Alexandria’s own Lost Boy Cider won several awards at the 2021 Virginia Governor’s Cup and is in the running for Best in Show.
This is the first year that Virginia cider was judged in its own category. There were 27 entries in 2021 in the cider category.
Lost Boy Cider’s 2020 Comeback Kid won a gold medal. The cidery’s 2020 Wingman and Hazy Hopped ciders won a silver medal and the 2020 Pumpkinhead and En Fuego both won bronze awards.
Judges are working toward deciding which cider of all the entries, including some from Albemarle Ciderworks and Potter’s Craft Cider, will win Best in Show.
The announcement for this year's Best in Show Cider will be posted on Facebook on Tuesday, March 9 at 7 p.m. on the Virginia Wine page.
This month, Lost Boy is introducing a new cider called Cherry Blossom: “Shenandoah apples confermented with both dark sweet cherries and tart Montmorency cherries combined with whole Jasmine blossoms. The final balance is juicy ripe cherry up front and a finish of white flowers and sun-dried hay on the back,” according to the cidery.
Lost Boy Cider opened in 2019. Founded by Tristan Wright, who got into cider after discovering a gluten allergy, the cidery is at 317 Hooffs Run Dr. The cidery's head cidermaker is David Biun.
