Appearance - 2 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
Can: Apple and strawberry aroma. Clear yellow. Rather dry apple, finishes slightly phenolic. Lightly tart and dry, not my favorite.
SaltyGrog (4618) reviewed The Jacket from Crispin Cider Company 15 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle from New Beer. New bar code sticker. Rounded pint glass. Slight initial fizz. Murky orange body. Smell is sweet with apple must, scrumpy, pie crust, & faint whiskey. Bitter orange peel macerating in all that whiskey. Fumy & enticing. Taste is spiked scrumpy, deep fibrous/tannic wood notes, maybe a bit of maple. Lots of sediment. Lacking acidity. Different enough & not totally boozy. It can’t help but be flat. Dusty, dry grain finish. This thing has legs! No way is it just 8.3%.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Kinda surprised I’m the first rater here. Cool. Clear very pale yellow pour. Medium fizzy white head fades instantly. Aroma of nice, tart dry apples with a faint bit of brett. The taste is similar. Apples, dry and tart, faintly sweet in the finish and with just a touch of brett lending an almost olive-like note. Medium bodied. Dry and champagne-like. Nice cider.
SaltyGrog (4618) reviewed Light from Crispin Cider Company 15 years ago
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8
"Super-Premium Quality" BO: 09810 Bottle. Gold-rimmed Ommegang stemware. No head, but lots of sparkles down below. Faint white gold color. Just beautiful in this glass. Caught a whiff of honeydew right as I popped the cap. Overall smell is melon & gummy bears. A little iffy. Taste is mostly dry, with fruity tones of pear, muted granny smiths, & lightly bitter lettuce. Finish shows a twinge of sweetness & decent acid before developing cottonmouth. Noticeable sulfites are minimal. Carbonation is very strong, & body coats about as much as ice water. Fits the occasion. Not as bland as other reviewers have suggested. Crispin isn’t rebadged Woodchuck. This also isn’t potent scrumpy. It’s crisp, dry, accessible, & pretty well made.
cheap (9533) reviewed Brut from Crispin Cider Company 15 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9
One thing that makes me awe at apple cider is its super pure filtered appearance. Clear and clean, real clean looking; well at least in this big thick glass mug. Perhaps even cleaner looking than pure filtered or distilled icy water. Makes me admire it while I drink it. Smell is very pleasant apple bordering on weird imitation background, but in a good way. The smell is at times instantly repulsive then turns your head for a second whiff, weird reaction. First taste is somewhat plastic. Smoooth and intriguing. A little watery perhaps, but most all cider i’ve tasted is usually thin. Decent carbonation almost comes across like weak soda water. Careful, now, this stuff is more than 5%. Interesting sweet taste. Never is overwhelming. Has a dry wine or alky finish. Sometimes almost gets near soapy. Overall good experience, just I suspected it would be.
bhensonb (22605) reviewed Original from Crispin Cider Company 15 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Bottle from the Co_Op in Davis, CA. Pours light gold with transient fizz. Aroma of fresh cut crisp green apple. Mildly sweet with some balancing skin bitter. Not at all cooked. Drinks well.
BMan1113VR (8090) reviewed The Jacket from Crispin Cider Company 15 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Bottle via LtDan. Why does Crispin insist on mentioning that their ciders should be served with ice on every bottle. Pours with a murky yellow body and a fleeting white head. Bubbles cling to the glass. Some light legs on the glass as well surprisingly. Aroma of apples, oak, a bit buttery, saw dust, a bit acidic. Candied fruits. Kind of sweet. Estery. A bit of a sharp whiskey character (reminiscent of Jack) as it warms. Taste. It doesn’t work very well. Flavors are muddled. Acidic and oaky with a flabby middle and a somewhat sweet finish. A bit of a Tennessee Whiskey, harsh charcoal, wood finish. Medium carbonation. Medium dry (for a real cider, super dry compared to regular Crispin products). Kind of a harsh finish. Despite all the components there really isn’t anything there; its muddled and a bit bland.
Appearance - 2 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 5.5
Rubber and apple aroma, with molasses overtones. Muddy ochre. Overripe apples, still quite rubbery. Nice body. Light molasses finish. Very unusual cider, doesn’t appear to be particularly well made, but I like the concept.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle from the Co-Op in Davis, CA. Pours a very hazy dark amber/brown. Aromas of very ripe apple skins and treacle. Near medium body. Flavor is lightly appleskin with some supporting treacle. All very moderate - neither light nor heavy. Drinks much like a low carbonation ale. And despite the treacle the skin bitter balances. Very much worth a try. Drinks way too easy.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
@Belvidere at Broad-on cask-pours no head yellow color. Aroma is vinuous, grain. Taste follows with a nice spice finish. Good effervescence.