Super clear and pale, very light yellow (not golden) coloured body with no head at all of course, and no movement - this looks a bit odd, but at least it looks like apple juice! Aroma of very sweet and dry apples, a bunch of additional caster sugar and fructose notes and a kick of very subdued spices here, such as allspice and cloves, making it smell more like an autumn-based cider than a sherbet-one, at least with the eyes closed. Light to Medium-bodied; Strong sweetness at first with a bunch of caster sugar, fructose, dry apples, flowers, cake and additional sweet notes coming through such as bubblegum and icing sugar, but no real discerning sherbet notes at all, although I'm not sure what those would taste like. Aftertaste shows some flowers and hay with a bit of brine that seemingly adds some salty flavours and an additional bite here, but those could be the light spices that were picked up in the smell, but the sweetness here is pervasive and stronger than any minor or mellow apple notes that did exist as well. Overall, an interesting and very sweet cider that at least is easy-drinking, if not, starting to be cloying, but has a slight dryness and mellow spices, but no real sherbet notes, which is okay to me, but this is not one of the best ciders they've made. I sampled this sixteen ounce, pint-sized can, purchased from Trader Joe's in Skyline (Bailey's Crossroads), Falls Church, Virginia on 25-June-2022 for US$3,50 sampled in my hotel room here in Richmond, Virginia on 25-September-2022.

Super clear and glassy looking pure golden coloured body with a short-lived pure white head that fades like soda, of course, but some larger bubbles rising from the bottom. Aroma of very sweet and seemingly cloying sugars and caster sugar notes that have honey, sprinkles and vanilla all here as well, at least in the nose, with some apples here as well, but the sugars are way stronger. Light-bodied; Strongly effervescent with a bigger apple and even pear kick that shows towards the front, but the end is definitely overtaken by the cloying and deep sugars that come and linger. Aftertaste shows more of the same with sort of a cake batter like flavour, but it's the cloying sugars without any sour or even tart apple flavours that could help balance the mix, with the sugars running wild. Overall, a decent at best cider that is way too sweet and cloying for it's own good and while the cake-like notes are here, this is too much for me, and I like the flavour, typically! I sampled this sixteen ounce pint-sized can, purchased from Trader Joe's in Falls Church (Skyline), Virginia on 25-June-2022 for US$3,50 sampled while hiking Shenandoah National Park on 10-July-2022.