typical American cider. Friday, February 27, 2009
JMFG	3.2 Sutliff Hard Cider Courtesy TheCheeseMan. Clear light yellow color, no head, slight malic tartness on the nose, pearskins. Taste is more sweet than the aroma, not a whole lot of acidity. Drinkable, but not remarkable. Saturday, December 13, 2008
That1Guy	2.9 Sutliff Hard Cider Crushed with Jakebra. Aight for a cider. Compared to Strongbow and White Lightning, not even close. Way better but still not exactly good, but aight. Friday, December 5, 2008
Beerlando	3.4 Sutliff Hard Cider Courtesy TheCheeseMan. Pours a clear, light golden color with no head. Paper-thin sheeting coats the glass momentarily, but is quick to retreat. The aroma is as simple as they come, but well done. Fresh red and green apples are featured, with just a touch of cider vinegar and a hint of vanilla. Flavors follow suit, fresh, crisp apples show lightly sweet and tart characteristics. Light on palate and carbonation, the crispness of the apples along with the semi-dry finish makes for a refreshing drink. This is not outstanding, by any means, but it highly drinkable and would make for a nice spring time alternative. Friday, October 31, 2008
CanIHave4Beers	3.6 Sutliff Hard Cider Perhaps the only cider I will rate, as it has a dear place in my heart. This stuff is really well done, has a dry nose with lots of apples a little yeast, a bit like champagne. Taste follows very similar in flavor and texture to a good sparkling white wine. So far as I can tell this is not artificially flavored or sweetened. Dry and crisp, one of the better ciders I have ever had. Tuesday, October 21, 2008
DrnkMcDermott	3.4 Sutliff Hard Cider 750 ml bottle from John’s Grocery. Completing my haul of potables from my home state. This is a pretty nice, basic sparkling cider. Pours the color of apple juice, with thin lines of bubbles from the bottom of the glass. Smell is of fresh, sliced apples, though none of the tart varieties in evidence. Taste has some sweetness up front, and dryness in the back of my tongue. Champagne-like effervescence indeed. Might have been nice to play up more tart varieties; I get the feeling this is derived from Red Delicious. Still, I’ve enjoyed the funky, cheesy, French ciders, but a well-made straight apple cider can be a joy, too. Tuesday, October 7, 2008
TURDFERGUSON	3.6 Sutliff Hard Cider Bottle from iowaherkeye. Thanks Joey! Pours yellow golden with and off-white lace. Nose is crisp apples, earth, must and a champagen-like yeast. Flavor is full of more fruity apple flavor, with a slight earthy tartness and a bit of wood. Nice dry palate. Tuesday, July 15, 2008