Frothingslosh (19093) reviewed Crackberry from Bishop Cider Company 3 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Reddish amber with a large foamy white head that left great lacing. Tangy and sweetish with apple and vague berries. Medium finish and body.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
On tap @Bishop Cidercade. Plastic cup... Hazy, reddish brown pour. Berries, tea, brown apples, oude brune, very slight oxidation on the nose. Twangy, iced tea, lots of blueberry skin, tart dessert apples, lingering apple essence. Slick but tannic on the end. Okay carbonation. Good.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4
Plastic cup at Cidercade Dallas. Pissy yellow gold hazy pour. Smell is pineapple sugar water & not much else. Taste is gentle condensed pineapple, sugary apple & sulfite dust. Back sweetened? Low tart & not even close to enough acid. Medium carb, filtered but a touch gunky. Meh.
SaltyGrog (4618) reviewed Butter Beer from Bishop Cider Company 3 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
On tap @Cidercade Dallas. Plastic cup. Short pour, very cautious. Clear, pumpkin sort of color, lingering lace. Smell is confectionary caramel, sort of mellow. Semi-sweet & tart apples with a consistent butterscotch & soft caramel sauce flavor. Candy dipped apple flavor peaks back through at the end. Slick, buttery, lower carb, almost boozy. Okay in small doses.
SaltyGrog (4618) reviewed Crackberry from Bishop Cider Company 3 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
On tap @Bishop Cidercade. Plastic cup... Dull, cranberry hue, residual foam. Cranberry & candy watermelon nose. Taste is tart melon & cranberry over bittersweet & juicy dessert apples. Dusty dry, sulfited finish. Not too sweet. Crispy & refreshing.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
(Tap) clear, bright, fluorescent pink colour with a small white; aroma of sourness, apple; tart flavour with a long, medium tart finish
SaltyGrog (4618) reviewed Rio Mojito from Bishop Cider Company 3 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 10 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Can from a mixed 12er @Sprouts. Pint glass back @ the Lodge. White, lingering head over a seriously chunky pale orange haze. Strong & sort of danky mint nose along with some bitting, fresh lime zest. Very cocktail-esque. First half sip, you get to touch some bittersweet cider. Before you can comprehend it, you get slapped with a heavy sock full of lime zest plus what seems like Citra, but probably isn't. Then comes the cooling mint. I love fresh mint, real mint. Anyway, the flavor is strong, so fresh it's probably back sweetened. It's so niche, but this is the best cocktail-inspired cider I've ever had. Soda level carbonation, nicely tart, lingering bitterness, whatever abv. Barely cider, so much fun.
SaltyGrog (4618) reviewed Ranch Water from Bishop Cider Company 3 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Can from a mix pack I grabbed @Sprouts. Pint glass @ the Lodge. Small neon white head, faintly haze pale gold, active body. Bittersweet limes watered down with pedestrian funked dry cider. Fresh air. Difficult to get more specific on the nose. Bittersweet apples, yeasty, light vinegar, all in front. Light dose of limes, juicy & barely prickly. Mild cider vinegar sweetness & chalk on the tail. Strongest apples notes of the mix pack. Quite thin, soda carbonation, sulfite headache. Sloshable when cold.
SaltyGrog (4618) reviewed Texas Más-mosa from Bishop Cider Company 3 years ago
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Can from a mix pack from Sprouts. Pint glass back @the Lodge. Cloudy, Orangina body, voluminous off-white, chunky head. Smells like Orangina & vodka, as if there was such a time. Acidic, sharp, boozy, pithy. It smells good, but I'm not noticing apples. Taste is oj over a big pour of prosecco. Boozy & sharp, prickly carb, some pulp, serious mimosa vibes. Seriously yeasty finish reminds me this is brewed. Sad I can't taste apples & be a bigger dick about cider culture. This is good.
SaltyGrog (4618) reviewed M-M-M-My Paloma from Bishop Cider Company 3 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
12oz can from a mix pack I found at Spouts. Kinda old stock, but a mix pack is my jam when I can't get to a bar all week. Pint glass @the lodge. If it weren't for the head, this looks like pulpy, frozen ruby red grapefruit juice(or a hazy pastry fruit sour). Chunks of pulp on the glass instead of legs. No lactose or sugars added, but maybe it smells a like a mix of grapefruit & papaya. Sour, kinda sweet, odd tropical funk, pithy lemon & very round apples on top of a less acidic ruby red. Very potent citrus, possibly back-sweetened, high perceived acid. Strong start. Taste almost certainly has a soapy sweetness upfront, but no wordage on the cans or box or online of anything but grapefruit added. Citrus is all deeply acidic & moderately tart ruby red pith & a stemmy character probably from the cider(though it's hard to pinpoint). More sour than sweet. More bitter than sour. Apples are pretty lost in this. Lingering bitter pith is great. Frothy, thick, cocktail-light abv, crushable. Fun.