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Alpenfire Cider in Port Townsend, Washington, United States 🇺🇸
Cider Regular|
Score
7.35
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8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Panda courtesy of SHIG, cheers Shawn! (and MicroGrog!) Clear orangey-amber coppery colour, some short-lived bubbles on top and aroma of apple, peaty, smoke, phenolic hints, oak barrel. Taste is sweet, appley, fleshy, booze, earthy, peat, oak, whiskey barrel, vanilla, with drying tannins and some smokey notes. Oily mouthfeel, full to medium bodied, low carbonation, dry tart & tannic finish with lingering booze & peat. Complex, very sippable.
Tried
on 06 Oct 2024
at 19:59
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 7
375ml from Press online. Six months in the basement, shared with Shig. Jamie is starting to waver. Dark copper, clear, still pour. Obvious charred oak upfront. Peat? Bittersweet apples, some stinging acid in my nose. Taste is a little less then obviously smokey. BIttersweet & sharp apples, very thin, popsicle stick astringency with some earthy & veggie bitterness. Dry finish with a poke of white wine acid. Not much left on the follow-through. No tartness, paper thin, warming booze, a touch difficult. Solid experience but I didn't expect it to be this dry.
Tried
on 01 Sep 2024
at 22:26
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle thanks to MicroGrog: Poured a coppery translucent with no real head. Aroma smokey, apple, woodsy, oak. Taste is smokey, woodsy, char, bandaid, apple, earthy, dry finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Aug 2024
at 05:11
6/10
Tried
on 03 Sep 2016
at 15:55
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle - Light cooked Apple and bourbon. Clear gold. Sweet Apple and bourbon and a bit of booze in the finish. A little syrupy.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Aug 2015
at 18:37
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Finally got to try this. Solid light copper color, still. Nose is strong slick apple with wood alcohol, burnty wood, not smoke. Hefty alcohol balance the apple. Flavor is soft and heavy alcohol essence with apple. Whatever, I like. Reminiscent of ice cider.
Tried
on 21 Aug 2015
at 21:51
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle at PIB 2015, pours a clear golden yellow with no head. Nose brings out vanilla, whiskey, and light honey. Flavour is really complex, with vanilla, whiskey, smoke, and green apples. So amazingly complex and cohesive. Fantastic stuff.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Jun 2015
at 23:22
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Some smoke in this and comes together pretty well for a cider. Some apple peel bitterness and sweet and sour finish. Bottle shared at tasting.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Feb 2015
at 16:05
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle at the DC Tasting. Clear light yellow. Aromas of apples, tart notes. Tastes of apples, tart fruit, spices. Medium body with a dry finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Feb 2015
at 00:41
8.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle at Brony Bottle Share courtesy of luttonm, thank you sir! Very slightly hazy golden yellow color, rare large bubble, legs. Aroma of apple must and flesh, distant campfire. Taste is lightly burning apple skins. Very tasty.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Feb 2015
at 19:34