– Cider competition entries in 2019, included over 50 ciders from the New England States and New York.

– Require two bottles (750 ml or equivalent) per entry compared to the average cider competition minimum of a half of case or higher.

– Judges from a variety of backgrounds sommeliers, educators, enologists, cider makers, writers, importers, retailers and industry consultants from throughout the East coast.

– Each cider is judged on its own merit. Not by how it compares to other ciders in the flight.

– While we recognize that ciders go through various stages of quality development, each cider is judged for what it is at the time of judging, not what it might become in the future.

– Each cider is identified by a computer generated code number.

– All flights are staged in a climate control room and distributed to the judging room.

– Invited guest judges are comprised of restaurateurs interested in providing New England ciders in their restaurants and we use the competition as an educational tool.