6/10
Tried
on 24 Oct 2016
at 19:25
6.9/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
Apple, buttery chardonnay nose. Clear amber. fine floaties. Apple, vanilla creme. Medium body, moderate carbonation. I didn’t get a lot of sarsparilla, but that would be weird in cider if it was too evident. The vanilla notes are quite nice. It’s a bit like french apple pie.
Tried
on 16 Oct 2016
at 21:37
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
12 ounce bottle from Whole Foods Charlottesville, 3/3/16. Clear amber with a bit of a head. Aroma of intense sweet apples, caramel and a tinny note. The taste is dry apples, earth, vinous notes, fresh apple juice. Medium bodied, moderate carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 May 2016
at 22:51
4.6/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 3.5
Apple, ivory soap, bourbon aroma. Clear amber, actually formed a head which I find unusual for a cider. Overripe apples, soapy overtones. Light body, easy carbonation. Not slick or oily, but flavor and aroma are distinctly of some kind of soap.
Tried
on 14 May 2016
at 13:39
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle, thanks to Misterburd. Clear amber with frothy off-white small head, faint bourbon aroma, fizzy carbonation, lightly sweet taste, thin body, dry finish. Quite crisp and dry, bourbon flavor was not very noticeable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 May 2016
at 15:59
6.5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 7
Apple, circus peanuts, and butter nose. Clear golden. Circus peanuts with an apple finish. Sweetness seems to come from outside the fruit. Medium body, moderate carbonation.
Tried
on 21 Apr 2016
at 21:44
5.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
Keg at Bilcos, Napa, 01/02/16. Golden orange with a decent off white cap. Nose is sweet apple, straw, grainy notes. Taste comprises sweet apple pulp, hay, light funk, caramelised sugars. Medium bodied, fairly aggressive spritzy carbonation, drying close. Not good, way too sweet, typical Merican overly sweet cider.
Tried
from Can
on 11 Apr 2016
at 04:16
7.6/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle 0459 from Total Wine in Folsom, CA. Pours brilliant rosé with a transient whitish head. Red berry aroma; earthy; oaky. Med body or nearly. Flavor is cider, but a lot is earthy, oaky, red berry. Zinfandel fits. Dry, and somewhat astringent. Very tasty cider.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Mar 2016
at 19:05
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle sample at Potomac Gourmet Market. Clear yellow. Aromas of apples, sugar. Tastes of apples, sugar, light champagne. Light body with a dry finish. More on the mainstream side of ciders like Woodchuck and Angry Orchard.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Feb 2016
at 14:32
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
Bottle sample at Potomac Gourmet Market. Clear yellow. Aromas of pear and light apple. Tastes of pear, champagne and white wine. Light body with a dry finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Feb 2016
at 14:29