7.2

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

Draught at the cidery, 7/27/18.
Pale brass-to-straw golden, hazy.
Nose is lemon and spicy, yet intricate and earthy as well, tea. Surprising softness and the lemon really cuts through the normally overly sweet character of Downeast's base cider. Honey and vanilla are massively dried out by preserved lemon and citric acid with sharp floral scents.
In the mouth it's soft and briskly carbonated with plentiful black tea character and honey-like apple juice quickly drying via acidic yet flavorful lemon. Really nicely balanced and great to see something on the drier side (contrary to their actual cider "Drier Side" which really isn't).