Kingston Black 26

Kingston Black 26 is a single varietal cider from Snow Capped Cider of Colorado made from Kingston Black, the English bittersharp apple; the cidery sells Kingston Black in more than one form and none is labelled "26".

Award

Specs

Brewery Description

This is a 100% Single Varietal completely dry representation of 19th century Kingston Black

Source: Snow Capped: Kingston Black can (the can listing; which version was entered is not stated)

Tasting Notes

Marked by dry tannin and high complex flavors.

Source: snowcappedcider.com

Ingredients

Both candidate listings describe single varietal Kingston Black cider. The Reserve bottle page calls the apple "the most famous English cider apple in the world," originating in Taunton, England, and notes leathery tannin and three years of aging (Snow Capped: Kingston Black Reserve). The can page describes dry tannin and high complex flavors (Snow Capped: Kingston Black can).

Hop Profile

Not Found

Brewing Details

Style Context

As category context only, the GABF 2026 style categories describe Tannic Cider as dry or sweet versions of high-tannin ciders, at 3 to 10 percent ABV. The Brewers Association beer style guidelines carry no cider entries. Both candidate versions (8.4% and 8.5%) sit inside that range and both are described as tannic.

Awards History

Generated from the loaded results for this brewery and beer name, not researched separately; years not loaded are not covered.

Brewery Context

Snow Capped Cider is in Austin, CO.

Links checked 2026-10-14: Website, Instagram.

Related

• Brewery: Snow Capped Cider

Links

• Snow Capped Cider
• Snow Capped: Kingston Black Reserve
• Snow Capped: Kingston Black can
• Snow Capped: bottle shop
• Snow Capped: can shop
• GABF 2026 style categories

Gaps

• Not Found: ABV, IBU. Checked snowcappedcider.com, snowcappedcider.com, snowcappedcider.com, snowcappedcider.com, greatamericanbeerfestival.com, snowcappedcider.com, web searches recorded in the research notes, Catalog.beer search by beer and brewery name.
• Not Found: Color (SRM), Original gravity, Final gravity, Hops, Hop form, Hop use, Hop lot or farm, Malts and grains, Yeast, Adjuncts, Water. Checked snowcappedcider.com, snowcappedcider.com, snowcappedcider.com, snowcappedcider.com, greatamericanbeerfestival.com, snowcappedcider.com, web searches recorded in the research notes.

Research Notes

• Field pass 2026-10-13: An additional exact-batch retailer search found awards only, with no ABV, IBU, named hops or brewery page identifying Kingston Black 26.
• Second pass 2026-10-13: Exact-name searches found Kingston Black 26 in the 2026 GLINTCAP results, but no matching batch specifications or dedicated product page. Other Kingston Black releases do not establish the recipe or ABV of the entry with the 26 suffix; structured fields remain unchanged.
• The cidery lists a Kingston Black Reserve bottle, a Kingston Black can and a Bourbon Barrel Aged Kingston Black; none carries the "26" suffix in the winner's name, so abv and beer url are left null rather than choosing one.
• Conflict between candidates: 8.4% (Reserve bottle) and 8.5% (can).
• The official list places the cidery in Austin, CO; that location is kept as given.
• No 2026 medal announcement from the cidery was found; a news site covering its awards refused automated access.
• Researched 2026-10-13.
• Deep dive pass 2026-10-14: the canned Kingston Black page gives tasting words, the single varietal and 8.5% ABV; the cidery sells several Kingston Black releases (cans, reserve, bourbon barrel), so the can's 8.5% is not recorded as the medal entry's strength.