Exner Craft Cider certificates and trophy at SISGA 2026. The cider from Gallinal Drinks scored 91.5 points and received a Premium award.
Manufaktur Jörg Geiger’s cider spirit leads the recorded scores, followed by Poire Jorasses and Lo Cristallier, both from Maley. SLOR and Exner Craft Cider stand out among sparkling ciders, with 92.5 and 91.5 points respectively.
LA SIDRA.- One score stands out at the SISGA 2026 awards: Craftvol’s 98.5 points. Made by Germany’s Manufaktur Jörg Geiger, this Premium award winner in the cider spirit category achieved the highest score recorded in the reviewed list, just one and a half points short of 100.
The next two scores belong to Italy’s Maley. Poire Jorasses scored 94.6 points in the semi-dry perry category, while Lo Cristallier reached 94 in cider liqueurs. Both received Premium awards, placing the Italian producer second and third in this numerical ranking.
Across the still and sparkling cider categories, the highest recorded score belongs to Norway’s SLOR, from Instanes Gard AS: 92.5 points and a Premium award for flavoured sparkling cider with added carbonation. This puts it fourth among all the available scores.
Exner Craft Cider, from Gallinal Drinks, earned 91.5 points and the Premium award for semi-dry sparkling cider with added carbonation. It has the highest score of any Asturian product in the reviewed document and ranks second across the still and sparkling cider categories. The result for Exner draws attention to the project associated with Finca El Gallinal and its work with Asturian cider apples.
Next comes Opilý jabko, from Apploader SRO in Czechia, with 91.2 points and a Premium award for sweet naturally sparkling cider. It is followed by Japan’s Three peaks dry, from THREE PEAKS, with 91 points and Gold in the dry still cider category.
Two products share the final places in the 90-point group: Sweden’s Bee Royal, from Bäckalunda Gård, and Japan’s Numaya apple sweet, from Fukiware Cidrerie, with 90 points each. Both received Gold, the former for semi-dry sparkling cider with added carbonation and the latter for sweet naturally sparkling cider. The presence of two Japanese producers among these high scores underlines the interest in a cider culture also celebrated through SISGAJapan.
| Product | Producer | Origin | Category | Points / 100 | Award |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Craftvol | Manufaktur Jörg Geiger | Germany | Cider spirit | 98.5 | Premium |
| Poire Jorasses | Maley | Italy | Semi-dry perry | 94.6 | Premium |
| Lo Cristallier | Maley | Italy | Cider liqueur | 94 | Premium |
| SLOR | Instanes Gard AS | Norway | Flavoured sparkling cider with added carbonation | 92.5 | Premium |
| Exner Craft Cider | Gallinal Drinks | Asturias | Semi-dry sparkling cider with added carbonation | 91.5 | Premium |
| Opilý jabko | Apploader SRO | Czechia | Sweet naturally sparkling cider | 91.2 | Premium |
| Three peaks dry | THREE PEAKS | Japan | Dry still cider | 91 | Gold |
| Bee Royal | Bäckalunda Gård | Sweden | Semi-dry sparkling cider with added carbonation | 90 | Gold |
| Numaya apple sweet | Fukiware Cidrerie | Japan | Sweet naturally sparkling cider | 90 | Gold |
The reviewed list therefore contains nine products with recorded scores of 90 or above, from seven countries and territories. Six received Premium awards and three received Gold. Just below this group are Cidre du Saint Bernard, from Maley, with 89.75 points and a Premium award for semi-dry naturally sparkling cider, and Golden Perry, from Poland’s Elysium Wina i Cydry Mateusz Hudyka, with 89.5 points and a Premium award for brut perry.
Other notable Asturian products include Cortina’s Sidra de hielo, with 86 points and a Premium award; Licor El Duque, with 85 and Gold; and Brut Angelón, from Viuda de Angelón, also with 85 points and Gold for brut naturally sparkling cider.
This list orders the available scores for products from different categories while retaining the award assigned to each. Awards by category can be consulted in the official SISGA results.
