Maple Bourbon Apricot
Salt Spring Wild Cider House in Salt Spring Island, British Columbia, Canada 🇨🇦
Cider - Other Fruit Regular|
Score
6.69
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The second of our barrel series. We fermented fresh pressed organic BC apricots and apples and aged them for over 7 months in charred Bourbon barrels that had been repurposed and used for maple syrup. The result is a rich cider with many layers: buttery oak and bourbon, and creamy, smooth yet tart apricot, with hints of delicate apricot skin and maple. Back-sweetened with organic dark maple syrup which gives the cider a beautiful lemony middle and brings all the flavours together.
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7.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
750 ml bottle. Pours a slightly clouding pale gold. Aromas of mellow apples and soft oak. Flavors of slightly tart apples, soft oak, and stoned fruit. Not getting the maple or bourbon to any extent. Nice enough. Lots of carbonation, but still a bigger mouthfeel than an normal sparkling cider.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Sep 2022
at 23:13
6.2
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Has a big bourbon smells, huge wood notes with soft apples poking through. Golden body, clear, no head. Flavour is heavy bourbon, meaty and strong, with only a hint of sweet apple. Can't find the apricot. Okay crispness. It's an okay experiment, very bourbon forward.
Tried
from Can
on 12 May 2019
at 17:33