Son Of The Smith

Cidery in Ōmachi, Nagano, Japan 🇯🇵

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9316 Taira, Ōmachi, Japan
Description
長野県、大町の小澤果樹園と小諸の宮嶋林檎園のジョイント&ジプシーサイダリーとしてうまれたサノバスミス。2015年春、米国オレゴン州のHARD CIDER・CRAFTBEERをめぐるの旅の中で受けた影響や生まれたアイデアをつめこみ、日本のリンゴ畑からつくった一本。現地のサイダリー(醸造所)で学んだことを活かしながら、日本でそだったリンゴの良さが生きる味わいをめざしました。原材料にグラニースミスと少量のアメリカ原産のサイダー専用品種のみを使った、シャープで爽快な口当たりが特長です。メンバーがコンセプト設計から原材料生産、醸造、製品化まで携わることで完成した全てのアウトドアファンとクラフトギークにお届けしたいHARDCIDERです。

Back in 2014, a friend of us shared his stories in Oregon, USA. Soon after that, we've got to know about "Hard Cider" movement in PNW. We inherited and are running orchards in Nagano but never tried hard cider before. We clearly remember the taste of our first hard cider sip in Portland in 2015. Much crisper, dryer and richer than localized French style "Cidres" that we were familiar with in Japan.Rev Nat from Reverend Nat’s Hard Cider taught us how they brew hard ciders. Also, we got many of ispirations from Orchards and Cideries in Oregon & Washington.Now we are selling Hard Cider. Made from apples harvested in our orchards. Our journey is just began.

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7.9
Appearance - 9 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 8.5

Tart dry to a of cinnamon apples skins, very tart . Superb nice light oak finish. Excellent

Tried on 02 May 2025 at 05:07


7

Tried on 12 Jan 2025 at 09:34


7.9
Appearance - 9 | Aroma - 9.5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

Rich apples, tannins, oak, nice spiced character. Medium full body, rich. Nice spiced apple adn oak finish. Excellent

Tried on 01 Jul 2024 at 11:05


6.9
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 6.5

Pale golden color. Lots of tannins but modest bitterness from the hops. The grapes also smooth out the palate. Decent

Tried on 23 Jun 2024 at 07:04


7.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

Nice whiskey, oak and apple nose. Slightly sweet palate. Good tannins. Modestly dry palate Nice whiskey finish. I like

Tried on 23 Jun 2024 at 06:41


6.9
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Slightly more rich palate. Low medium bitterness with good tannins. I like it a bit more than other hop ciders as this is more focused on the cider than hops and a bit more full bodied

Tried on 23 Jun 2024 at 06:37


5.9
Appearance - 9 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5

Pale amber color with big bubbles for carbonation. Very light smoke and strawberries. Medium tannins but don’t feel anything very pronounced. Slightly oily mouthfeel it’s just ok

Tried on 23 Jun 2024 at 06:32


6.9
Appearance - 9 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Lots of oregano and herbs. Nice apple skins. Fairly dry. Nice

Tried on 22 Jun 2024 at 08:50


7.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

purple color. Big bourbon notes. Dry and tannic with a touch of berry. Nice depth. Berries linger. Nice stuff.

Tried on 18 Jun 2024 at 11:16


8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

dirty amber brown color. Very much like an apple pie, brown sugar, with ice cream, apple brandy. Excellent depth. Semi dry lack tartness but I love this cider. Superb.

Tried on 09 Jan 2023 at 11:03