SaltyGrog (4618) reviewed Rustica from Eve's Cidery 13 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Found a rep pouring this at basically every other event during cider week. Dropped the $13 on a bottle just because I felt bad about depleting their stock so.
Chalice. Clear, dark caramelly color. Flash of white head. Active.
Smells of bitter-tart skin, minerals, & a bit of leafy honey. Muted.
Oxidized/browned apple & generic ginger ale sweetness. Almost perfectly bittersweet & suited to my palate. Mellow tartness, but solid acidity. Round, but it dries out a bit on the end.
Slightly slick, despite the moderate, but proud carbonation. Easy, warm alcohol. So easy to drink. Shame I can’t get this cheap on tap for growler fills.
Travlr (30173) reviewed Northern Spy from Eve's Cidery 13 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Bottle. Very pale yellow with a few bubbles. Aroma of dry and dusty red delicious apples. Taste is dry and fruity. Nice.
SaltyGrog (4618) reviewed Beckhorn Hollow Dry from Eve's Cidery 13 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle from the Union Square Green Market. A new seasonal blend of early crops to take the place of some styles with low availability during the end of the year. The labels were bleeding like crazy, & I couldn’t get an official description up. Sorry.
Poured into a stiff plastic cup. Ever so slightly hazed, active, pale cream soda color.
Smell is bittersweet perry, wood, & batteries.
Tastes of bittersweet peel, lime zest, & green apple-like flesh. Touch of wood. Not completely dry, but close enough. Super easy.
Not quite thin. Bit of leftover yeast. Moderately carbed. Nicely tart. Low acid. Surprisingly subtle alcohol.
Difficult to drop $15 on something so easy to drink.
SaltyGrog (4618) reviewed Northern Spy from Eve's Cidery 13 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4
Reviewed 12/12: 2.5. Bottle from their Union Sq. Green Market stand. Chalice. Clear, very pale yellow body. Quick hitting spritz of head. Initial peary aroma. Lemon/lime, sparkling wine, talcum powder. Taste is like zesty prosseco or Spanish cava. Not much tartness. Somewhat herbal & mildly tannic. Lots of acid & plastic, with a yeasty finish. Touch of body. Very stiff, sizzling/irritating carbonation. Big, upfront walking into a mist of Lysol burn, followed by a cheap white brandy heat going down. Difficult to enjoy. This lacked a lot of what I love in Northern Spy apples. This was just way too hot & empty. :(
SaltyGrog (4618) reviewed Sow the Seeds from Eve's Cidery 13 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 6
Edit: Recent batch on tap @ BK Cider House. Intentionally flat. Cheesy swiss nose, bittersweet ending sweet & tart & musky. Very basic, but okay. On tap @ Queens Kickshaw. Served in a bubble wine glass. Still, though it should of been served slightly effervescent according to the rep. Different blend & process then the bottled Still & Dry. Coarsely filtered pale wheat-colored body. Smells subtly of leaves & acidic, unripened fruit. Tastes of table wine, apricots, bitter greens, & popsicle sticks. Very acidy & only subtly tart. Big, biting/clenching tannins come through middle end & linger. Not a whole lot of flavor to work with though. Stiff alcohol & a hard to describe wet texture. Drying finish. Overshadowed by Farnum Hill’s new 212 Dooryard which was also on tap.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8.5
Hard to rate this @ the Farmer’s Market with that hipster fish monger downwind. Lowball glass at home, sweaty bottle. Clear, active, yellow & amber body. Smell is mushy/caramelized red fruit, grass, alcohol, & yeast. Lacking. Taste is better. Damp, macerated apples. Saline. Very mellow alcohol. Not much tartness. Could be juicer. Moderate acidity. Earthy bitterness. Pinch of sourness on the finish. The carbonation is really nice. Strong, but not irritating. Husky dryness. After a few slurps, my tongue feels like I was just eating a bowl of almonds. Tasty cider, but it could use a bolder nose. I’m more concerned though about what kind of sucker pays almost $24lb for swordfish?!
SaltyGrog (4618) reviewed Albee Hill Still & Dry from Eve's Cidery 13 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Re-rate. :) Six month old bottle at home. Clear pale gold. Smells of dried apple slices, wood chippings, & an older lady’s soft rosey perfume. Tart, mildly acidy, & less winey then I remember. Grassy, green unripened fruit, flat mineral water, & bitter apple peel. Light hints of banana & grain sweetness on the finish. Mostly dry, but with a surprising wet & refreshing texture. Sorry this second look took so long.
Initial Rating 7/25/12 2.2: Sampled from their booth at the Union Square farmer’s market. My notes say this looked almost gray hiding underneath the tent from the strong sunlight. So a pale & dainty, non-descript appearance it is. Floral, honey nose. A bit diluted. Subtle apples. Very minerally/earthy. Goopy body. Disappointing acid. Bit of a snooze. I didn’t get much from this particular one, but I do enjoy still ciders. Stick with the free ice cider samples. :)
SaltyGrog (4618) reviewed Autumn's Gold from Eve's Cidery 13 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Sampled at Applepalooza @ Astor Center(10/19/11), & a bit more at the Union farmer’s market. 14k gold color & sheen. Smells heavy of acid, wood, & sharp flesh. Taste was not as acidic as expected. Faintly sweet apples are overshadowed by the pleasantly bitter middle. Exceptional dry finish. Just a bit tart. Snappy, though lenient carbonation. More cider then apple wine. Tasty. :)
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 7
bottle Tampa xmas gathering pours a light hazy golden, thin fizzy white head. aroma and flavor, what really stuck to mind is how acerbic the mouthfeel was, nice dry finish with bitter apples, but I would have loved to a tad more sweetness in there.
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
I want to preface by saying that goldtwins and JoeMcPhee know nothing about good cider (for goodness sake they think everything tastes like dill). Special bottle provided by apoptosis and notalush (yeah I put the woman first, someone thank me for it) [Completely unrelated, I am having deja vu right now]. The cider does pour an ugly color (which is usual for a lot of cider), almost clear water but has a hue of yellow. Aroma is some booze, isopropanol, light apple sweetness, which is spiky. The alcohol however adds to the heft of the beer, which is uncommon in a lot of ciders. Taste is granny smith apples skins’, slight sour apple, grapes, and again heft from alcohol. Again the alcohol ends a heft (and in a way a legitimacy) to the cider which is rare among ciders. P.S. screw Larry and Joe.