Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 10 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9

Bottle from their cider club, asleep in the basement all winter. Big drop in abv from last year, different apples or do ambient yeasts also suffer from long-haul covid? Frothy pint glass pour @home. Dark, orange-y copper, suspended & jellied. Smells of serious old wood. Sweat, dried flowers, sour turnip basement, dust. Really tasty. Caramelized, with a bitter upfront lip. Savory veg, minerally, mellow Aspirin, herbal & oily, skin isn't very astringent but lingers forever. Low to medium low carbonation, fatty texture, glaring background acidity, just a twinge of tartness, maybe a bit too much residual sugar, but the rich finish is cut off with confirming popsicle stick dryness. Super tasty.