Wild Fermented Traditional Hard Cider - Bourbon Barrel Aged
Hawk Knob in Lewisburg, West Virginia, United States 🇺🇸
Cider Regular|
Score
6.98
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American cider is steeped in time honored traditions. At Hawk Knob, we believe in keeping those traditional alive. We’ve made this still, dry, wild fermented cider from 100% Greenbrier Valley-grown heirloom and heritage apples and aged it to perfection for ten months in oak bourbon barrels. It’s the same process craft cider makers have used for centuries. Enjoy the taste of tradition.
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6.9/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Very dry apple, alcohol evident. Hazy golden. Apple, oak, hints of cheese. Light body, easy carbonation.
Tried
on 13 Jul 2019
at 18:02
8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
Pour is clear. Smell is fresh apple with oak undertones. Palate is salty cheese with apple
Tried
on 13 Jul 2019
at 18:00
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle pour at The Dabney, pours a pale, tepid orange, no head. Smells like a bourbon cocktail, apples, oranges, Manhattan. Booze and sweetness on the flavor, caramel, apple pie, spice. Tart on the finish. Funky too. 7 3 7 4 14
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Apr 2019
at 15:03
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
$8.99 bottle from the middle Kroger in Charlottesville. MaryAnn said she just got these in after they came to do a tasting, so not sure if the other Krogers in town will have them. Pours pale golden, slight hazy, some carbonation. Aroma is slightly sweet apple, dust, earth, barrel. Flavor is tart apple, funk, bourbon, earth, wood. Good for the most part... the bourbon flavor is perhaps a little too strong in the light cider.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Aug 2018
at 22:45
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle. Light barnyard, lemon, apple, and hay aroma. Golden yellow. Dry, lightly funky apple, and mildly bitter hay flavor. Okay body. Not as much funkiness or sourness as I would expected from wild fermentation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Oct 2017
at 12:30
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Refrigerated 0.5 L brown bottle poured into a white wine glass. Clear yellow with light Apple aroma. Taste is light Apple, oak, and some bourbon.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Feb 2017
at 20:46
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle sample at the source. Clear pale yellow color, still. Nice aroma of fresh fruit, lemon, dust. Taste has earthy vanilla, dry finish. Nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Sep 2016
at 07:19