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.
TimE (11144) reviewed Tree's A Magic Number from Son Of The Smith 11 months ago
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
ITFCfan (3745) ticked Barrel Laundering from Son Of The Smith 1 year ago
TimE (11144) reviewed Fresh Hopped Barrel Laundering from Son Of The Smith 1 year ago
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
TimE (11144) reviewed All By Homies from Son Of The Smith 1 year ago
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
TimE (11144) reviewed Barrel Laundering (2023) from Son Of The Smith 1 year ago
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
TimE (11144) reviewed Vivid Hop Sipper from Son Of The Smith 1 year ago
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
TimE (11144) reviewed LaSmoS from Son Of The Smith 1 year ago
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
TimE (11144) ticked Keevin' At My Altar from Son Of The Smith 1 year ago
Appearance - 9 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Lots of oregano and herbs. Nice apple skins. Fairly dry. Nice
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.
TimE (11144) reviewed Tangible from Son Of The Smith 3 years ago
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.