9.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 9.5
(375ml 2012 bottle from SAQ, bought and shared by my awesome girlfriend phyllomedusa) Pours a clear deep amber colour, thick and with solid legs. Aroma is sweet and super-concentrated, baked apples, apple preserve, caramel, preserved mixed berries, light tropical floral notes, honey, cinnamon, warm and lush. Flavour is wow. So rich, lush, deep and concentrated. Layers of different apple cultivars and their flavours baked with brown sugar and honey, dragging out notes of oranges, sweet strawberries, a touch of lychee canned in syrup, soft cinnamon and wooden spicebox. Full viscous mouthfeel, syrupy, no alcohol at all. This is seriously intense business all around, no doubt it's sweet but it's so big in flavour and complexity, with attendant mouthfeel, that it never really feels overbearing. Just indulgent. Certainly every ice cider doesn't need to be like this, but it's tough to beat!
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Sep 2017
at 11:16
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle shared by AdamC on 7/7/17.
Clear bronze-amber.
Smells buttery right away, but not any real toasted oak character. Lots of wood and apple tannin with a light hint of almond that adds to the complexity and overall nuttiness. Perhaps these are manifestations of oxidation? I have no real idea how ice cider oxidation manifests. There’s a good spice-like character to it on the end that helps enliven things with deep red apple skin-like notes and light toffee-like sugar character that completes the intense picture. Shockingly low booze character; no rough edges or sharp esters whatsoever.
Rich toffee, butter, red apple and light almond with bready-caramel, what must be oxidized, notes that work just fine, adding light dryness. More of the spicy notes seen from the nose, though I’m not sure from where exactly they come. They work well balancing somewhat, the sweet, moderately syrupy character of the beer. Rich, luxurious but not boozy. A weird one, and maybe I just don’t have enough experience with aged/oxidized ice wines. Certainly seems well-made to me.
Clear bronze-amber.
Smells buttery right away, but not any real toasted oak character. Lots of wood and apple tannin with a light hint of almond that adds to the complexity and overall nuttiness. Perhaps these are manifestations of oxidation? I have no real idea how ice cider oxidation manifests. There’s a good spice-like character to it on the end that helps enliven things with deep red apple skin-like notes and light toffee-like sugar character that completes the intense picture. Shockingly low booze character; no rough edges or sharp esters whatsoever.
Rich toffee, butter, red apple and light almond with bready-caramel, what must be oxidized, notes that work just fine, adding light dryness. More of the spicy notes seen from the nose, though I’m not sure from where exactly they come. They work well balancing somewhat, the sweet, moderately syrupy character of the beer. Rich, luxurious but not boozy. A weird one, and maybe I just don’t have enough experience with aged/oxidized ice wines. Certainly seems well-made to me.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Aug 2017
at 16:42
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle split at RB Best awards dinner, thanks to Julien the Saylor, 30/01/16. Clear deep golden with a moderate off white cap. Nose is sweet apple pulp, icing sugar, vanill, melted sugar water. Taste comprises apple cr�me, vanilla, sweet and slightly sickly, Bakewell tart cherries. Full bodied, oily, sweet close with a warming boost. Decadent stuff but a little sweeter than others of this ilk.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Aug 2017
at 05:09
9/10
Huge complex apple nose with caramel, blue cheese & vanilla. Sweet, sour & heavy fruity taste. Light raisins. Fat viscous oily mouth. Lovely
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Jul 2017
at 02:52
9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 10
.bottle shared by Brad, thanks!. Brown color. Rich apple aroma with maple. Very sweet and rich palate. Heavy, lightly prickly with carbonation but even more so, acidity. Excellent.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Jun 2017
at 15:15
7.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
375 ml bottle shared by AdamChandler, dude, much love! Almost a deep golden color. Aroma is awesome fresh pressed apples, subtle caramel, mild sugar. The flavor shows bright pressed apples, brown sugar and the most subtle oak. Maybe the alcohol comes out just a tad. Just a touch of sweetness to almost balance the sugary sweetness. Still very nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Jun 2017
at 17:40
8.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
Tons of stewed apples, cinnamon and apple pie. Very sweet and slightly cloying. Amazing depth of stewed apples, cinnamon, over ripe raisins with no carbonation, very heavy and cloying and very sweet. Fucking fantastic
Tried
on 03 Jun 2017
at 09:19
9.2/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 9
Tasting at Brian’s on 2016-11-01. 500ml bottle (thx, Brian!). Pours a clear golden. Very sweet, apples, boozy and complex. Crazy stuff.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Apr 2017
at 00:56
8.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
Bottle courtesy of Jacob. Clear deep golden pour leaving some very prominent legs on the glass with a swirl. Intense caramel apple nose with plenty of expected tartness. Light dried cherries, minerals, lemon peal & alcohol. Sweet, sour & fruity taste. Oily, round & tart mouthfeel. Delicious ice cider with plenty of oxidative complexity. Damn good! --- Beer merged from original tick of La Face Cachée de la Pomme Inspiration 2005 on 02 Apr 2017 at 00:16 - Score: 9. Original review text: Intense caramel apple nose with plenty of expected tartness. Light dried cherries, minerals, lemon peal & alcohol. Sweet, sour & fruity tast
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Apr 2017
at 06:34
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
cider with aroma of tart apples, light acidity, light sulfur, a tad unpleasant. In mouth, sweet apple, light mineral notes, light sulfur, light mineral notes, OK. Can. Mondial des Cidres 2017.
Tried
from Can
on 05 Mar 2017
at 13:18