6

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Very bright, crazy purple and indigo coloured body with a thinnish, fast-dying pure white head that fades before you can finish pouring the can in the glass. Aroma of bright apples with a decidedly crisp smell along with some pear and subdued spice notes, but the grapes only come out in a sort of artificial way, like a Niagara or Scuppernong grape, nothing from a Vinifera grape. Light-bodied; Very crisp artificial grape flavour, like a grape candy with some crisp apples and pear notes and not much of anything else, with a light dose spices noticeable at the end. Aftertaste shows some apples of course and a light dose of yeast and breadiness as well, but the soft grape sweetness from the artificially notes shows strongest somehow, with a dash of hay towards the end. Overall, a nice enough cider with some fake grape notes, but a crisp apple and light spicy side that covers the complexity factor nice enough, especially for the style. Nice to sample and not a bad option for those who prefer ciders, but there are plenty of better others out there, you'd just have to search. I sampled this sixteen ounce, pint-sized can, purchased from MOM's Organic Market in Fairfax (Merrifield), Virginia on 16-December-2022 for US$3,99 sampled on the streets of New York, New York on 14-January-2023 with my wife and kids.