6.6

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Old bottle from the defunct Tasty Beverage Asheville. Duvel glass @home. Two years in the basement, two months in the fridge. Batch: G2018BLC2018 Creamy, amber rosé color, intentionally still. Floral ginger, wild Sidra nose. Tannic grape skins, very yeasty. Taste is a lot like flat ginger soda with added strong blueberry skin tannins. Very tart, wild yeast played down, big apple acid but not a lot of apple flavor. White wine, grass, sour lemon, more blueberry skins. Intentionally flat, super dry, crazy acidic, indifferent booze, tannic berries keep it from hurting. Yeasties never move from the bottom. Honestly good natural flavors, but base cider is lacking, which Botanist seems to continually improving as real cider apples develop in the region. Okay.