Aval Cider
Cidery
in
Ergué-Gabéric,
Bretagne,
France 🇫🇷
Owned by
Château de Lézergué / Jan-Autret Frères / Les Celliers de l'Odet
Established in 2015
Description
Aval is a cider brand founded in 2015 by Romain, Gauthier, and Martin. Based in NYC and Paris, the team wants to grow in 2019 to develop the market in France and Europe, and explore new distribution opportunities.
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
KØLF 150618. Deep golden color with a white head. Aroma is mature apple, apple, oak. Flavor is dry, mature apple, apple, oak, yeast. OK cider.
Tried
on 21 Jun 2018
at 05:42
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
330 ml bottle, from Vinmonopolet, Nettbutikken. ABV is 6%. Clear deep golden colour, pours sparkling with a shortlived white head. Pleasant aroma of cider apples and oak. Dry flavour, cider apples and oak again, "dusty" finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 May 2018
at 19:29
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
750ml bottle from M/S Finlandia ferry. Poured clear golden color with a fizzy white head. Candy glazed sweet apples, ripe red apples. Light funk and caramel. Sweet but drinkable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Apr 2018
at 18:18
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Beer #7 of 17 for each day of the 2018 Winter Olympics - One for a Country Participating in the Games: #7 - France Crisp copper and lightly bronzed body with a small, very-fast dying off-white head. Aroma of apples (of course), some light tart yeast, a touch of bread and light cardamom and nutmeg spices and a hint of salt and brine on the finish. Light to Medium-bodied; Assertive grainy and yeastie/bread like flavours at first with a pungent blast of apples of course, but showing more of the grain than I ever remember on a cider. Aftertaste is well-rounded with the yeast and malt profile at first that gives way to a light tart and soured flavour that changes immediately to a more fruitier, apple flavour with hints of the spices, including some canella near the finish. Overall, a nice robust and slightly 'different' cider that shows some good qualities that you don't typically see in ciders and a robust complexity from the yeast strain used as well. I sampled this 33 cL bottle purchased from New Beer Distributors on 24-February-2018 for US$3,75 sampled in my hotel room here in New York, New York on 26-February-2018.
Tried
from Can
on 26 Feb 2018
at 19:59
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Pours a very nice deep amber from a bottle, white head quickly dissipates but leaves a ring of large bubbles. Nice slightly funky barnyard and apple aroma, similar flavor. Not cloying but not dry by any means. Pretty good cider.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Nov 2017
at 22:33
Tried
on 06 Sep 2017
at 21:03