Beak & Skiff Apple Orchard

Cidery in Lafayette, New York, United States 🇺🇸

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2708 Lords Hill Rd, Lafayette, NY, 13084, United States

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7.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7
Super clear golden and almost pure pale clear coloured body with a slight haze of pure white, almost ghostly looking, all without any head at all, even after first cracking. Aroma of bright tropical fruits, pineapple, guava and passionfruit all with some lighter apple and vinegar acidic notes towards the very end. Light-bodied; Strong pineapple, guava and passionfruit notes dominate with some lighter mangoes and citrus noticeable as well, but the crisper and soured, tart fruit are way more pungent, along with some lighter apple and cider notes towards the end. Aftertaste is very crisp with the dry, cider, apple and light fruity notes showing through, but the deeper tropical fruits, especially the passionfruit and pineapple notes being by far the strongest. Overall, a nice and robust, crisp cider with a bunch of tropical fruit notes in addition to the apple flavours, but the tart and crisp sweet notes hit strongly at the end as well. I sampled this sixteen ounce, pint-sized can, purchased from Total Wine in Manassas, Virginia on 12-August-2020 for US$3,79 sampled walking the streets here in New York, New York on 20-December-2020 with my wife and kids.
Tried from Can on 21 Dec 2020 at 00:20

7.8/10 Appearance 10 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 10 Overall 7
Can Aroma: apples, raspberry Appearance: pale gold with no head Taste: medium sweetness, light tartness Mouthfeel: light carbonation, oily feel, light body, tart finish Tasty
Tried from Can on 29 Nov 2020 at 00:11

8/10
Wow, that’s amazing. Super heavy maple flavor without being sickeningly sweet.
Tried on 14 Nov 2020 at 18:13

8/10
Cinnamony donuts for reals! Dangerously tasty.
Tried from Can on 16 Oct 2020 at 10:26

4.9/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 6 Flavor 5 Texture 4 Overall 4.5
Perfectly clear golden coloured body with a thinnish off-white head that fades to literally nothing a few seconds later, but some small bubbles still rise from the bottom. Aroma of apple, grass, light flowers and some moderate sweetness with a dash of honey towards the end, and an overarching bitterness in the nose. Light-bodied; Super crisp, very sweet apples show at first with a lot of dry malts, yeast, bread and astringency, but the pure fresh honey flavour makes this much more mead-like than a cider, with only some moderate floral notes, but the sweetness both from the apples and especially the honey is rich. Aftertaste shows some softer herbal and concord grapiness and some extra caster sugar thrown in with a lot of yeasts and pungency from the breadiness that ensues, and not in a good way. Overall, a very sweet, cloying, honey-flavoured, yet still appley note, but the yeast and breadiness add too much to the bitterness and make it a bit unpleasant. This one is perhaps one of my least favourite from the cidery, and in the past others have been good, but this relatively simplistic recipe (I would think?) did not work out well at all. Definitely passable and try to find most of their other ciders - THOSE are good! I sampled this sixteen ounce, pint-sized can, purchased from Costco in Arlington (Pentagon City), Virginia on 23-June-2020 for US$2,39 sampled at my house here in Washington on 02-October-2020.
Tried from Can on 03 Oct 2020 at 08:43

6.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
16oz can. Aroma was pleasant semi-sweet apples. Flavor was nice apple, light vinous, slightly sweet smokey notes. Tasty.
Tried from Can on 27 Sep 2020 at 07:16

5.5/10 Appearance 5 Aroma 5.5 Flavor 5.5 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
Can pour. Poured a slightly ruby cider color, mostly still head. Aroma was big smokey rose, floral, apple. Flavor was apple, light fruit. Light vinous notes. Just fine.
Tried from Can on 11 Sep 2020 at 02:20

5/10
Gold pour. Thin foam. Smoky nose. Hint of watermelon with a great amount of mint. Total mint palate with funk finish
Tried on 01 Sep 2020 at 23:27

5.6/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 5 Flavor 7 Texture 4 Overall 6.5
Spearmint and rotten fruit smell. Very pale champagne colored, clear. Sweet apple and strong mint. Light body, moderate carbonation. Not crazy about this one at all.
Tried on 01 Sep 2020 at 23:25

7/10
Nice pineapple flavor, slightly dry for a pineapple.
Tried from Can on 28 Jul 2020 at 23:03