Graft Cider Cloud City | Alabaster City (March + Aug 2019)

Cloud City | Alabaster City (March + Aug 2019)
(Batch of Cloud City | Alabaster City)

 

Graft Cider in Newburgh, New York, United States 🇺🇸

  Cider - Flavoured (Other) Regular Out of Production
Score
7.02
ABV: 6.9% IBU: - Ticks: 5
Hop Mango Dreamsicle

ALABASTER CITY
Sweet aromas and soothing harps fill the air as travelers pass through the holy fortress of Alabaster City. Residents feeling drained from work life are able to relax and discover their inner spirituality here. Watchtowers are secured on all corners of the kingdom to ensure guests are not bothered by political cronies. Travelers from all corners of Cloud City retreat to these sacred grounds for healing, connectedness and hidden zeal.
 

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5.6/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 4 Overall 5.5
Pale golden and almost straw yellow coloured body with a faint pure white head that fades faster than soda and leaves nothing on top. Aroma of flowers, apples, light citrus and mangoes with some subdued creamy and almost icing sugar-like sweetness in the nose at least. Light-bodied; Strong apple and spiced flavours dominate with a lot of allspice, canella, grass and hay notes around with some citrus and lactose on the edges and only a touch of the floral aspects. Aftertaste shows more of the apples, yeast, bread and light spiced pear notes than anything else with a lot of complexity running towards the end from the spices and sugars without much support or balance to counteract. Overall, a relatively strong and deeply spiced cider with more of a funky and dry and herbal profile than sweet and fruity. Nice to try, but not one of the better ones from the producer - this can be passed up, if there are other options from Graft, as ther offerings are usually much better! I sampled this twelve ounce can purchased from Crystal City Wine Shop in Arlington, Virginia on 18-October-2019 for US$4,04 sampled at home in Washington on 26-March-2020
Tried from Can on 26 Mar 2020 at 19:23

7.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
$3.95 can from Wine Warehouse. Murky gold, no head. Mango and apple nose, light vanilla as well. Flavor is well-defined vanilla, slightly tart apple, mango. Pretty tasty.
Tried from Can on 09 Apr 2019 at 22:27

8.1/10 Appearance 10 Aroma 7 Flavor 9 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Scary cloudy, orange & almost pulpy pour @ Bad Seed BK. Pils glass. Maybe it looks more like an over juiced mimosa? Smell is mango, vanilla powdered sugar & apple peel. Citric acid bomb. Mango juice, orange juice, vodka, green peppers, creamsicle ice cream. Think Warheads got thrown into a mango smoothie that got thinned out by too much ice. Sizzling & a bit yeasty, but not really much body to speak of. Cider is non-existent. Simple, weird, effective. Can’t hate it.
Tried from Can on 03 Nov 2018 at 00:57

8.3/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 9 Texture 8 Overall 8
Can - pours gold - nose and taste of vanilla, mango, apple, light sourness - medium body
Tried from Can on 11 Oct 2018 at 05:18