Northern Spy
Eden Specialty Ciders in Newport, Vermont, United States 🇺🇸
Cider - Ice Cider Regular Out of Production|
Score
7.80
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This single-varietal ice cider is being aged in a French oak barrel, imparting structure and delicate spice. Northern Spy is an antique variety of apple that was one of the three most popular in America at the end of the 19th century. It has a sweetly tart flavor that is superbly enhanced by the oak.
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8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
Bottle shared in London - sourced from Vermont. Vintage 2011. Pours rich, clear amber-gold with a bubbly head. Dense apple juice aroma, a bit of apple pie, cinnamon. Medium to heavy sweet flavor with meaty, ripe apple some spices, hearty alcohol, cognac, mild tartness, caramel. Full bodied, oily and chewy, soft. Hot finish with more ripe apples, apple pie filling, subtle wintery spice, a bit of bread, decent acidity. Quite robust, but the acidic bite really takes the edge off. Wonderful stuff.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Jul 2015
at 14:07
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Sample, bottle, at Binny’s, trip for Dark Lord Day with Luc Bourbonnière, savoured on April 24 2015; eye: deep gold, clear, no effervescence, no head, no lacing; nose: concentrated apple, acidity, woody; mouth: concentrated apple, acidity, woody, finale in concentrated apple with woody presence, medium body, average carbonation, mildly sweet, slick texture; overall: fine FRANÇAIS Échantillon, bouteille, chez Binny’s, voyage pour Dark Lord Day avec Luc Bourbonnière, savourée le 24 avril 2015; œil : doré foncé, limpide, pas d’effervescence, pas de mousse, pas de dentelle; nez : pomme concentrée, acidité, boisé; bouche : pomme concentrée, acidité, boisé, finale en pomme concentrée avec présence boisée, corps moyen, carbonatation moyenne, moyennement sucrée, texture coulante; en résumé : bien
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Jun 2015
at 16:42
8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
The cider is a relatively deep amber gold. It’s flat and clear. The aroma has a lot of excellent apple flavor and complexity. It has a full fruitiness. Strawberries, peaches, kiwis. The taste is sweet with more apple flavor. There’s a bitter edge of apple skins. Maybe some oak dryness from the barrel. Quite sweet but that sweetness packs a ton of flavor. Full feel. A bit syrupy but not sticky, just big and full. Not much booze to it.
Tried
on 27 May 2015
at 22:49
8.2/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
2012 vintage. Aroma is rich apple, mostly sweet but also a bit of tartness. Light oak notes with some nice alcohol character. Pours a still copper amber color and its very clear. Fairly long legs. Flavor is very sweet with great apple character. Light tannins from the grape skins with a light tart green apple note. Faint oak character. Mouthfeel is full bodied with no carbonation. Low astringency and medium low alcohol warmth. Overall, a very nice ice cider and the best American version I have had. Great apple notes with nice sweetness.
Tried
from Can
on 24 May 2015
at 20:15
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
A golden cider with aroma of tart apples, light mineral notes, light vanilla, alcohol warmth, very nice. In mouth, a nice sweet fruity apple sauce with, light vanilla, alcohol warmth, very nice and complex yet smooth. Bottle at binny.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Apr 2015
at 16:20
7.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
200 ml bottle shared by Adamjackson. Batch # 2012NS201. Amber color with a slick looking texture. Aroma is red apples, pears, sugar and shows a light warming after the sip. Texture has a sticky feeling on the palate. Nice stuff, sweet.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Mar 2015
at 12:55
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Poured from 200ml bottle batch 2012ns201 thanks AdamJackson. Pours amber gold. Aromas of crisp apple and honey. Taste is awesome, smooth and silky, crisp apple and a hint of vanilla. I could drink this every day.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Mar 2015
at 12:51
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8
Golden viscous pour. Nose is incredibly sweet with a ton of pear. very high sugar content. insane sticky sweet. this is really interesting. Has fresh cut mcintosh apples, pear and a touch of clementine.
Tried
on 19 Sep 2014
at 02:51
8.4/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Sampled @ Astor Wines. My favorite newly discovered apple varietal this week. Clear, orange maple/amber color. Very still, very leggy. Smells of bold, compact apples, maple, & a touch of vanilla & something veggy. One side is full of honey & gummy bears flavors. The other is full of tart, juicy apples, with a hard, acidic punch. It cuts it well. A bit hot. Suckling sweet, with a strong, potent, woodsy edge. Invigorating.
Tried
on 27 Oct 2011
at 14:32
7.5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 9
Texture 6
Overall 9
bottle shared by yespr, thanks a bunch. clear orange , small head. sweet citrussy aroma, sweet and dry apple. flavor is citrussy and sweet dry apple, fantastic. aweseome balance this is fantastic.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Apr 2011
at 14:54