Green bottle from Trader Joe’s. Slightly musty cider aroma. Brilliant copper color with some white bubbles that totally disappeared. Medium body with mild fizzy carbonation. The flavor is something like a light applesauce without the sugar and spice. Very clean, rather crisp. Finishes tart and almost dry, with red appleskin notes.

12 oz bottle from Trader Joes; Nose of sweet Red Delicious apple juice; Translucent red-tinged copper with about half the surface covered with straw bubbles; flavor semi-sweet apples. Decent!

12 oz bottle from trader Joes; Nose of tart apples, just like the Granny Smiths wy wife uses for her homemade apple pie. Wish i had a piece to eat with this. Very pale gold with medium sized bubbles; Good tart cider with the flavor of Granny Smith apples! Excellent!

Sample from tap at the brewpub in Canal street. Pours pale yellow-greenish, head is a thin white rim. Aroma pear and apple, slight citric and dry. Flavour is sweet pear and apples with a citric twist into the finish. Slight chemical twist. Medium hard cider.

My bottle says ‘cider jack draft cider’ on it - not draft cider. Somebody on the forum told me it is the same thing. So…. long time ago I decided I liked sweet bubbly fruity drinks. Is it true ‘you are what you drink?’ I distinctly remember the first time I tried orange and grape Nehi. Can’t forget the first time I scored a Mountain Dew! This is all reflected in the way I scored Frambroise raspberry lambic and sweet american hard ciders. I have had some ciders by Hornsby that where more like a wine cooler, with all their sugar and other additives in there – not really a cider. Anyway, they say the ciders in america are child’s play compared to the ciders that are available over in the UK. US ciders are simply bubbly fruit drinks by comparison. I hope someday to buy some real cider, I’m not too sure why they are not readily available here, considering the amount of UK beers I can easily get. This cider is in a short 12 oz brown bottle with a twist off cap. Has a dude staring at a red delicious apple on the front. Things are looking up, on the label the only other ingredients is malic acid, apple flavor, sorbate and sulfites! The aroma begins with a blast of sour apple candy. The smell expands to a larger volume once poured into my poor steeler stein. In the glass it has a very light pale yellow tinge, almost like a witbier. There is very little carbonation but I do see a spot in there where a bubble or two is arising. The initial flavor is a hit of slightly watery granny smith apple, not as sweet as I anticipated. The raspberry version is much sweeter. Bubbles arise every time the drinker takes a sip. Good carbonation on the palate. Very nice, not overly sweet finish - could drink a few of these. Seems like your typical so called ‘cider’ from the north east US.

2004 bottle. Pours a light yellow, bubbly, no sediment, little to no head. Aroma has some sweetness in it, but also a good crispness of green apples. Some varied and interesting notes in the aroma, not all sweet appley syrup, but light cobwebs, faint mustiness and a hint of cider vinegar. Flavor is quite sweet, but not cloyingly so. Drinkable enough, and not overcarbonated, but loses my interest towards the end. Mainly just swet apples with some decent crispness.

Very light golden in colour with a thin white head and trillions of small bubbles rising from the bottom. Aroma of tart apples, metal and a bit of bread. Light-bodied; Crisp apple taste with slight hints of citrus. Sweet flavour and not much else showing. Aftertaste is clean and crisp-no offensive qualities. Overall, lighter than most ciders, but more clean and tart than others- a decent choice overall. I bought this twelve ounce bottle at Total Wine in Manassas, Virginia and sampled it on 27-November-2003.