22oz bottle pours a transparent, totally clear gold with a thin, spitty white head. Nose is nice, apples, sugary, cake icing, apple cores. Flavor is sweet, very ripe apple, a little white grape, a little honey. Full bodied, slightly tart, slightly hot.

Bomber from Beer Run in Charlottesville, VA. Pours a clear pale yellow color with a thin frothy head that quickly fades. Aroma of sweet apples, some gummy bear like notes, and a faintly grainy finish. The taste is grainy apples, pear-like notes, tart finish. Medium bodied. Decent cider.

Bottle. Pours with a clear golden body with only a couple seconds of fizzy head. Aroma is sulfur, dry, super dry actually, green apple, slightly grassy, candied ginger. Taste is dry and light sulfur. Some candied, tangy sweetness at the end. Very light bodied. Dry with medium carbonation.
Earlier Rating: 8/15/2008 Total Score: 3.5
Bottle. Pours with a small, fizzy, quickly leaving white head. Aroma is sweet apples, ginger, and cinnamon. Taste is sweet at first, then dry, then finishes, tart/sour. It is sourness/acidity is enough to make me think that my bottle might have a bit of brett or some other wild yeast in it (but in a pleasant way). Water like mouthfeel. Lighly fizzy.

Bottle. Poured cloudy orange with thin fast dissipating white head. Floral aroma, with much apple. Full flavour, tart apples, honey and syrup. It hand enough sweetness to balance the tartness, and enough tartness to balance the sweetness. Tart apple finish. Very refreshing on a hot day.

Bomber from Total Wine in Roseville, CA. Pours gold with a few bubbles. Mild green apple skin aroma. Medium body with firm carbonation. It goes rather apple, then appleskin. There is a spicey aspect, but it’s rather mild. On the other hand my tongue keeps tingling so it may be "long". It has a lot of body compared to the amount of flavor. Good. There’s a sort of apple skin sour in the finish.
Earlier Rating: 8/9/2009 Total Score: 3.5
Bottle from Whole Foods in Sonoma, CA. Pours gold with a few white bubbles. Nice of aroma of very slightly sour grren apples - or could be green apple skin. Near medium body with spritely carbonation. Fresh, clean taste of greenish appples with a touch of citrus. A little astringent. There’s an undertone of hot spice of some sort towards the finish. Complicated. Good stuff.

Golden with a nearly non-existant head that fizzled away rapidly. Sour apple aroma with mild sweetness. THe flavor is rather tart and dry with a touch of sweetness showing through. Has a wine-like finish with alcohol fumes present. Nice.

Bomber from Total Wine in Roseville. Pours dark gold with nil head. Mildly sweet apple aroma. Medium body with sharpish carbonation. Clean apple flavor - only slightly cooked - but it goes a bit more cooked in the finish. Finishes more sweet than not, but it is a very drinkable cider. More pleasing than many.

Bottle. Pours with a large white head that fizzes away over a pale golden body. Aroma is a bit dry at first, green apple, nice little sweetness between the tannins and acidity. Some champagne like sulfur and co2. Taste is medium sweet and strongly balanced by acidity. Probably the sweetest of the Wandering Aengus’s but not sweet in a backsweetened way. Dry, acidic, sulfuric mouthfeel. Easy to drink. Lively bubbles. The others seem better.
Earlier Rating: 12/15/2008 Total Score: 3.3
Listed as Wandering Aengus Ciderworks Heirloom Blend, which appears to be an alias for this cider. Pours with a pale clear gold body and a fizzy white ring. Aroma is of sweet apple, some alcohol, must, medicinal qualities, minerals and vinegar. Taste is apples and somewhat sweetish with an odd tartness. The sweetness seems kind of unnatural, as if it was back sweetened after fermentation. Slightly medicinal with some citrus bitterness and sourness. Fizzy but not refreshing, thin mouthfeel.

750 from Monument in Concord, CA. Pours orange tinged gold with white bubbles. Aroma of baked apples. Near medium body with mild carbonation. Flavor is baked apple skins with astringency. It is very dry. So dry it seems oaky. Very quaffable cider. Somewhat complicated as time moves on.

Golden-yellow colour. Light sparkle and some legs. Fresh apple nose with a little bit of skin and spice. Tart, almost leathery with fresh apple. Complex yet drinkable and clean. Solid cider.