Nohoval Drinks Co. - Stonewell Cider
Cidery in Kilnagleary, County Cork, Ireland 🇮🇪
Established in 2010
Contact
Unit 4, Carrigaline Industrial Estate, Kilnagleary, P43 C938, Ireland
Description
Nohoval Drinks Company also known as Stonewell Cider and Finnbarra Cider.
Founded by Daniel and Geraldine Emerson in 2010 the company has experienced considerable growth over the years in Ireland as Stonewell Cider and with our export brand Finnbarra Cider.
We have a small full-time team of traditional Irish cider makers here at Stonewell. Myself, Daniel, principal cider maker and apparently general run around. Géraldine, herself who keeps us on our toes! Ed joined us in 2018 and is one of our key traditional cider makers. With a great nose and palate for obtaining good blends, Ed works exceptionally hard to make sure that we as cider makers do a good job.
Founded by Daniel and Geraldine Emerson in 2010 the company has experienced considerable growth over the years in Ireland as Stonewell Cider and with our export brand Finnbarra Cider.
We have a small full-time team of traditional Irish cider makers here at Stonewell. Myself, Daniel, principal cider maker and apparently general run around. Géraldine, herself who keeps us on our toes! Ed joined us in 2018 and is one of our key traditional cider makers. With a great nose and palate for obtaining good blends, Ed works exceptionally hard to make sure that we as cider makers do a good job.
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Thx! for sharing Benzai! Sampled draft @ Van Moll Fest 2016. 500 ml. bottle. Clear flat lemon citrus appearance. Nose is sweet sugary apple, low candied apple. Taste is sweet basic apple cider, simple, sweet, no unpleasant notes, low sugar, largely just sweet apple, almost a tad candy like, considering the ABV I expected more complexity but this is pleasant. You do not feel the ABV at all.
Tried
from Draft
on 29 Aug 2016
at 14:59
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Sampled at Van Moll Beer fest. Clear pale yellow golden color, no head. Medium dry, apple, soft apple peel. Nice.
Tried
on 28 Aug 2016
at 11:24
7/10
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Tried
on 31 Jul 2016
at 22:38
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
Cask Deep-chromate yellow/golden clear cider with a small rim from pouring. Mainly sweet apples and a bit of straw. Quite some sweet applejuice, as if halted fermentation, which would be strange. But tasting natural, no syrupiness. Sticky-slick, no cloying, keeps hanging around backthroat for quite some time. Decent, but not a patch on the Welsh ciders.
Tried
from Cask
on 02 Jun 2016
at 03:43
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle as Finnbarra Medium Dry Irish Craft Cider, medium sample. Clear golden color, short frothy lasting head. Aroma of apple juice, cake, slight spicy. Bit sweet in taste, mashed apples. Decent, but nothing spectacular.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 May 2016
at 02:22
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Sampled from bottle @ Kaapse bierfestival. Clear pale golden color, no head. Smell and taste apples, not very dry actually, quite smooth. Quite like it actually.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Aug 2015
at 07:40
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
500 ml. bottle as “Finnbarra Medium Dry Irish Craft Cider” No head. Pale golden pour. Quite a decent cider. No tartness.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Jun 2015
at 11:14
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
500 ml. bottle sampled as “Finnbarra Dry Irish Craft Cider” @ “Kaapse Brouwers 1st Anniversary Beer Festival”. Golden. Nose is quite sweet & basic apple. Tastes a bit chemical, sulfite, makes me think of artificial sweeteners,sweet. Dry, rather meh.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 May 2015
at 03:36
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
500 ml. bottle sampled as “Finnbarra Medium Dry Irish Craft Cider” @ “Kaapse Brouwers 1st Anniversary Beer Festival”. Pale golden. Sweetish apple nose, light rustic note,… Light touch dry, rather sweet apple, faint candy,… Med. to dry body. Not bad at all but rather forgettable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 May 2015
at 17:13
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
500ml bottle @ Beerdock, Crewe as Finnbarra Medium Dry Cider. Pours pale yellow, strong sharp cider character with ripened tannins and robust fruity finish. Delicious.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Sep 2014
at 14:22