7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Tasting at Ryan's, corked bottle
Hazy golden color. Aroma of brandy (Calvados comes to mind). Sweet, balanced acidity, apple juice flavour, lacking a bit in depth, with notes of brandy; light astringency, some apple skins in the finish.
Not very complex, but good nevertheless.
Hazy golden color. Aroma of brandy (Calvados comes to mind). Sweet, balanced acidity, apple juice flavour, lacking a bit in depth, with notes of brandy; light astringency, some apple skins in the finish.
Not very complex, but good nevertheless.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Jul 2021
at 16:58
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Poured from 375mL bottle. Amber orange with tiny ring of white head. Light brandy barrel, sweet apple, treacle. Quite nice, but overpriced.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Jul 2021
at 06:44
7.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 7.5
375ml (thx, !) @ Ryan's. Appearance: hazy golden with no head. Aroma: nice sweet and sour baked apples. Taste: nice body, apple skins, some slight barrel notes, some booziness. Overall: good one.
Tried
on 24 Jul 2021
at 06:44
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Vintage 215. 375mL bottle, pours a clear amber with a tiny ring of white head. Aroma is full of cognac barrels upfront, treacle toffee, and stewed apples. Flavour is sweet and sticky, with cognac barrels, stewed apples, sticky caramel, treacle toffee, and alcohol. Stewed apples, sweet, sticky and boozy. Maybe not one of the best ice ciders compared to the top Quebec ones, but it's pretty sublime. Excellent.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Jul 2021
at 06:34
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
750ml (thx, Matt!) @ Ryan's. Appearance: pale golden with a weak white head. Aroma: smells like a white wine with funk and some cider notes. Taste: super bubbly, this is just sparkling white wine. Overall: super weird.
Tried
on 24 Jul 2021
at 05:13
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Poured from 750mL bottle. Clear pale gold with dissipating white head. Chardonnay dominant with apple skin and a bit of carbonation. Quite nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Jul 2021
at 05:07
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
750mL bottle, pours a clear pale golden with a large white head. Aroma brings out lots of Chardonnay, crisp apple skins, and some funkiness — that Chardonnay really dominates. Flavour is dominated by the Chardonnay upfront, with crisp skins, alcohol, and some funk. Love that Chardonnay precedence. The carbonation is high but totally fitting. Lovely.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Jul 2021
at 04:58
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle at Phill
Dark red colour, clean. Definitively apples/cider in the aroma. Off-dry, it has good cider and fresh grape character, with light funk.
Nice.
Dark red colour, clean. Definitively apples/cider in the aroma. Off-dry, it has good cider and fresh grape character, with light funk.
Nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Jun 2021
at 19:51
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Corked bottle at Phill, vintage 2015, 5+ years old
Very dark amber, almost mahogany. Aroma of wood, wine, Madeira, dark sugar. It's moderately sweet, a bit too bozy, there's some brown sugar, caramel, stewed apples; there is a respectable degree of complexity, but not the richness comparable to the best Ice Ciders.
Very dark amber, almost mahogany. Aroma of wood, wine, Madeira, dark sugar. It's moderately sweet, a bit too bozy, there's some brown sugar, caramel, stewed apples; there is a respectable degree of complexity, but not the richness comparable to the best Ice Ciders.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Jun 2021
at 19:51
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
375ml on Phill's deck. Appearance: dark copper with no head. Aroma: intense sweet apples, some booze. Taste: lots of barrel, moderately sweet, mellowed. Overall: I don't think that they should be barrel aging it.
Tried
on 05 Jun 2021
at 04:09