bottle - Pours clear gold with a minimal head and a fresh green apple aroma. It has a rich apple flavor and compared to the "light" that I had before it is much more substantial. I don’t know that I’d call it "extra dry" like the bottle says. I still find it rather sweet, but granted it’s not as sweet as their other offerings. There is a little dryness in the finish. Good cider.

Bottle with much thanks to ltdan.
Pours with a relatively dark (for a cider) and murky amber-orange body with little sign of carbonation. Much less clarity here than most commercial ciders (even from Crispin, although I remember two of the other Reserve Ciders being a bit cloudy). Looks closer to a real homebrew cider that hasn’t been filtered or fined. The dark shade is definitely different.
Aromas of honey, powerful earthy molasses note, plastic, and a variety of yeast based esters. A bit of banana foster. Bready and sweet. Not too much vibrant or acidic apple aromas.
Flavors of yeast esters, apple, molasses, caramel, raisins, sweetened apple juice. A bit of vanilla and banana as well.Somewhat of a short duration. A bit too sweet for my tastes in cider. Doesn’t border cloying like some of the other ciders Crispin makes, but it is still too sweet for my taste. I would imagine that it is back sweetened some how, or the fermentation was halted and then it was forced carbonated.
A pretty big body on this cider, that accompanies the residual sweetness. It is not off putting in the slightest, but it is different than the traditional and drier French and English styles. Thankfully the carbonation is not over the top, just the right amount of spritz to keep things enjoyable.
All around this cider is a unique take on the beverage, and pretty enjoyable to drink. That said, I wish it were a couple of points drier.

Bottle at the World Beer Festival - Richmond Brewers Party on 06/11/2010. Murky yellow body with a small white head. Very sweet apple aroma. Sweet apple and spice flavor. Medium full body with moderate carbonation.

Bottle at the World Beer Festival - Richmond Brewers Party on 06/11/2010. Hazy yellow body with a small white head. Honey, yeast and apple aroma. Sweet apple flavor with faint honey. Medium body with moderately high carbonation.

Bottle at the World Beer Festival - Richmond Brewers Party on 06/11/2010. Clear yellow body with a small white head. Sweet apple aroma with light vanilla. Sweet apple flavor with some light sugar. Medium light body wtih high carbonation.

Yes, a good selection from the US that aint too sweet. Too many US born ciders are way to sweet. Smell is crisp apple with a candy backbone. Taste is yummy yet dry. Fresh clean enjoyable. Good CO2. Fun, fresh clean enjoyable again. Goes down way easy.

On tap at The Pub (great place) in downtown Louisville at Fourth Street Live and from bottle. Pours a bright crystal clear pale yellow with small bright white head (on top surface around edge of the glass) that dissapates quickly. Aroma is apple and taste is fresh sweet slightly earthy apple with a hint of creamyness. Refreshing.

12 ounce bottle from Beer Run in Charlottesville, VA. Pours a clear golden color with merely a faint suggestion of a head. Sweet, gummy apple aroma with a faint bit of tartness in the finish. The taste is tart apples with a faint champagne note in the finish before it goes sweet again. Certainly drier than their other ciders, but nowhere worthy of the moniker brut. Decent, though, for what it is.

Sampled on draft at the World Beer Festival Richmond, 6/12/10. Pours a pale slightly hazy yellow color with nearly no head. Aroma of fresh, tart and slightly earthy apples. The taste is tart apples with a sweet finish. Medium bodied, light and refreshing.