Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
750mL bottle, pours a clear blonde with almost no head. Nose is pure peated whiskey, with some tart apples in the background — that’s pure Islay. Flavour is much the same, with intense peat, smoke, and tart apple core in the background. I don’t think this is exactly cohesive or complex, but it’s a cool experiment.
Oakes (33770) reviewed Che Guava from The Bricker Cider Company 1 year ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5
Apple, background diacetyl, lots of guava on the palate but more butter. Too bad about the butter.
Oakes (33770) reviewed Bittersweet Symphony from The Bricker Cider Company 1 year ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Medium bitterness, light fruit, not bad apple. Still a bit more sweetness than I’d prefer but it’s okay.
mcberko (47797) reviewed Che Guava from The Bricker Cider Company 1 year ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Bottle sampled at BC Cider Fest 2024, pours a clear golden with a small white head. Aroma is fairly dry, with crisp apple skins and soft toffee. Flavour is crisp and dry, with dry, crisp apple skins — prettt bone dry. Crisp, nicely carbonated. Solid.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Bottle sampled at BC Cider Fest 2024, pours a clear golden with a small white head. Aroma is fairly dry, with crisp apple skins and soft toffee. Flavour is crisp and dry, with dry, crisp apple skins — prettt bone dry. Crisp, nicely carbonated. Solid.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5.5
Bottle sampled at BC Cider Fest 2023, pours a cloudy dull blonde with a small white head. Aroma really smells like root beer - any further word would be superfluous. Flavour is a bit different - it's bone dry, with root beer-like notes and a hint of dry apple skins. I guess it's fun for what it is but it's not what I look for in an experimental cider.
Oakes (33770) reviewed West Coast Scotch from The Bricker Cider Company 3 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
The body of a cider but smells and tastes like Ardbeg. Hard to know what to make of this.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5.5
Poured from the tap. Hazy pale orangey pink with no head. Feint blueberry over the apple. Flavours clash a little here.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Poured from the tap. Clear blonde with small white head. Gentle jalapeño, apple, hint of lime and salt, decent balance.
Oakes (33770) reviewed Lunar New Year from The Bricker Cider Company 4 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4.5
Even by Brickers standards, this one is out there. They apparently put passionfruit in it, but you can't taste that. They also put hoisin sauce in it, and you can very much taste that. The aroma is...well...savoury. It tastes the same. The cider gets annihilated by a mystery savoury character (that's the hoisin sauce) and the end product doesn't make a fucking ounce of sense. Of all the things to put in a cider. Why not just dump a bottle of Squid Brand in there next time? It's bigger umami and far more versatile.