SaltyGrog (4618) reviewed Kingtown Spigold (2016) from Eve's Cidery 4 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5
Bottle from their cider club. Pint glass @home. Tall head, clear & vibrant gold that's somewhat standard. Perfumey lime leaf & bitter sharp apples. Pith, honey, chalk. Taste is thin, apple pumpkin spice. Like low-sugar pumpkin pie, or maybe just bitter nutmeg, flour & apple cores. Lingering mineral-y, boozy finish. Super Aspirin bitter & harsh. Slightly smoother with a vanilla note at room temp. Super thin, bone dry, high acid but only moderately tart/sour. Missing a note & that all important drinkability. Meh to okay.
SaltyGrog (4618) reviewed The Emerald Necklace from Eve's Cidery 4 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
Clear bottle from their cider club. Duvel glass @home. Orange amber, smokey bottleneck, very thin hit of head. Rubbing alcohol, charcoal, serious pith & peel, onion, mustard greens. Taste is buttery apples with hits of strong citrus pith, old pineapple, straw & faint oxidation on the finish. Bittersweet, leaning dry. Boozy, slick turning thin, disappointingly low carbonation. Bit of a miss.
SaltyGrog (4618) reviewed Virginia Crab from Eve's Cidery 4 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8
Bottle from their spring cider club. Duvel glass @home. Loud pop on a slightly leaky cork. Significant fizz in the neck, but not a bottle bomb. Clear, amber gold. Quick hitting head & added activity courtesy of the Duvel & unintended secondary fermentation! Nose is a little muted, maybe it's just too cold. Minerally, river rock, light licorice, steel, seltzer, aresol. Warmth brings out a wet wool, barn-y addition. Sweet-tart, turning bitter-sharp. Sour peach, plum, becoming more like Sweet Tarts & mild ginger ale. I agree with the black tea tannic description, it fades back into minerally sparkling wine. Bubbly, strong, more lappy & not really thin. Semi-sweet, tannic, tart, sharp. Big cider, full meal. Good.
Oakes (33493) reviewed Albee Hill Still & Dry from Eve's Cidery 4 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Dark gold and still. Complex apple aroma. On the palate, it's balanced. Some dry tannic character but also some sweetness. It's also complex, the majority cider varietals is great but then that sweetness adds a dimension that I actually quite like.
SaltyGrog (4618) reviewed Wild Crab (2020) from Eve's Cidery 4 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9
Bottle from cider club. Pint glass @home. Clear, dark & oily gold body. Lots of initial fizz. Always amazed by how dark their ciders are. Smells of wax, honeysuckle, browned apples, sweet corn. Taste sharp & tart cranberries, menthol, astringent tea-like greens, lime, & some macerated apple sweetness right before it drips dry. Sweetness wasn't necessary, but helps with drinkability. Always excellent mouthfeel. Dry, crisp, bubbly, a bit parching, with a hint of sweetness like some of their table ciders. Best bottle of their last set.
SaltyGrog (4618) reviewed Kingston Black Still from Eve's Cidery 5 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
New 2019 batch from the cidery. 8.5% ABV. Mojito glass @home. A bit lighter & duller in color then their usual macerated apple visual. Still acceptably, brown. Faint berry, woody/fall leaves, watery whiskey nose. Taste is lime, sour strawberry, popsicle stick, stone, accidentally biting into apple seed astringency. Maybe a touch of cream at the end? Could just be texture. Not as horribly bitter & unruly as older batches. Fruitier, less astringent, not as potent/hot despite the ABV change. More accessible/drinkable & reminds me a little of what Albee Hill use to be. Good.
SaltyGrog (4618) reviewed DeRidder (2019) from Eve's Cidery 5 years ago
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8.5
Bottle from the club. Lowball @home. Clear, settled, amber gold, with an unusually thick & sturdy amount of lathery head that stuck around pour after pour. Mineral deposits left all along the bottle. Smell is an airy, macerated/browned subtle dusty sweetness. Nothing opens up as it warms. Tart & almost malic apples, sharp peach pit middle, sweet celery. Calcium, salt & lime sprinkled on newspaper finish. Boozier than 7%. A frothy, tart, whiskey sour of a cider. Very clean for a wild ferment. Good.
SaltyGrog (4618) reviewed Darling Creek Cider from Eve's Cidery 5 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 10 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 9
2018 aged bottle from the cidery. Only 6%. Mojito glass @home. Published notes say this was done as a partial petnat, when it normally isn't. Can't find my personal notes on fresh tasting. Clear, bright, MGD gold, sizzle. Smells of enriched dough, stone, straw, old pears. Very dry & bite-y upfront, English & leathery middle, fruity sweated/browned apple sweetness, tart & minerally finish that parches some. Thin carbonation, very thin body. A very fruity bittersweet that leans dry. Even though I have no physical notes, I do remember this being sweeter fresh & not up my alley at the time. 2018, Excellent.
SaltyGrog (4618) reviewed Orchards And Pastures from Eve's Cidery 5 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle from cider club. Two days of fridge settling. Duvel glass @ home. An oily, not quite clear gold; strong head. Smells of booze, bitter greens, yeast & core. Very tannic, very dry, with a minty edge. Pith & sharp, unripe fruit linger throughout. Strong bubbles; parching. Minerally, yeasty, if slightly wild finish(this also could come off as sweet onion if you keep rolling it around). Needs some air first. Too yeasty. Not as good as its original parts.
Grumbo (24387) reviewed Beckhorn Hollow Dry from Eve's Cidery 5 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6.5
27/11/2020. Bottle sample courtesy of minutemat, cheers! Pours clear very pale gold with a small bubbly white head. Aroma of green apple, white wine, touch of sulphur. Light to moderate sweetness and medium tart. Moderate body, oily texture, quite fizzy. Nice tart finish.