8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
(355ml can from the cidery webshop) Pours nearly clear bright red with a nice cap of pink-white foam and no lace but some apparent strawberry pip sediment. Aroma is intense fresh sweet strawberries, vibes of those strawberry hard candies with wrappers that look like the berries, and dried berries in granola...more strawberry than strawberry. Back notes of barely funky yeastiness, fresh white grape, and some subtle florals. Flavour is quenching, lightly sweet with a little wine acidity, again lots of fresh sweet strawberries and a candy vibe to accent, backbeats of floral rose, something like cereals despite there being none, creamy full flavour with a little lactic vibe, long strawberry finish with no real phenolic pips and soft tannic bite. Medium-full body, creamy smooth can-conditioned carb. One of the best summer crushers in any genre (beer, wine, cider) I've had in a while. Fun stuff!
Tried
from Can
on 12 Jul 2021
at 17:57
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
(355ml can from the cidery) Pours very pale straw, lightly hazed with an average white head. Aroma of fresh-cut nectarines and peaches, sweet but with a glimpse of tartness, apples are lightly tart and in the background, interesting sweet herbal vaguely vanillin-like vibes that I guess are the sassafras, nice light dusty yeast. Flavour is lightly sweet and very lightly tart, quite dry, lots of nectarine throughout, accents of soft citrus and crisp green apple, sweet herbal sassafras is not overpowering but definitely there, dusty yeast but not particularly funky, mineral into the finish with lingering nectarine. Light bodied, moderate carbonation. Very fun crushable can and I like the uniqueness of the sassafras over the vanilla from previous vintages. Not overly complex but refreshing.
Tried
from Can
on 04 Jul 2021
at 20:24
9/10
Tried
on 04 Jul 2021
at 18:21
8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
(750ml 2019 bottle from the cidery - this blend is cider, perry on De Chaunac skins and hot sumac tea) Pours lightly hazed copper-to-red with a brief head of white bubbls. Aroma is sweet, fruity and tangy with a fascinating note that is reminiscent of ketchup (but in a good way!) that I think is a blend of the sumac and sweet perry with a soft vinegar twang and red grape, tart apples, difficult to describe but really excellent. Flavour is moderate sweet pear, floral Gala-type apples, tart vinegar-inflected sumac, solid chewy tannins, red fruit blend, lactic acidic smoothess seems to provide the bulk of acidity despite the vineagr sumac notes, mineral into the finish with quite some drydown from the apple skin and grape pomace tannins into the aftertaste. Light to medium body with sparkling effervesence. One of the most interesting Revel bottles I've had in a while; the way in which the sumac lends vinegar flavour without much aceitc acidity is really cool.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Jul 2021
at 01:27
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
355 ml can. Pours an orange/ruby color with a couple of bubbles that dissipate quickly. Aromas of cherry gum and dried apples. Flavors of dry red apples and sweet cherries, with a little pie spice
Tried
from Can
on 03 Jul 2021
at 02:43
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
(355ml can from the cidery webshop) Pours nearly clear pale blush like some South France rosΔ with a barely-formed loose bubbly head and no lace. Aroma is sweet-tart plums, sulphurous funky apples and a squeeze of sweet pear with loads of botanicals that recall gin; lots of spruce needles, ginger, thyme, green peppercorn and evergreen twigs. Flavour is moderately tart with the barest hint of sweetness, up front are sour apples and plums with fruit skins, a little pear sweetness in the middle, botanicals taking over mid-sip with lots of spruce/pine and ginger flavour (but no heat), lemon juice squeeze acidity towards the finish, which is dry and very earthy/coniferous with some thyme and very present spruce/pine needles with a bit of resin (but no bitterness). Light bodied, smooth active carbonation, soda-like but not overwhelming. Fun stuff, the botanicals here are wild (literally) and it's super-refreshing and aromatic. Sad I've missed their other vermouth soda cans but I'm stoked to try the vermouths even if they're not rateable...
Tried
from Can
on 29 Jun 2021
at 21:57
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9.5
(750ml 2019 bottle from the cidery webshop) Pours basically clear bright gold with a small fizzing white cap. Fresh lightly sweet, lightly tart and extremely juicy golden apples with peppery earthy russeted skins, herbal leafiness and a touch of sweet ester. Flavour is lovely mineral saline brightness, juicy golden apples at the core again with a fresh squeezed tartness and bare hint of sugar, bright and almost white wine-like in acid and fresh stone balance, smooth softly peppery russet skin depth, fine tannins, soft herbal bitterness, russeted skins in the finish with lots of persistent apple quality that manages to hold balance with the acid and minerals. Light body, soft plush feel though, moderate carb. Hard to imagine a better straight-up apple cider, somewhat traditional and yet very refined and wine-like at the same time, stellar cider making.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Jun 2021
at 18:30
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
(2020 750ml bottle from the cidery webshop - not sure this is rateable but hey) Pours nearly clear deep blackish purple with ruby highlights and a big loose mauve head. Aroma is crushed blueberries and black currants, earthy skins, cacao, some bright lactic and mineral high notes. Flavour is dry and barely tart with no real residual sugar, nice pulpy fresh and lightly cooked blueberries, deep red grapes, currant skins, earth, fresh savoury herbs, squeeze of grape juice, lemon lactic edge, quite mineral and saline, long blueberry and unsweetened cocoa finish with peppery, tannic edge. Light to medium body with soda-like filling carb. Fresh and fruity but equally interesting and deep, like a wine soda made with high quality natural wine.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Jun 2021
at 00:40
7/10
A hazed blonde cider with aroma of tart apples, light Brett, lactic notes, very nice. In mouth, a nice sweet apple jam, light acidity, Brett, light lactic notes, very nice. Bottle from cidery.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Jun 2021
at 00:09
8.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
(750ml bottle from the cidery webshop) Pours clear bright gold with a rapidly fizzing white head and active bubbles. Aroma is totally wild, surprisingly sweet and like baked goods; rendolent in almond and cinnamon and dates in warm dough, with fairly intense floral perfume and golden plum backbeats bringing sweet-tart vibes coupled with a little yellow apple and a blanket of wet wood and hay funk. Flavour is a tad less sweet and pastry-inflected than the nose but still lots of baked cinnamon and almond buns, but with nice lightly sweet and moderately acidic yellow plum, deep perfumed chamomile, nice textural apple base, soft to moderate tannin and a big return of the cinnamon/almond and sweet baked buns vibe in the finish, funk quite restrained on the tongue. Light to medium body, oily, nice active carbonation when opened. Sensational notes from the chamomile, I definitely wasn't expecting something bordering on pastry cider. Cool!
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Jun 2021
at 14:58