The Jacket
Crispin Cider Company in Colfax, California, United States 🇺🇸
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6.45
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A rare and amazing pleasure. An American cider masterpiece combining a blend of 4 unique apple-wines: fermented with Belgian Trappist ale yeast; Irish Stout yeast; wild-fermentation heirloom cider-apple wine & Colfax classic apple-wine: all aged in Tennessee Whiskey barrels. Finished with unfiltered Gravenstein apple-juice aged in the same casks. Crispin’s Limited Release Number 5 Blend
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4.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
Refrigerated 12 oz. brown bottle poured into a white wine glass. Pours clear light amber, very little head, no lacing, no carbonation, and light wood aroma. Taste is oak, some water down soft whiskey, and a hint of apple which peaks out occationally. A little more apple taste would have been nice, not my thing.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Oct 2012
at 19:06
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
12 ounce bottle from Franklin’s in Gaithersburg. Pours a clear amber color with a thin fizzy white head. Aroma of apples, wood and brown sugar. The taste is apple, pear, faint whisky notes. Medium bodied.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Aug 2011
at 14:02
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
A much appreciated bottle from ericandersnavy! Pours hazy orange gold with a few transient bubbles. An oaky/smoky aroma. Med body with coarse carbonation. Flavor is apple with a touch of treacle and some smoke and seemingly bourbon. Some sort of whisky anyway. And at 8% there isn’t really any heat. So here’s a cider that can proudly stand beside beer. Good drink.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Apr 2011
at 18:44
6.9/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 9
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 7.5
Bottle from New Beer. New bar code sticker. Rounded pint glass. Slight initial fizz. Murky orange body. Smell is sweet with apple must, scrumpy, pie crust, & faint whiskey. Bitter orange peel macerating in all that whiskey. Fumy & enticing. Taste is spiked scrumpy, deep fibrous/tannic wood notes, maybe a bit of maple. Lots of sediment. Lacking acidity. Different enough & not totally boozy. It can’t help but be flat. Dusty, dry grain finish. This thing has legs! No way is it just 8.3%.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Jan 2011
at 22:55
5.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle via LtDan. Why does Crispin insist on mentioning that their ciders should be served with ice on every bottle. Pours with a murky yellow body and a fleeting white head. Bubbles cling to the glass. Some light legs on the glass as well surprisingly. Aroma of apples, oak, a bit buttery, saw dust, a bit acidic. Candied fruits. Kind of sweet. Estery. A bit of a sharp whiskey character (reminiscent of Jack) as it warms. Taste. It doesn’t work very well. Flavors are muddled. Acidic and oaky with a flabby middle and a somewhat sweet finish. A bit of a Tennessee Whiskey, harsh charcoal, wood finish. Medium carbonation. Medium dry (for a real cider, super dry compared to regular Crispin products). Kind of a harsh finish. Despite all the components there really isn’t anything there; its muddled and a bit bland.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Dec 2010
at 18:23
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
12 oz bottle. Pours cloudy golden orange with a touch of carbonation. Sweet apple juice aroma with a tart note and mild, but detectable whiskey aroma. Flavor is fairly sweet apple juice with spiciness, tartness, and yeastiness. Whiskey is just barely hinted at, but there is a touch of plain old wood aging. Finishes tart with a brown sugar note in the aftertaste. Lightly carbonated mouthfeel, as it appeared. Fairly nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Nov 2010
at 22:45