Ciderhuset Balholm

Cidery in Balestrand, Vestland, Norway 🇳🇴

Established in 1922

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Sjøtunsvegen 32, Balestrand, 6899, Norway

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6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Gulbrun farge med noe bobler ved skjenking. Lukter eple og noe gjær. Ganske søt. Litt overkant for meg. Medium med kullsyre. Behagelig i munnfølelse.

Tried on 16 Jul 2024 at 12:21


5.4
Appearance - 5 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5

December 2018: 500 ml bottle, from Vinmonopolet. ABV is 14%. Brewed on apple juice, honey and meadowsweet. No water added. Golden colour, pours moderately sparkling. Strong medicinal aroma of meadowsweet and alcohol. Sweet flavour of honey, dessert apples and alcohol, with bitter notes of the meadowsweet. Too boozy for me, really. Still drinkable.

Tried from Bottle from Vinmonopolet Nettbutikk (netstore) on 15 Apr 2024 at 15:18


7.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

GYG 230324. Golden color with a white head. Aroma is apples, apple core, funk. Flavor is apple, apple core, funk, ripe apple, grass, wood, forest.

Tried on 04 Apr 2024 at 05:54


8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Bottle, 75cl corked. A white head of moderate size forms over a quite clear straw to golden color. Quite a lot of carbonation. The aroma is quite heavy for a non-iced cider, with alcohol pulling a significant part of the load, without getting pushing. Fresh apples, some funk and well ripened apple, apple and funk. Lemony hints. It's quite tart on the palate, with enough residual sugar to harness the alcohol warmth. Good carbonation too. Fresh and ripe apple, some grass and apple cores, hints of wood or forest and a light funk. Lasting finish. A tasteful, complex and delicious cider indeed. 240323

Tried from Bottle on 23 Mar 2024 at 17:35


6.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Clear golden in the glass Fine apple aroma Ok sweetness and a moderate acidity Also a fine apple flavor [Bottle from Gardermoen Airport in Oslo, Norway]

Tried from Bottle on 12 Mar 2024 at 10:03


7
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Bottle shared by Cunningham. Very nice grandma garden apple character, even if it feels kinda unfermented in flavour. Taste-wise there is med-light sweetness, hint of tartness and sourness. Light cinnamon. Good one.

Tried from Bottle on 26 Feb 2024 at 16:56


7.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8.5

Shared Bottle from Cunningham, many Thanks man. Golden color with small white head. Aroma is apple, light clove, strudel. Taste is semi sweet with clear apples, peel, clove. Good.

Tried from Bottle on 26 Feb 2024 at 16:51


6.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Hazed golden in the glass and a fine head Fine intensity in the aroma Mellow sweetness and a mellow acidity Mild pleasant carbonated Fine apple and malt mix in the flavor. Some yeast [Bottle ( Eplebrygg) from Vinmonopolet Bestillingsutvalg in Norway]

Tried from Bottle on 29 Dec 2023 at 10:24


7.3
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

750 ml clear bottle, from Helgø MENY, Hundvåg. ABV is 4.7%. Slightly hazy pink to orange colour, pours sparkling with a moderate white head. Strong aroma of dessert apples, rosehips and rhubarb. The flavour is mid between dry and sweet, distinctly fruity, dominant apples, also rosehips and rhubarb.

Tried from Bottle on 21 Nov 2023 at 22:40


7.3
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

750 ml dark bottle, from Helgø MENY, Hundvåg. ABV is 4.7%. Slightly hazy golden colour, small white head. Aroma of oxidised cider apples and eating apples. Medium dry flavour with the same elements, some tannins, a slight bitterness. Nice cider.

Tried from Bottle on 18 Nov 2023 at 12:29