Clear 750ml from Press online. Week in the fridge. Mojito glass at home.

Pissy yellow, some protien haze, tall & quick soda head.
Earthy, wormy apple, veggie, saline, strong barnyard nose. A little time/air & some of the funk wears off, revealing a more herbal scent.
Heavy & heady tannins. Floral yeasties, sharp white wine, clay, onion, socks, mint.
Taste is a flash of browned apples sweetness, then a drastic apple core bitterness, powdered Flinstones vitamins, table wine.
Crispy, sharp, acidic, but meaty, dense, overly tannic & yeasty on the back. The texture really carries this bottle.

Complex & huge potential but it doesn't add up. Certainly a struggle to finish this bottle. --- Beer merged from original tick of Dry & Dandy (2024) on 23 Jan 2026 at 23:24 - Score: Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 9 | Overall - 9. Original review text: A reinvention for 24/25, new apples. Clear 750 bottle. Pint glass at home.

Opaque, dull honey orange pour, weak head.
Cooked sharp apples, onions, herbs, orange, menthol, salty nose.
Sharp apples with a savory flavor profile. Sweet onion, twangy orange peel, pine, coarse apple peel dryness. In between dry & off-dry. Legitimately fruity. Slight sulfite headache.
Creamy, textured, bite-y acid, middle low tartness, approachable+ tannins. A bit under-carbed for a pet-nat.

Very yummy upgrade from last year.

Sample at the cidery, 8/25/24. Clear copper. Aroma of dry apple, oak, whisky. Taste is whisky, peach, dry apple. Hint of booze. Well balanced.

Sample at the cidery, 8/25/24. Dark purple, thin head. Aroma of tart cherry, funk, sweet apple. Taste is tart cherry, sweet and funky apple. Well balanced.

Sample at the cidery, 8/25/24. Clear gold. Aroma of chamomile, sweet apple. Soapy. Taste is ginger, chamomile, sweet apple. The additives dominate. Lingering spice. Okay.

Sample at the cidery, 8/25/24. Clear pale yellow. Aroma of dry apple, pineapple. Taste is sweet apple, pineapple, hint of vanilla. High carb. Nice.

Sample at the cidery, 8/25/24. Clear gold. Aroma of dry apple, pear. Taste is sweet apple, pear, vanilla. Well balanced, simple.

In der Nase Apfelmost, im Trunk sehr fruchtig, süffig süß, hinten kernig, passt.

500 ml bottle from my son Enniskillen from the brewery in Missoula. Nose is mostly cherry with hints of apples and somewhere in the background a minuscule nuance of cinnamon. Pinkish yellow with a small white head. Flavor is lightly sweet with a hint of tartness amongst the cherries and apples.

On tap at Western Cider, pours a clear pale blonde with a small white head. Aroma brings out dry, musty apples, with a champagne-like funk. Flavour reveals the tart crabapples upfront, with light mustiness and a gentle acidity. I like the apple character here. Very good.