6.5

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Poured a pale yellow color with a quickly dissipating white head. Aroma was apple, lots of ginger. Okay ginger, cider.

6

Tastes like fireball.

6.9

Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Very crisp and ever so slightly hazy golden and straw coloured body with a very fast-dying (if even one was created in the first place!?!) pure white head that is a bit more opaque than usual, but still only around 5 per cent. Aroma of super strong and noticeable allspice and especially nutmeg here with some vanilla around and a bunch of pure vanilla in the finish with some squash aspects, but much more from the spices associated with pumpkin pie than actual squashes. Light-bodied; Quite sweet flavour at first with icing sugar, brown sugar, allspice and cloves with some anise as well and a lot of the pear and banana elements versus anything remotely showing squash and not much appley flavour either - this is pure sugars and spice. Aftertaste is decent with a lot of sugars, not at the cloying level, but still showing more sugar than expected and less of a fruity note, especially those from apples, which are oddly gone here, with the spice notes strongest at the end and also a lot of vanilla and icing sugar strength, too. Overall, a funky, deep and spicey, robust and very rich cider with some squash notes, but more from the 'pumpkin pie spice' that we've grown up with, having allspice, nutmeg, canella and coriander seed all here and less from a rich, creamy body that would have come from any squash (nothing here). Overall, a nice, rich and pungent, but perhaps a bit too sweet, cider that is nice to sample, even well past Fall, but on a chilly night here in Washington in May, a nice way to reflect on the season and the year here in the city. I sampled this twelve ounce bottle purchased from Wegman's in Alexandria, Virginia on 20-October-2021 for US$1,99 sampled at my house here in Washington on 07-May-2022 with a date of '08 21' (August 2021?!?) on the bottom of the label.

6.9

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Draft at Cobbler Mountain Cellars. Poured a pale yellow color with a quickly dissipating white head. Aroma was apple, lots of cinnamon. I was hoping it wouldn't smell artificial, like Fireball, and I ended up being pleasantly surprised that it wasn't. All I get here is fresh, tasty cinnamon here. Quite nice.

6.4

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Draft at Cobbler Mountain Cellars. Poured a pale yellow color with a quickly dissipating white head. Smells a little bit like peach rings. Flavor is floral peach. Not a lot of ginger, at least I didn't get much in either flavor or that bitter, sharp ginger that I usually hope for, though perhaps my palate was fading a bit.

6.5

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Draft at Cobbler Mountain Cellars. Poured a pale yellow color with a quickly dissipating white head. Aroma was like a orange creamcicle. Some light orange peel, with some mild bitterness. Flavor wasn't as intense, some orange, a little bit of creamcicle, but not nearly as much. Some mild floral apple bitterness.

6.5

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Draft at Cobbler Mountain Cellars. Poured a pale yellow color with a quickly dissipating white head. Aroma was apple, sweetness, but not sugary sweet. Light honey. Pleasant.

6.8

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Draft at Cobbler Mountain Cellars. Poured a clear dark yellow color with a quickly dissipating white head. Aroma was light sweetness, pomegranate is quite nice, reminds me of pomegranate juice. Light sweetness, but not overly sweet. Fresh cut apples.

6.9

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Draft at Cobbler Mountain Cellars. Poured a very slightly hazy yellow color with a quickly dissipating white head. Aroma was mild blackberry, not overly tart or sweet. Very light blackberry fruit. Some light floral honey. Apples, of course.

7.1

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Draft at Cobbler Mountain Cellars. Poured a clear pale red color with a quickly dissipating white head. Aroma was super cherry. Not to be gross, but this reminded me abit of the cherry you get from NyQuil. The problem is I love that particular cherry taste, so I really appreciated it. Of course, my mom thinks that Dr. Pepper tastes like Robitussin... so your mileage may vary.