The Roots Cider
Appalachian Mountain Brewery and Cidery in Boone, North Carolina, United States 🇺🇸
Cider Regular|
Score
6.84
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Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
12oz can from Earth Fare. Came here for the sale on crab cakes, left with half a basket of suspect rates. Mojito glass @ home. Strong pour, flash of head, gold, slightly opaque body. Smells of real sweet ginger & other great things with a soft apple background. Taste is semi-sweet apple juice, spicy ginger/tumeric & an assortment of citrus & botanicals. Lightly bitter, some heat. Very fresh/authentic & maybe not everything is powdered. Impressed by the lack of veggie-ness. Lingering heat is fun. Sulfite headache. Slight weight/yeastiness/body. Moderately low carbonation. Okay carbonation. Apples are very diluted. Ingredients indicate they water down a base cider & back sweeten. Adjuncts are organic though. Why not just make good cider in the first place? This is basically really good ginger ale. Apparently this local brand is now brewed in Portsmouth, NH...
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Sample at the Corsair Distillery & Taproom. Clear yellow-gold color with a thin white head that burns away quickly to a wispy film. Spotty lacing. Apple, ginger and wheat in the nose. Light-bodied with flavors of mildly tart apple, cinnamon and ginger. The finish is fruity with a spiced apple aftertaste. Decent overall.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Draft at the source. Clear bright yellow color, fizzy. Lightly herbal aroma. Taste is earthy apple. Nice.