Woodchuck Spring Cider
Vermont Cider Company in Middlebury, Vermont, United States 🇺🇸
Cider Regular Out of Production|
Score
5.55
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Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Bottle. I loved this stuff. Didn’t read the description, so didn’t what expect, but WOW!!! Poured a beautiful light golden, wine-like color. Aroma was a light fruity, sweet maple. But, the taste was great. I love maple so thls really hit home with me.
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 3 | Flavor - 3 | Texture - 2 | Overall - 3
Crystal clear, perfectly clear golden coloured body with the thinnest pure white head that fades immediately to nothing. Aroma of horribly strong and incredibly fake maple syrup - Aunt Jemima is much better than this with a lot of vanilla, creamsicle, lactose, grain and funk right behind - this is not how you'd want anything to smell, especially anything with alcohol in it. Light-bodied; Grainy and super funky flavour of that ridiculously fake maple syrup flavours that give Aunt Jemima a bad name - this is god awful and the fake sweetness and especially fake maple flavours are not doing this any justice. Aftertaste shows more of a dry and grassy profile, but the funk, grain, rice and especially lactose and creamy notes are there without any depth or pungency, especially since this is so one-dimensional. Overall, probably one of the worst, if not the worst cider I've ever had, and while it's slightly surprising, it's really not - this is horrible. I sampled this stubby twelve ounce bottle pulled from the Office Christmas Liqour Exchange on 17-December-2018, sampled at my house here in Washington on 16-February-2019.
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Sampled from a 12 oz brown bottle this cider poured a very pale yellow color with a small foamy white head that faded quickly and left no lacing. The aroma was sweet and tart apple with a hint of caramel. The flavor was sweet maple syrup, sugar and tart apple. Long maple and tart apple finish. Medium body. Ok.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Reviewed from notes.
This was poured into a wine glass.
The appearance was a somewhat clear yellow color with a fast rising carbonation trying to fill a rapidly dieing bubbly head. There wasn’t any lacing.
The smell started off with some granny Smith apple and then there was some light sugary notes (I’m guessing maple syrup) but honestly it doesn’t smell like maple syrup, it’s just sugary.
The taste was actually more balanced than I thought with a sly dose of bitter from the granny Smith apples and still a sweetness from the maple syrup.
On the palate, this one sat about a light on the body with a decent sessionability about it. The carbonation does hit fairly hard but I think I’m just starting to understand that most ciders are meant to be like this.
Overall, well hot damn, a balanced cider? One I could possibly do again? Well, how about that. I’m thinking the next time I get this, I’ll put it with some food just to see how it does.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
12 oz. bottle. Pours a clear, light, yellow-green color, with a fairly large, bubbly, white head. Red delicious is dominant, with some notes of vanilla, and butter toffee. Very sweet, with a surprisingly acidic, dry finish. Light body, bubbly, acidic, and crisp. Overall, this is a nice, relatively complex cider.
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 2 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 1
Clear, faint, pale straw color. Soda sizzle. Smells of sharp & sweet apples, cake batter, & Log Cabin industrial-strength syrup. Thin, faintly tart, white wine acidity, mellow carbonation. Spumanti sweet apple juice, green grapes, plastic, & a vulgar/fake, smokey maple additive. The kind of cheap "maple flavoring added" bacon that stinks up your house for days because you stumbled home drunk & wouldn’t settle for some Cheerios. Ugh...
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
bottle - Pours pale green with no head. It smells of golden delicious apples and brown sugar. The taste is sweet apples and that brown sugar is obvious in a good way. Bubbly and light bodied, this cider is a tasty one.
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
12oz bottle poured into a shaker. Pours a clear very pale yellow with no head. Aroma of apples, brown sugar and a little band-aid. Taste is heavily sweet. Apples, and maple syrup. Light bodied with a sticky texture. Soft carbonation and a surprisingly long finish. Overall, not bad. Not really my style but very drinkable.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Bottle. Sweet caramel apple and brown sugar aroma. Pale yellow with a thin white ring. Tastes like it smells... sweet apple and brown sugar. I don’t normally like to drink sweet stuff, but this was darn tasty... I must have been in a mood.
Appearance - 2 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 2 | Overall - 7.5
Weak aroma of red delicious or other sweet variety of apple. Clear, very pale yellow, greenish hue, but almost colorless. Apple and maple syrup flavor, stronger than the lack of color led me to expect. Cinnamon notes are present, but not easily discernible. Not as good as other woodchuck seasonals, but has character. Good balance. I don’t know why people scoff at Woodchuck. Their ciders are good.