Virginia Wassail
Old Hill Cider in Timberville, Virginia, United States 🇺🇸
Cider - Spiced Winter|
Score
6.97
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jgb9348 (11828) reviewed Virginia Wassail from Old Hill Cider 3 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Fairly cloudy golden and straw coloured body with a thinnish, very fast-dying (of course) pure white head that doesn't leave a trace. Aroma of very nice and intensely spiced components with allspice, canella, coriander seed, cloves and nutmeg all here - this smells like a nice mulling spiced hot apple cider (sans alcohol) from the season - very nice in the nose with a further hint of an acidic and tart apple as well. Light-bodied; Very strong fresh tart apple flavours show at first with a great bite of spice shortly thereafter with a nice kick of caramelised sugars and even some raisin notes near the end. Aftertaste is rich in terms of spice, complexity and range, especially for a cider, with enough tart and acidic apples to provide a strong balance with a lot of sugars and the slightest hint of alcohol at the very end - very nice throughout. Overall, a great cider, and perhaps one of the best I've had in a long time that is amazing for the season and well worth trying to find or grabbing a bunch of if you like ciders and it's around the best time of the year - Christmas! I sampled this sixteen ounce, pint-sized can, purchased from Costco in Arlington (Pentagon City), Virginia on 05-March-2021 for US$2,99 sampled at my house here in Washington a few blocks away on 18-April-2022.
radagast83 (13490) reviewed Virginia Wassail from Old Hill Cider 4 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
16oz can, from Costco. Poured a hazy yellow color with a small fizzy head - didn't last. Aroma was big apples. Light spices on the nose. Flavor was pleasant winter spices. Decent stuff.