Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
[1/30/16] Bottle sample at the Encomium bottle share, after RateBeer Best awards ceremony at Hyatt Vineyard Creek Hotel in Santa Rosa. Thanks everyone who shared bottles! Hazy red. Great aroma of apples, caramel, honey, cookies, vanilla, wood. Sweet, rich flavor, with apples, caramel, wood. Rounded.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Bottle at the Rate Beer Awards Festival Bottle Share. Great acidic apple nose. Dark gold, oily and thick. Very sweet apple flavor, lots of the skin, syrupy and a bit too sweet but pretty good balance.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Bottle at RBWG. It pours an amber color. The aroma is full with ripe red apples. The flavor is very sweet and intense with apples, some alcohol and hot apple pie. Very yummy. Sweet and dessert-like. Would like to try more like this!
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Bottle at the RB awards
Clear dark golden, no head or lacing. Aroma of ripe apples and sugar. Flavors of ripe apple, cinnamon and brown sugar
Very nice
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9
Bottle, thanks KyotoLefty! Clear amber liquid. Aroma of apples, mineral, light earth and light pear. Taste is highly sweet with notes of raw sugar, apples and honey. Full bodied with sticky mouthfeel. Really good.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Bottle. Clear deep golden liquid. Aroma of apples, raw sugar, pear, caramel and light Kiwi. Taste is medium to high sweet with notes of apple, caramel, light sugar and pineapple Full bodied with no carbonation. Great.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 9
Bottle - Light cooked apple. Clear gold. Sweet apple, light cooked notes, sweetness that hits the throat. So balanced and no edges between bitterness, sweetness or anything else. Great.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9
Bottle thanks to Ferris. Pours a clear orange gold with no head. The aroma is strong apple, honey, spice, vanilla. Medium mouth, apple pie, spice, vanilla, light booze, very nice.
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9.5
Sweet bottle thanks to Ferris. Pours out a crisp golden no head. Nose is amazing rich apple some spice and a nice richness. Taste is more of the amazing apple pie notes some spice a rich sweetness. This is great thanks Ferris.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Bottle. Pours a cloudy copper with no head. The aroma is strong apple, cinnamon, vanilla. Thin mouth, spiced apple, cinnamon, brown sugar, boozy, very nice.