mcberko (47456) reviewed Plimsoll from Sea Cider Farm & Ciderhouse 5 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
On tap at the Alibi Room, pours a clear golden with a small white head. Aroma brings out crisp apple skins and a tinge of farmhouse character. Flavour is along the same lines, with crisp apple skins, light acidity, a hint of funk, and a dry finish. Crisp and dry finish, with nice depth. Unusual for Sea Cider, but it's well-made.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
750ml swing-top bottle. Pours a clear gold with a medium, fizzy, short lived, white head that leaves spotty lacing. Aroma of apple skin, leather and funky yeast. Semi-sweet flavour of green apple skin, lemon rind, vinegar, white wine, floral and earthy yeast in a crisp, bone dry, acidic finish. Medium body with a watery texture and lively carbonation. Interesting and well done.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
750 ml bottle shared by my daughter. Nose is tart apples with hints of vanilla and bourbon. Reddish gold with some light bubbles. Flavor is lightly tart with a little sweetness, vanilla, and bourbon.
Earlier Rating: 6/4/2017 Total Score: 4.1
750 ml bottle from Coal Harbor Liquor Store. Nose is tart apples, rum,and musty oak. Clear dark gold with a small, quickly disapating off white head. Flavor is lightly sweet, lightly tart apples with a background of oaky rum. My favorite was the Bourbon Barrel Aged 2007, but this is extremely tasty.
mcberko (47456) reviewed Cherry Lane from Sea Cider Farm & Ciderhouse 6 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6
750mL bottle, pours a clear dark amber / mahogany with a tiny white head. Aroma brings out lots of sweet cherries, red apples and brown sugar. Flavour is exceedingly sweet, with lots of toffee, brown sugar, red apples and sweet cherries. Very sweet, very cloying. Too sweet for me.
More fun cider, nutmeg galore, pumpkin spice but not weird like those pumpkin ales.
Rhubarb is slight, but nice abv and fun flavors.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9
The Aromas are really intense, earthy and a little spicy apples. Flavors are very much like nose, with some bitterness and some other flavors I can't put my finger on almost perfumey but not quite. Great body carbonation and finish that is a touch alcoholic. Very nice cider.
cmacklin (5055) reviewed Wassail from Sea Cider Farm & Ciderhouse 6 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
750ml swing top bottle. Pours a crystal clear gold with a medium, fizzy, short lived, white head that leaves spotty lacing. Sweet, spicy aroma of ginger, clove, cinnamon, coriander, orange peel, caramel and red apple. Sweet, spicy flavour of ginger, clove, nutmeg, cinnamon, coriander, honey, red apple, caramel, orange peel, a hint of oak and warming alcohol in a dry finish. Medium body with an oily texture and lively carbonation. Nice complexity. ABV is well hidden, making this dangerously easy to drink.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
750ml swing top bottle. Pours a clear deep red-purple with a thin, fizzy, short lived, pink head that fully dissipates. Sweet fruity aroma of blackberry, port wine, apple skin and floral. Sweet fruity flavour of apple, tart blackberry, hibiscus and warming port wine in a dry, light acidic finish. Medium body with a syrupy texture and lively carbonation. Tasty, very nice.
Jesus, this is a rum nosed, bourbon forward madness of a cider. Absolutely boozy but balanced flavored sweetness.