Clam Bay
Twin Island Cider in Pender Island, British Columbia, Canada 🇨🇦
Cider Regular|
Score
7.00
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This batch is the third and final site-specific ancestral method (pét-nat) cider we pressed during the 2019 harvest. Being pressed from ultra-sharp, late ripening apples, we wanted this one to have a lengthy aging to mellow its acidic edge. The cider was pressed from an orchard we refer to as “the abandoned orchard” (most of our sites have nicknames such as “Jodi’s trees” or “the Christie’s”, but this one deserved a more romantic reference), though the site does actually have an owner.
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7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Poured from 750mL bottle (2020 harvest). Hazy gold with small white head. Dry, touch of manure, apple skin, a decent barnyard funk, quite decent overall.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Jan 2023
at 07:13
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
750ml @ Ryan's. Appearance: hazy straw with a weak white head. Aroma: bugs, fermented apples, some tannins and manure. Taste: along the same lines, very dry and astringent, very tannic, lots of manure. Overall: ok.
Tried
on 27 Jan 2023
at 07:10
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
2020 version. 750mL bottle, pours a hazy bright golden with a medium white head. Nose is full of barnyard funk, champagne-like effervescence, and some musty crisp apple skins. Flavour is gently tart, with leather, barnyard funk, musty apple skins, and a touch of champagne. The usual above-average carbonation, with a very nice funkiness. Very good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Jan 2023
at 06:58
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Medium gold body and no foam, very soft carbonation, glistening like one of those amber snow globes from the 70's. Deep sweet apple on the nose, casual and dessert like, slightly earthy, very subdued. Flavour is intense vinegar and burlap, spiced vegetables, celery. Full with lingering sweetness from wild apples. Certainly offbeat in terms of cider profiles but quite enjoyable.
Tried
on 22 Jan 2021
at 00:29