On tap at a stir (Capitol Cider), pours a clear bright golden with no head. Aroma has some perfumey, alcoholic notes upfront with subtle grape and apple skins. Flavour is astringent and chaotic, with lots of perfume, apple skins, oak barrels, and alcohol. Very harsh, alcoholic and perfumey. Something must've gone wrong in the fermentation here. It's not egregious, but it's far from well-calibrated.

750mL bottle, 2020-2021 vintage, drunk 2/24/24. Deep violet-purple-cranberry. Clear. Plentiful carbonation creating a pink head that rapidly fizzles to the edges. A big, rich, rather acidic mix of lactic and grape acidity. Cran-blueberry-grape notes with light wood tannin to slightly soften the force of the acidity. Very aromatic with juicy, tart, brett and malo-lactic apples on the end. Wow, this is way less acidic than I was expecting. Barrel character rounds and softens things with mild oak/wood tannin. A bit of smokey phenol throughout with rich red wine character and mild apple flesh with malo-lactic acidity being mellow and juicy throughout, with soft tartness. Tight carbonation, piquant sweetness, on the lighter side body-wise. Quite drinkable and approachable. The grapes grow a bit sweeter than I'd prefer, on the finish, as the bottle goes on. Very, very, very ambitious beverage and they've managed it quite well, though it still needs some work.

Bottle, 500 ml, shared with Luka and Miro B. Pale gold with almost no head. Honey , some tartness, sweetish, light citrusy notes, bit empty in finish.

Bottle shared in NH. Pours clear yellow-hold with a few bubbles on top. Lightly sweet, mellow funk, decent acidity, tart apples, low mustiness. Light to medium bodied with spritzy carbonation. Fairly clean finish, quenching acidity. Solid.

750ml bottle pours a lightly hazy gold. Buttery chardonnay and funky apples. Some tea and bergamot. 6 3 6 3 11