5.1

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4.5

This is not Kingston Spigold. This is not Kingston. This is not Northern Spy (though the 2020 batch is sadly similar). This is also not Autumn Gold. Bottle from their cider club. Pint glass @home. Clear, shiny, active, inviting, gold pour. Smells of steel, mulch, cold apples, weak pilsner. Taste is bitter leaves, drinking cheap bubbly out of a metal cup, sharp white table grapes, lemon, old chips, oak, yeast. Residual bitterness is Aspirin-like. Bold but lacking in good flavor. I seem to recall these flavors from other blends. Consistent & strong carbonation. Very dry. Strong acidity. Boozy. The Aspirin & lack of anything great to concentrate on has me very meh about this. Well made, but difficult to drink & not actually tasty. They make so many better bottles & actually blend/hide this apple in many other things. They set the bar too high for themselves that an above average pour gets a meh rating.