Northern Spy - Barrel Aged (2014)
Eden Specialty Ciders in Newport, Vermont, United States 🇺🇸
Cider - Ice Cider Regular Out of Production|
Score
8.22
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100 pct northern spy apples harvested in ’14. Cold concentrated outdoors in winter weather, fermented slowly, aged one year in stainless then aged in french oak for another year. Bottled in May 17.
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8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8
Oops...never rated? Holy Schnikies. Pours a dark caramel brown, no head, little bit of alcohol legs. Smells like baked apple, pears, cherry, banana and zucchini bread. Always a treat to sip this. coats the tongue with vanilla, apple desserts and brown sugar. Goes down smooth. Perfect in small quantities.
Tried
on 11 Aug 2019
at 21:46
8.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
375ml bottle from Scrattings. 10%. Batch #2014NS101. Amber brown colour with a reddish tinge, afew bubbles on top and apple strudel pastry aroma. Taste is sweet, fruity apple, apple pie, syrupy, with concentrated dried fruits, vanilla, some woody barrel spicy boozy notes and drying earthy tannins. Oily mouthfeel, full bodied, low carbonation, dry finish with lots of residual sweetness. Very sippable
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Dec 2018
at 22:25
8.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
Bottle sample at Northeast Kingdom, pours a clear dark amber. Aroma brings out an earthier oak barrel character, with rich toffee and brown sugar. Flavour is unbelievably intense and complex, with rich treacle toffee, earthy oak barrels and dark red caramel apples. Complex and so richly layered. Amazing.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Aug 2018
at 19:36