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B. Nektar Meadery in Ferndale, Michigan, United States 🇺🇸
Cider - Other Fruit Regular|
Score
7.18
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Essential elements- Apple, cherry
Appearance - Deep pink and clear with a light, lacy head that quickly dissipates.
Aroma - Crisp, clean apple cider, round, ripe tart cherry.
Experience - Tart cherry sweetness up front with full, yet crisp fermented cider. Heavy apple skin compliments the cherry. Sweet, creamy honey rounds the flavor and balances the tartness of the cherry. Light carbonation lifts the flavor while the honey smooths the overall mouthfeel. Finishes crisp and clean.
Appearance - Deep pink and clear with a light, lacy head that quickly dissipates.
Aroma - Crisp, clean apple cider, round, ripe tart cherry.
Experience - Tart cherry sweetness up front with full, yet crisp fermented cider. Heavy apple skin compliments the cherry. Sweet, creamy honey rounds the flavor and balances the tartness of the cherry. Light carbonation lifts the flavor while the honey smooths the overall mouthfeel. Finishes crisp and clean.
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7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
50cl bottle pours a clear, bright pink with zero head. Nose is very well balanced, honey, cherries, tart apples, rose wine, peach, a little perfume. Flavor is exceptionally well balanced; lightly sweet, lightly tart, peach jam, white zin, cherry, honey, golden raisin, watermelon, apple juice. Dangerously drinkable, mostly dry.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Sep 2012
at 13:17
8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
Big thanks to my sister, ratebeer’s 15_2_Kuhnhenn. This pours clear pale peach with light pink-ish hues. The aroma offers up cherries and raspberries as well as some tartness. The taste is cherry and then moves into cherry and cranberry apple juice. To midway and into the finish it takes on increasing fruity tartness. Nice stuff but it seems a bit like fruit juice rather than anything else.
Tried
on 01 Jul 2012
at 06:39
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Refrigerated 0.5 L bottle 6% poured into a white wine glass. Pours clear with a pink hue and white head that dissapates quickly. No lacing, medium body, slightly syrupy texture, light carbonation, and very light cherry/sweet aroma. Taste is apple cider, honey, and slightly tart cherry. The marriage of apple cider and mead with a hint of cherry, nicely balance of the flavors. Super easy to drink great on a summer day.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Jun 2012
at 16:29
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
500 mL bottle. Pours a clear reddish copper with some carbonation. Aroma is fruity with cherries as expected, something spicier like black licorice or potpourri, making it a bit like raspberry. Flavor is nicely flavored with cherries, raspberry-like again, with a touch of sticky honey blending in. Hints of apple, too. Quite tasty.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Jun 2012
at 02:44
6.1/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 7.5
$8 bottle from Liquor Land in Dorchester. 6% ABV on label. Poured into an Ommegang chalice. Color caught in between pink & peach. After the initial burp, it sits pretty still. Smells prominently of cherry skins & tart cider, with some yeast & sulfites on the trail. Taste is waxy, with a generous amount of cherry. Half tart apples bring up the back end, but the pie filling continues through. Absolute finish dries out with some grain flavor. Body has some slight thickness & a light buzz of carbonation. Kind of like half flat soda. This is probably the best cherry cider I’ve every had. Doesn’t cut it as a mead though. Quite silly & stubborn of whomever is in charge to keep this bottle listed in the directory. Though I am obviously just as weak willed, taking the opportunity to seek it out & rate it. :P Tasty.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Jun 2012
at 00:02
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle thanks to travita. Pours with a very pale, peachy hued body with a small white head. Aromas are of cherries, plastic, honey, medium alcohol, and a bit of stone fruit. Flavors are sweet, pie cherries, grassy. Light fruit, a bit of apple. Medium sweet throughout, medium bubbles, lighter bodied.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 May 2012
at 17:16
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
500ml bottle shared by Doug, thanks
Appearance: Clear pink/red with some legs
Aroma: Honey, sweet cherries and apples
Taste: Sweet cherries, honey and green apples
Very nice, crisp and smooth, easy drinking.
Appearance: Clear pink/red with some legs
Aroma: Honey, sweet cherries and apples
Taste: Sweet cherries, honey and green apples
Very nice, crisp and smooth, easy drinking.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 May 2012
at 08:36
8.1/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
500 ml bottle thanks to Bigmmartin. Pours a beautiful pink hue with some legs, looks like a wonderful wine. A sweet fruity nose with both apples and cherry apparent, some light vanilla. The flavor is awesome; all the richness of a Ice Cider in a lower gravity form: sweet fruity flavor mix between a ripe apple and tart cherries, very well made, something like vanilla. Very drinkable, insanely so. Damn good. I need a flagon of this.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 May 2012
at 09:44
7.2/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 9
Nice, though it took a minute for this to really sink in. The nose was very light and restrained but closer examination revealed a nice soft honey tone. Color was a pink salmon type color, light effervescence. Flavor was semi-sweet honey up front, light and restrained, light mouthfeel, hints of sour cherry and a semi-dry finish. In the end the honey notes were light but quite pleasing, and the cherry added a nice touch.
Tried
on 20 May 2012
at 08:54