California Cider Company (Ace Ciders)
Cidery in Sebastopol, California, United States 🇺🇸
Established in 1993
Contact
2064 Gravenstein Hwy N, Building 4, Sebastopol, CA, 95472, United States
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Light pink color with guava aroma. Flavor is guava citrus tart with a nice balance of sweetness.
Tried
on 31 Mar 2023
at 21:07
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 5
From a cheap can. Pour is a little more cloudy and a little more orange than most of Ace's ciders. I noted that the can says to gently roll the can before you pop it. Nose is off mango fruit. Taste? You know, I don't care for mango fruit brews but this one at least on the commencement is quite tasty and like-able. Yes, lots of cutting co2 within. Not bad, even thru the middle. As I near the finish, it still comes across as refreshing. Decent well behaved brew, better than expected, even if it does near the feel of a soda pop.
Tried
from Can
on 15 Feb 2023
at 19:38
5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 3
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 7
Blue can with clouds. Odd yeasty nose on this one, reminds me of a few hard cider home brews I've done. Clear pale yellow. First taste is mellow, not sweet. Quite dry and the initial taste leaves no idea of the alky content. A couple of swigs in I get a warming sensation all round. Good level of co2. I'm not sure what I was expecting but this stuff comes across rather well, its easily likeable. I haven't had many if any higher alky ciders and this stuff is not bad. Very quaffable but look out, an unsuspecting drinker may have a few of these and not recognize what is going to happen. Yea, the alky is so well hidden, unless you had the can in your hand, you'd never know this was over 4%. Yea, I wish I could have made a hard cider like this one.
Tried
from Can
on 14 Dec 2022
at 20:36
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
12 ounce can from Woodman's Appleton, 12/1/22. Clear gold, large off-white head, poor retention. Aroma of dry apple, apple skins. Taste is dry apple, honey, sweet apple. Meh.
Tried
from Can
on 02 Dec 2022
at 03:56
6.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
On tap at World of Beer, Savannah. Clear golden with short lasting small white head. Nice pineapple aroma, too sweet. Some apples. Soft texture.
Tried
from Draft
at
World of Beer - Savannah
on 24 Oct 2022
at 20:10
3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 3
Flavor 2
Texture 4
Overall 2
569ml/19.2oz odd-sized can from on of the Total Wines in Vegas 10oz glass back at the hotel. Soda pour, jelly cold light to medium gold. Stinky sulfur on the nose needs airing out. Eventually there's some old oak & veg. Taste is pretty dry, but not clean. It throws out odd yeast music, plastic/marzipan with fennel notes, veg, odd wood/barrel, super heavy sulfites. Cheap sugar boosted abv. Aspirin finish. Crispy soda carbonation, super boozy for it's single digits, harsh preservatives. Poor.
Tried
from Can
on 14 Sep 2022
at 01:50
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
Ooof, last one. Single from Total Wine in Vegas. Short glass back at the hotel. Frothy, thin, eggshell head. Greasy, slightly neon yellow pour with a twinge of green. Smell is mellow mango puree & white wine. Taste is bittersweet mango skin, forced malic acid tartness, lots of sulfites & their house blend of very flat dessert apples turned into wine. Soda carbonation, dusty preservation, mellow abv. Another pass.
Tried
on 13 Sep 2022
at 06:03
6.9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 4
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Can from Total Wine Vegas. 8.0% edition. Short glass back at the hotel. Tall eggshell head, clear classic pale gold body. Dusty nose, minerally, banana, sulfites, airy, lacking. Sharp, acidic, bittersweets with some dessert apples, very minerally. Added malic acid, soft but full carbonation, bitter finish, sulfite headache. Decent for how cheap it costs.
Tried
from Can
on 13 Sep 2022
at 05:30
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Can from Total Wine in Vegas. Short glass back at the hotel. Hazy, oily, dull orange, mostly still. Fresh, unfermented floral guava & a little orange. Can't detect apples. Tastes like a guava mimosa. Guava, orange juice, a boozy spritzer to lighten it up. Juicy & lightly tart. Lightly sweet. Acid is kept in check. Just a bit of noticeable cider pokes through on the building dry finish. Thick slurry, but with decent carbonation. Easy abv. Very approachable, but back-sweetening is lazy.
Tried
from Can
on 13 Sep 2022
at 05:06
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8
12oz clear single from Total Wine in Vegas. Short 10oz glass back @ the hotel. Lots of junk left at the bottom. Do I swirl? Still sort of hazy without. Looks like a mix of beer & Orange Fanta. Short, lacy head. Mild bitter orange nose, similar to a blood orange Pellegrino soda, just not as intense. Taste is malic tart, mixed flavors of orange & white wine. Surprisingly bitter & lingering orange pith. Apples are plenty tannic, but overall just background noise as the orange is really bold, mostly unsweet & adult. Carbonation is a little low, slight slickness but not from sugar. ABV is on point. Surprisingly good.
Tried
on 12 Sep 2022
at 16:26