Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Draught at Barcade, New York
Blond color. It’s lightly nutty (hazelnuts), aroma and flavor, lightly sour and fruity, even some light acetone in the end. Pleasant and well built.
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5.5
12oz bottle. Poured into that same Sly Fox tumbler. I have bad memories of volunteering at the booth next to this one at Brewtopia. Too much sweet cider hurts almost as bad as soloing a box of wine alone on your birthday. Anyway, color is a clear, pissy pale golden wheat. Quickly settling off-white fizz. Smell is yeasty, a little perfumey(like fabric softener sheets), & tannic, with macerated apple slush & skins. Strong carbonation. Tastes of diluted cider & hydrogen peroxide. Apple cores & grass. Some caramelization. Softer red apple as it settles in. Alcohol is noticeable & nasty. Subtilely tart, barely woody. There’s some chalky yeast left in there. Plastic on the finish. Sulfites are very obvious. Better on draft.
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
22 ounce bottle from... Kroger. Oh my! Pours a clear very pale amber color with a very thin head, no head retention or lacing. Not much to look at. Weak aroma of sweet apples with a nice tart finish. Taste is fairly straightforward apple with a bit of spice in the finish. Sweet throughout. Lively carbonation... medium bodied.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Bottle courtesy of Kinz at the 8th Richmond Gathering on 06/06/2009. Very clear slightly golden yellow body with a very small white head that rapidly diminishes. Sweet apple aroma. Sweet apple flavor, some sugary notes with a bit of faint vanilla. Medium light body with moderately high carbonation and a smooth fruity finish.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 5
22 oz. bottle from Market Street Wineshop Uptown Charlottesville. Very, very pale yellow with a soda-like head. Active carbonation. Dry apple notes with hints of pear, though it’s not very noticeable. Taste is dry up front, with a sweet finish. Taste is mostly apples with just the slightest pear in the finish. I wish there was more pear evident in this. Medium bodied.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Pours a fizzy pale golden color. Sour apple aroma that is semi-sweet, and light vinous as well. Light sour apple juice, with some sweet sugar in the flavor. Thin, carbonated body. Refreshing and easy to drink.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Inviting aroma of spice, tartness, apples and grapes (almost mead-like) - tingly carbonation - somewhat dry - good balance of sweetness and tartness - quenching - not a fan of ciders, but this is quite drinkable.