Ciderhuset Balholm

Cidery in Balestrand, Vestland, Norway 🇳🇴

Established in 2006

Contact
Sjøtunsvegen 32, Balestrand, 6899, Norway
Description
Frukthage fra 1922, Balholm Fruktpresseri etablert i 1996, Ciderhuset fra 2004

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6.3/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Bottle 750ml. clear glass @ [ The Danish Summer Gathering, TSODRBSG13 ].Clear light to medium yellow colour with virtually no head. Aroma is moderate apple, sweet apples, green apples, light wood. Flavour is moderate sweet with a average duration, apples, dry, acetone. Body is medium, texture is watery, carbonation is flat. [20130831]
Tried from Bottle on 27 Jan 2014 at 08:08

7.2/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
30.08.2015, 0,33l bottle @ home:
Big fizzy shortlasting head, slightly hazy. Aroma is slightly dry fruity, apple skin, fresh apples, grass, hay, yellow apples. Taste is slightly dry and fresh, apple skin, yellow apples, grass, hay, sorrel, minerals, green apples. Medium bitterness, slightly fresh and dry mouthfeel, high carbonation. Nice.

25.01.2014, 0,33l bottle @ home:
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Big fizzy shortlasting head. Aroma is strange sweet fruity, almost a little artificial alcopop-ish, apple winegum candy, canned fruits syrup, hints of yeast. Taste is slightly sweet artificial apples, apple skin, sorrel, hay, yeast. Mild acidity, slightly dry mouthfeel. As an alternative to the sweet artificial alcopop-ciders, this is kind of nice. Apart from that, it’s pretty boring.
Tried from Bottle on 25 Jan 2014 at 08:55

3.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 3 Flavor 3 Texture 4 Overall 1.5
18.01.2014, 0,75l bottle @ home:
Small bubbly shortlasting head. Aroma is yeast, alcohol, oak, thinner, hints of dry apples. Taste is both sweet and dry at the same time, boozy, yeast, sweet apples, oak, thinner. Horrible, this is probably something anyone could make at home, without even having a clue how to do it.
Tried from Bottle on 18 Jan 2014 at 04:46

6.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
12.01.2014, 0,75l bottle @ home:
No head. Aroma is slightly dry, sour apples, apple skin, yeast, sorrel, hints of oak. Taste is dry grassy, apple skin, sorrel, sour apples, grass, minerals. Soft acidity, very soft carbonation. Fair enough.
Tried from Bottle on 12 Jan 2014 at 11:36

5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 4 Texture 6 Overall 4
11.01.2014, 0,75l bottle (2010 vintage) @ home:
Completely flat (with some bubbles) as I guess it should be. Aroma is slightly dry concentrated apples, kind of caramelly, oak, apple skin, sorrel, hints of thinner. Taste is very thin dry and grassy, almost medical harsh, oak, apple skin, grass, sorrel, dry unripe apples. Very dry wooden mouthfeel, no carbonation, still there is some kind of fizziness lingering on the tongue. Not my cup of tea.
Tried from Bottle on 11 Jan 2014 at 09:11

6.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
31.12.2013, 0,5l bottle sampled @ home:
Completely flat, looks like apple juice. Aroma is slightly sweet fruity, fresh slightly concentrated yellow apples, grass, apple skin, hints of caramelised sugar and raisins. Taste is lots of sweet yellow apples, grass, apple skin, oak. Slightly harsh and warming boozy mouthfeel. Fair enough.
Tried from Bottle on 02 Jan 2014 at 09:28

6/10
Tried on 01 Jan 2014 at 07:12

6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Bottle at TSODRSG 13. golden colour with no head. Aroma is apple, dust, fruit. Flavour is dust, apple, fruit, sourness. OK cider.
Tried from Bottle on 08 Dec 2013 at 05:43

6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 6
Bottle @ Scooper Tasting in Ulfborg. Pours pale yellow, with no head an rather oliy laces. Clear aroma of apples and fruit. Dusty and bitter aroma of fermented apples. Sour and sweet taste of the same. Sourish finish. OK. Pure and agreeable.
Tried from Bottle on 22 Nov 2013 at 14:10

6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Bottle 750ml @ fonefan
Pours clear pale yellow with a few off-white bubbles. Aroma has notes of green apples and wood. Taste is light sweet with a very dry and slightly funky finish. Body is light, texture is thin, carbonation is soft.
Tried from Bottle on 22 Nov 2013 at 14:05