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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6.8
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 6.5

pale golden straw color. Some grapefruit, guava and apple notes. Modestly tart and dry. Medium carbonation. Once again I don’t think hops add a lot but this is better than other hop cider I’ve had from them

Tried on 16 Oct 2020 at 13:39


7

Smells a bit like fruity shampoo. Tastes good enough though. Apple plus a bit of hops.

Tried from Draft at Cidernaut on 04 Oct 2020 at 04:23


6.4
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Modestly pale, modestly cloudy, color. Quick disappaiting head. Fairly interesting nose of modest apple tannins and minty hop notes from the hops. Very clean palate, with a mix of modest tannins, fruitiness from hops and a bit of bitterness. A bit all over the place. Modestly dry. Its refreshing, but its disjointed. While not bad, I wouldnt order again.

Tried on 18 Aug 2020 at 11:23


7.3
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

nice juicy apple character with some barrel in the nose. Off sweet. Palate is much more dry, tart and funky than the nose. Slightly warming. A bit rough but I like it.

Tried on 12 Apr 2020 at 07:18