West Ave Cider is located a short drive away in Freelton, just north of Waterdown. The cidery is at 84 Concession Rd. East (Just east of highway 6). It’s a beautiful property with a very nice cider room. They opened in 2017 and have been awarded Best cider in Ontario multiple times. West Ave makes cider in small batches, using quality ingredients including rare heritage apples, which are now rare in Canada.
Little Mac
As for the ciders, they have three core brands: Heritage Dry, Cherriosity, and Little Mac. They also have 3 seasonal ciders on tap, plus their premium bottle selection and dessert ciders, including their “Ice Cider”. I’ll have to go back to try some of the others. For this trip, having only tried the Heritage before, I chose to have a glass of the Little Mac. This one intrigued me the most because it’s rare to have ciders made from a single apple, and is the only one in the area to do so. This cider is akin to a single malt whiskey, with only 100% McIntosh apples being used. This makes the cider delicious, not the apples, just the cider (Pun intended). It is a pleasant, dry, easy drinking cider that comes in at a reasonable 6% alcohol and was thoroughly enjoyable. I enjoyed it so much that I walked out with six more to go!
Seeded Sourdough About 2 years ago they introduced their uniquely morbid (and delicious!) pizza skulls. Simply put, the pizza skull is a skull-shaped mini, panzerotti-style, fist sized pizza bite. They are filled with cheese, marinara sauce, and pepperoni, but can be customized with any person's pizza preferences. They are absolutely delicious, and now I totally have to bring these to events and parties, if only to hear someone say “Who brought the skulls?”
