8.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 10
Five dollar bottle from New Beer. Maybe six months sitting in my fridge. Had this for the first time a couple years back in a Boston bar when Dupont, again, was on the menu but was unavailable. Served in an Ommegang anniversary glass. Still pours settles out a pale & hazed honey wheat color. Try as I might, there’s some chunks in there. It turns a nice orange hue once it gets all nasty. :D Smell is fresh pressed red, lots of soured skin, barely a sense of wood & vanilla, & just a little plastic. Feel is still, slightly greasy, a touch gritty with chewy tannins & notions of leftover pulp. That wasn’t a piece of yeast I felt, that was a piece of skin. Taste is just so juicy. Crisp sweet reds. I taste pineapple juice in here. Subliminal cinnamon, this cries to be mulled. There is NO alcohol in this. Coating & just barely tart. Just a bit of a yeasty bitter edge dragging on the finish. So full. Almost like it’s bottled concentrate. A nice tide over for when trolling the forums for iced cider. Very satisfying. :)
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Jul 2009
at 03:08