willisread (9761) reviewed Lo-Ball from Shacksbury 5 years ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Can from Holiday Market. Pours a clear, straw gold with a small bit of white foam. Apple core, yeast, citrus zest and flesh with some whiskey notes as it warms. Warming alcohol surprisingly for the abv. More notes of citrus...tangerine and white grapefruit...with apple and mineral notes. A bit sweet and citrusy on the finish with whiskey flavors.
SaltyGrog (4618) reviewed Dry-Hopped Arlo from Shacksbury 5 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Tall boy pack from Appalachian Vinter in NC. Really nice store. Two bars, is also a wine shop & sells lots of other little provisions. Stemless wine glass @ home away from home. Quick sizzle, opaque, pineapple juice sort of color. Saturated melon/lilac/powder/fresh meadow-y grass, arid apple, less typical dry hop scent; Really nice. Maybe a little overwhelming on your 3rd top off? Taste is bitter & mostly dry apple, baby powder, big lilac/lavender-esque florals, light bitter-green essence. Rounded at first, maybe too rounded, it is dry & dusty middle on, with a relieving snap of bitter citrus rind on the finish. Alcohol is noticeable, but having two isn't a problem. Maybe I'm jaded, but this just comes off just slightly funky. Might not be better than OG Arlo (which had more bite), but the dry hop & subtle ferment changes sure make it interesting.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9.5
Bottle from Shacksbury. Stemless wine glass @ home. Pretty watermelon on peach. Translucent, getting heartier on the second, residual yeast pour. Smells of aromatic wild cider, grape skins & not quite ripe strawberries. Taste changes as the bottle goes. First pour is very clean, arid, somewhat acidic cider, with an overabundance of mild grape skin & light cherry. Tight, enjoyably tannic, fruity. More yeast in suspension adds that wild & more so gamey character. Over two bottles it was inconsistently either bready/meaty or vinegary, preferring the former. Mild cherry sticks though & is a very fun & very bubble situation regardless. The grape skin has imparted more wine character on this than in your typical rose cider, while not burying the typically bold & acidic cider Shacksbury likes to produce. Light in density & a little chalky towards the end of the bottle, which is nothing to fear. Good fun.
willisread (9761) reviewed Ping Pong 2.0: Topspin from Shacksbury 5 years ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Can from Holiday Market. Pours a clear straw color with almost no head. Strong Nelson Sauvin aromas with all gooseberry, vinous and sweaty notes I love in Nelson. Crisp and clean cider on the palate. Nice carbonation, slightly funky as it warms...aged apple, crab apple with more gooseberry and sweaty funk. Dry finish as with most of Shacksbury's ciders. Big improvement over the first Ping Pong and the hop takes more of a center role.
ben4321 (11522) reviewed Dry-Hopped Arlo from Shacksbury 5 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
16 oz can from Tavour, 4/25/20. Pale gold pour, thin white head. Super funky aroma, barnyard, tart apple, a little lemon. Funky, bright cider. Nice complexity. Really solid. 8/3/7/4/16
willisread (9761) reviewed Dry-Hopped Arlo from Shacksbury 5 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Can from Holiday Market. Pours a clearish, glowing straw color with a finger of white foam that dissipates instantly. Lovely funky, farmy nose with wet hay, barnyard, fresh squeezed citrus and pear aromas. Light pineapple as it warms. Crisp and clean, light and refreshing on the palate with more pear, apple lingering tangerine floral flavors. Dry and farmy finish. Very nice.
poisoneddwarf (5469) reviewed The Vermonter from Shacksbury 5 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
16 oz. Aroma is pear, apple, apple core, funky, boozy. Pours a slightly hazy pale hue somewhere between clear water and yellow with no head. Taste is moderately tart, lightly sweet, with notes of apple, funk, match heads, weird gin-like botanicals. Experimental, weird stuff, and unlike any other cider I've had, but it's pretty tasty.
SaltyGrog (4618) reviewed Ping Pong 2.0: Topspin from Shacksbury 5 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5.5
Can from the local beer fridge. Pint glass. Half sizzle & sulking, oily, foggy yellow/orange brew. Smells of dry apples, pee & tropical fruit. Strong. Tastes of bitter lime rind, orange, apple, vodka, yeast. A bit gunky & thick. Carbonation dies fast. Not my favorite dry hop.
poisoneddwarf (5469) reviewed Dry-Hopped Arlo from Shacksbury 5 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
16 oz. Aroma is bretty, old books, basement, apples, floral, medicinal. Pours hazy pale yellow with some fleeting white foam. Taste is moderately sour, funky, medicinal. Interesting AF, that is for sure.
willisread (9761) reviewed Deer Snacks III from Shacksbury 5 years ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5
Can from Holiday Market. Pours a clear silver-gold with a quickly dissipating bit of white foam. Apple and yeast on the nose with mineral, sticks and crabapple tart aromas. Smooth and light on the palate with some funky must, apple and light pear flavors. Lingering tart apple and musty hay on the finish. Very clean, tart and funky.