Uncommon Cider

Reviewed on August 7, 2020

Uncommon Cider started in 2016 and is Alberta's first craft cidery. From the moment you walk into the taproom with its glowing hot pink walls, you realize this is a place that isn't afraid to stand out from the crowd!

Uncommon prides itself on making traditional English Cider, a dry low carbonated style of cider with alcohol levels around 6 - 7%. Uncommon doesn't use apple juice concentrates or sweeteners in their ciders. All the sweetness comes from the fruit. The fruit for their apple cider comes from locally grown crab and hardy apples in Calgary as well as orchards in the Okanagan. Besides apples, they also source haskap berries and rhubarb.

The YYC Community Cider is a vintage Cider from the harvest of 2018. All the apples were the result of a very successful Fruit Drive that saw Calgarians donate a tsunami of crab and other hardy apples from their backyard trees. This cider which is aged for 18 months on its lees, is a delicious example of "terroir" or sense of place. In this case, the place is Calgary. This cider with its mouthwatering acidity would pair well with fatty foods, especially cheese or pork loin.

Photo - Uncommon Cider Founder - Brodie Thomas