8.4/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Tasting at Matt’s
12.4% ABV, skewed refractomer reading 27°B
Dark amber and ruby color. Smells immediately of syrupy strawberries. Sweet and very syrupy, but with a good degree of acidity; the strawberry syrup flavor is very strong, and the alcohol is comforting.
Very nice idea, excellent product.
12.4% ABV, skewed refractomer reading 27°B
Dark amber and ruby color. Smells immediately of syrupy strawberries. Sweet and very syrupy, but with a good degree of acidity; the strawberry syrup flavor is very strong, and the alcohol is comforting.
Very nice idea, excellent product.
Tried
on 31 Oct 2015
at 23:05
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
375mL bottle, pours a deep dark mahogany with a tiny off-white head. Aroma brings out lots of strawberries, caramel apples and some treacle. Flavour is very sweet, with loads of sweet strawberries and apples in perfect harmony, some gentle acidity, and a little caramel. High residual sweetness, but never cloying. Unusual ice cider, but very delicious.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Oct 2015
at 23:00
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Draft - White pepper, honey, apple, nutmeg and other nice spices. Clear pale gold. Sweet apple, honey, light chilli Ana a nice sweet apple honey finish. Nice.
Tried
from Draft
on 14 Oct 2015
at 21:10
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
750mL bottle, pours a clear blonde with no head. Nose is very spicy and apple-y, with cinnamon, coriander, nutmeg and who knows what else, along with caramelized apples. Flavour is very spicy and only lightly sweet for a mead, with dry caramel apples, coriander, nutmeg and a little cinnamon, and some honey. Wouldn't think this would be good on paper, but all the different elements blend wonderfully. Really nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Oct 2015
at 21:03
6.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
Bottle - Lots of odd and earthy apple notes. Very pale gold. Earthy semi sweet apple and dry finish. Very earthy.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Oct 2015
at 22:41
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
2012 vintage. 750mL bottle, pours a clear blonde with a few bubbles of white head. Aroma brings out medium-dry apples, a touch of residual sweetness, and some sweaty notes. Flavour is quite dry, with musty dry apples, some earthy notes, and some light funk. Wonderful mouthfeel that is very dry, but not puckering. Very good stuff.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Oct 2015
at 22:31
9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 9
750mL bottle, pours a clear dull blonde with a few bubbles of head. Aroma is super complex, with loads of honey, treacle notes and some booze - really elegant and lovely on the nose. Flavour is complex as hell, with loads of treacle and honey. The depth and complexity is astounding here. The booze is present, but very acceptable. Elegant and complex. Simply phenomenal.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Oct 2015
at 21:06
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle - Wild flower, grass and nice sweetness. Pale gold. Sweet and wine honey notes with nice natural grassy and flower notes. Very nice,
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Oct 2015
at 20:40
7.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Tasting at Matt’s, corked bottle, vintage 2007, 8 years old
Pale blond color. The aroma is flowery and alcoholic, warming. Mellow, sweet; I get similar feeling as in limetree German meads (linden). Balanced and harmonious. It does a good job hiding the alcohol.
Straight. Delicious.
Pale blond color. The aroma is flowery and alcoholic, warming. Mellow, sweet; I get similar feeling as in limetree German meads (linden). Balanced and harmonious. It does a good job hiding the alcohol.
Straight. Delicious.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Oct 2015
at 20:39
8.5/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8
Tasting at Matt’s, vintage 2010, 5 years old
Dark amber color, bright, thick. Strong nose of caramelized pineapple. Thick mouthfeel, a bit too syrupy; the flavor brings a lot of stewed apples, prunes, raisins, concentrated pineapple; correct acidity, but less than other Ice Ciders from Quebec. The alcohol is well hidden.
Excellent.
Dark amber color, bright, thick. Strong nose of caramelized pineapple. Thick mouthfeel, a bit too syrupy; the flavor brings a lot of stewed apples, prunes, raisins, concentrated pineapple; correct acidity, but less than other Ice Ciders from Quebec. The alcohol is well hidden.
Excellent.
Tried
on 28 Jun 2015
at 01:56