7.9

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 10 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Guest tap @ French Broad Brewery. Murky cranberry-colored pour. Smell is sweet, natural strawberry with hints of fresh basil. Taste is intense with very honest flavors of both strawberry & basil. The leftover bittersweet apple base comes out & mingles with the basil a bit to make a fun mess. Carbonation is low & everything was shook up. Brewery probably bowls with guest kegs after hours. This is barely a cider, but the flavors were so fresh, it made a great aperitif. --- Beer aliased from original tick of Strawberry Basil on 18 Dec 2021 at 06:38 - Score: Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5. Original review text: Notes: Guest tap @ French Broad. Shortie 10oz glass for $6. Feels like I rated this already. Dark copper with a reddish hue. This has been on tap twice & was slightly darker last time. Smell is arid apple base with intense fruit strawberry jam & a little basil leaf. Flavor is predominately basil. Lots of oily, concentrated basil with a secondary strawberry backup. Cider takes a sweet, but non-descript backseat. Super intense flavor & unusually bold for UO. Standard carb for everything in the house, some texture, sweet, no residual or much heat. I loved it, but it wasn't a great cider per se.