Applewood Farm Smoken Apple

Bronze colour with a chile and a peppercorn in the glass. Huge black pepper nose with a hint of chile. Apple sweetness and massive hot pepper, with a hint of peppercorn. Kind of burly. Not for everyone, but I like it.

Bottle... GIABMISGFAB ... This beer rocks!... Clear, dark golden cider. Decent legs. I had the dregs, so there were lots of black peppercorns and other herbals floating and dipping about. The aroma? Wow! Black pepper, chilies, sweet red apples and a plethera of other spicy earthiness. Full-bodied with a syrupy mouthfeel. Sweet and HOT as hell! That’s what I get for waiting for the dregs... apparently, all the hot stuff sinks to the bottom of the bottle. Painful bliss! The finish? Don’t know... my tongue was still on fire! I was able to sweat my way through this one and loved every second of it. Reminds me of my childhood, visiting the M&M Cafe in Albuquerque, NM and ordering the "Red Chile Platter." Kudos to TheCheeseMan for providing this heavenly elixir of death!

Thanks to puzzl for sharing this recently. Deep ruddy amber colour with a lightly cloudy appearance. Aroma is very spicy. Rich hot pepper over a sweet rich apple cider character. Loads of warming spices, clove, black pepper, cinnamon and a rich sweet apple character. The more you smell this, the more intoxicating it becomes. I spent about 15 minutes just swirling and sniffing this. Flavour is also quite lovely. Initially a hit of sweet apple cider, mulling spices follow and then the heat and spiciness hit on the back. Linger hot pepper character with just a kiss of smokiness as well. Light malic acidity that helps cut through everything. Man, this stuff rocks. Eugene doesn’t know what he’s talking about.

Sampled at Applewood. Clear deep gold pour, moderately thick-looking, nice legs. There is sweet iced cider in the aroma of this beast somewhere, but it’s mostly capsicum, black pepper, earthy spicy - not your generic no-flavour pepper - earthy and fresh yessir. Taste - VERY hot, and I don’t care for very hot, but I finished my sample and was looking for more - I can see drinking this as a winter warmer, or doing small shots of it - anyway, there is more apple than in the aroma, somewhat acidic behind the sweetness - this stuff really is probably best suited as a marinade, but Matt at Applewood said you can keep it re-corked in the fridge for a few months after opening, so I’ll cook with it AND drink it. I really liked this!

Bottle (375ml) shared with some friends. 2005 vintage. Pours a hazy yellow-orange with no head (of course). Very nice smoky, spicy apple aroma. Flavour: So spicy but still very apple-ey -- whoo, I love this! Hot & spicy, oh so very HOT, but surprisingly there’s still a good amount of the apple ice wine that comes through. Syrupy mouthfeel, thick bodied. Wow, what an experience!