Gurutzeta Sagardoa Sidra Natural
Sidrería Gurutzeta in Astigarraga, Basque Country, Spain 🇪🇸
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Jose Angel Goñi has been running the cider house since 1979 when his father passed on the business to him. His great grandfather opened Gurutzeta at the end of the 19th century. Gurutzeta is a traditional style Sagardotegi, where the production of the cider is conducted during the apple harvest in the fall (late September-early November), and the new vintage is released during the Txotx season [pronounced ‘coach’] from late January through early May. During the Txotx people flock to the Sagardotegi to drink fresh ciders directly from the massive chestnut barrels, and eat traditional Basque dishes. The cider is ‘served’ to customers via a small hole in the barrel face, which sends out a long thin stream of cider. Patrons stand about 5 feet away from the barrel to catch the cider stream in their glass.
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Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5
75cl bottle at Les Collines Iduki, Pays Basque relaxing after the French Divide. Pours a hazed yellow. A little tangy, moderately sharp with a zesty fruitiness.. nice.
Appearance - 9 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 9 | Overall - 9
330mL can at Armsby, 3/9/25.
Good clarity, leaving sediment behind. Pale, lime-golden-brass.
Rich, fruity brett, very bright and vivacious. Juicy apple on the finish.
Dry, engaging, very brett-forward with no over-attenuation/over-expression of the Brett and still allowing a bit of juicy apple sugar on the finish to comfort gently. Funky, fruity, intensely flavorful and with just a phenomenal Brett character.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Tap at the Museo Of Sidra, Astigarraga as part of the tour, which I was the only person on at the time! Golden with a mildly sweet taste, leading to a more bitter finish. Good apple flavour in-between. Dryish.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Smoked apple skin, tart crab apple. Very nice. Rich aroma. Tart finish. Tap at Max's. --- Beer merged from original tick of Sagardoa Sidra Natural on 27 Jan 2016 at 17:48 - Score: Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5. Original review text: Nice stuff here. Some burnt flavor and some peel. Pours hazy golden. Tangy finish. Nice stuff. Nice flavor. Tap at churchkey.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Draught. Hazy yellow colour. Aroma is nicely apples, some green apple skinds, mild lemongrassy and leafy tones. Flavour is nice sweet apples, with some tart apples as well as some mild wood and spiciness. --- Beer merged from original tick of Sagardoa Sidra Natural on 22 Nov 2023 at 21:30 - Score: Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7. Original review text: Draught@Craft Beer Helsinki 2018. Hazy yellow colour with minor head. Aroma is sweet and some alcohol as well as green apples and mild floral tones. Flavour has some alcohol, mild green apples and some sweetness. Not overly sweet though. Smooth and fresh.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle at Bar Jean. Pours a clear light yellow gold with no head whatsoever. Aroma has slightly sweet apple with a hint of tartness, light earthiness and a slight leaf note. Flavor has more of a dry apple with a touch of sweetness and some earthiness in the finish.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8.5
At Oberlin Providence, RI. Quite yellow. Some funky and earthy nose. Tastes of tart apple, grape, pear, earthy, cheese. Lively enough.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
12oz can. Hazy, thick, unfitlered yellow-tan body. Very unique to me, different palate than most ciders I've had. Sweet, but also has some puckering dry notes. Rather full bodied, the alcohol is quite apparent, some white wine notes under the pleasant apple. Would be great for a tasting. Pretty solid stuff.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 5
Bottle from I forget where. Duvel glass in lieu of a bunch of dirty pints in the sink. Golden, light sediment, faint bubbles. Acetone & what seems like berries on the nose. Taste is pineapple, plastic candy wrapper, cider vinegar acidy apples; some lemon. Softer then most Sidra. Thin, actually a little tannic, slippery turning dry. More pedestrian then a lot of Sidra. Pretty much killed myself on this stuff a few years ago before American cider got big, now I'm just not that into it. I notice the acetone & plastic notes way too much.
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Draught @ [ CBH2018 ] - Craft Beer Helsinki 2018, Rautatientori (Railway Square), Helsinki, Finland 00100. [ As Gurutzeta Sagardo Sidra Natural ].Hazy matt medium yellow colour with a small, open and fizzy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing head. Aroma is moderate to heavy apple, sweet apples, tart apples, light vinagar - apple vinegar, funky apple. Flavor is moderate sweet and light acidic with a average to long duration, tart, apple, sweet apples, medium dry, funky. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to flat. [20180705] 7-2-7-3-16