7/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 7
12 oz can. Aroma show me dusty apples, mild sour citrus. Flavor is the same with very mild funk underneath. Nice crisp texture. Refreshing.
Tried
from Can
from
Greg & Jane's Beer and Wine
on 21 Mar 2026
at 23:11
7.1/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 7
Grafton Street draught, 2/7/26.
Nose has more than just basic apple sugar and acid. Not a ton more but there is a touch of funk/sweat. Vanilla and lactic notes balancing with a bit more sugar than expected.
Sweet at first but drying out with light hay and wild notes. But certainly very restrained they are and mostly giving way to contemporary, sweet, juicy, domesticated yeast character. But not too sweet. Off-dry, I guess. Like the others Ive had from Shacksbury, I'm not excited by it but I'll keep giving them another chance when the opportunity arises.
Nose has more than just basic apple sugar and acid. Not a ton more but there is a touch of funk/sweat. Vanilla and lactic notes balancing with a bit more sugar than expected.
Sweet at first but drying out with light hay and wild notes. But certainly very restrained they are and mostly giving way to contemporary, sweet, juicy, domesticated yeast character. But not too sweet. Off-dry, I guess. Like the others Ive had from Shacksbury, I'm not excited by it but I'll keep giving them another chance when the opportunity arises.
Tried
from Draft
on 08 Feb 2026
at 01:25
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5.5
Texture 5
Overall 5.5
a: clear golden body | no head (of course!)
a: caster sugar | sweet apples | yeast
f: bready | floral | perfumey end
t: maple | red delicious | smooth end
o: sweet throughout | easy-going | decent, not great
12 ounce can | Trader Joe's (grocery): Ann Arbor, Michigan | 29-December-2025 | US$2,75 | canned: 10-December-2025 | sampled: 31-January-2026 after skiing with my family of five here in Upstate New York
a: caster sugar | sweet apples | yeast
f: bready | floral | perfumey end
t: maple | red delicious | smooth end
o: sweet throughout | easy-going | decent, not great
12 ounce can | Trader Joe's (grocery): Ann Arbor, Michigan | 29-December-2025 | US$2,75 | canned: 10-December-2025 | sampled: 31-January-2026 after skiing with my family of five here in Upstate New York
Tried
from Can
from
Trader Joe's - Northville
on 31 Jan 2026
at 15:34
7.3/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
355ml can from Aeble, present from Margaret. Hazy yellow gold colour, short-lived bubbly white head and aroma of soured apple, fruit, funk. Taste is tart, tangy, juicy, appley, fruity, fleshy, with leathery funk, some acidity and tannins. Medium bodied,medium carbonation, dry tart & tannic finish. Nicely drinkable.
Tried
from Can
on 15 Jan 2026
at 17:56
7/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Can from Trader Joe's. Pours a clear pear colored gold with a small bit of white foam that dissipates. Aromas of apple and vanilla on the nose as it warms. Palate is similar with a soft vanilla tone but I don't get a ton of maple syrup. Sweet apple, smooth and lighter than expected. Enjoyable.
Tried
from Can
from
Trader Joe's - Northville
on 04 Jan 2026
at 04:59
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Canned 8/1/25, drunk 11/23/25, as pictured.
Smells sweet and bourbony. Kind of a weird bourbon though. Like an artificial one. Lots of honey, sugar, spice, etc...
Sweet, syrupy, juicy, good apple but so much spice and such. Getting pretty tired of giving these guys a pass. But, I guess this is just their mass market stuff? Like if I went to the brewery, there'd be phenomenal ciders? One hopes.
Smells sweet and bourbony. Kind of a weird bourbon though. Like an artificial one. Lots of honey, sugar, spice, etc...
Sweet, syrupy, juicy, good apple but so much spice and such. Getting pretty tired of giving these guys a pass. But, I guess this is just their mass market stuff? Like if I went to the brewery, there'd be phenomenal ciders? One hopes.
Tried
from Can
from
Julio’s Liquors
on 23 Nov 2025
at 23:29
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
Canned 2/3/25, drunk 11/19/25, as pictured.
Somewhat hazy, unfiltered, rose-purple-pink.
Nose is SWEET, but not unrefined sugar or gross, syrupy cloying sugariness. The adjuncts are there, but surprisingly delicate; or approaching delicate, at least.
In the mouth it's sweet, though not as much as the nose suggests, with very tastefully-done adjunct. Can't get at the apple too well, just a vague juicy sweetness, and the yeast seems rather clean and boring, but it's well-done for what it is. If this is what it takes to keep your cidery in business, you could do A LOT worse.
Somewhat hazy, unfiltered, rose-purple-pink.
Nose is SWEET, but not unrefined sugar or gross, syrupy cloying sugariness. The adjuncts are there, but surprisingly delicate; or approaching delicate, at least.
In the mouth it's sweet, though not as much as the nose suggests, with very tastefully-done adjunct. Can't get at the apple too well, just a vague juicy sweetness, and the yeast seems rather clean and boring, but it's well-done for what it is. If this is what it takes to keep your cidery in business, you could do A LOT worse.
Tried
from Can
from
Julio’s Liquors
on 20 Nov 2025
at 00:57
7.5/10
Tried
on 08 Nov 2025
at 21:54
7.5/10
Tried
from Can
on 08 Nov 2025
at 04:58
6.5/10
Tried
from Can
on 22 Oct 2025
at 06:29