Balholm Økologisk Eplecider Tørr Stillcider

Brewed by Ciderhuset Balholm
Style: Cider
Balestrand, Norway

Serve in Flute, Lager glass

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Bottle. Clear, still orange body. Aroma is fusel alcohol, medicinal etanol-like tones, band aids and very little else. Awful, and hard to ignore. Oh well, I bravely enter forward and take a sip. In the mouth, more horrors await: massive fusel alcohol, tart wooden tones and hints of apple. Harsh, astringent, medicinal and...bad, bad, bad. Surely this must be a bad bottle? I certainly hope so, for Balholm’s sake. Might re-rate on occasion, but right now it’s not very tempting.

Bottle 750ml. clear glass @ [ Fastelavn Smagning - Carnival Tasting - Ulfborg ].

Clear medium yellow colour with a fizzy, virtually none lacing, fully diminishing head. Aroma is moderate apple, dry apple, light alcohol - almost like cider with a squezz vodka. Flavour is moderate to light light heavy sweet and light light acidic with a long duration, apple, dry dry, white wine alike ! Body is light to medium, texture is watery, carbonation is flat. [20120218]

Bottle, 8.5%. Mild apple aroma. Dry apple flavour with a rough alcohol note. Clear golden colour. Apple juice with vodka can probably be had cheaper, even in Norway.

75 cL clear bottle. Pours clear and golden yellow with a small white head. Aroma is dry, acidic and light chemical. Light citric and mild fruity apples. Bitter and mild citric into the finish.

Bottle 75 cl. Courtesy of yngwie. Pours a clear golden with a small white head. Apple aroma with quite some booze. Medium body, very discreet apple accents but a heavy booze finish. Appears like a weak apple juice fortified with vodka. 180212

Bottle. It’s golden in color, a bit pale maybe, no carbonation. It’s sort of vinous on the nose, white wine-ish, with less apple aroma than I would like it to have. Lightly vinous too. Sort of vinous in the flavor too, with apples dominating. Full-bodied and with a touch of alcohol warmth. A bit one dimentional, but with a pleasant vinous touch. Might be drinking more of this. 120218

Bottle @ Fastelavnssmagning 2012, Ulfborg. 2010. Pours clear golden with bubbles on top. Dry and alcoholic flavor. Rough. Sweet. Red apples. Alcoholic and cloying.

Bottled. A golden cider with a thin off-white head. The aroma has notes of apples and alcohol. The flavor is sweet with notes of alchol and rotten apples, leading to a tart finish.

Bottle. Clear golden with tiny to no head. Aroma is apples and fruit. Flavour is apples, alcohol, medium sweet and a little watery.

Clear golden without head. Aroma is sweet and apples. Flavor is medium sweet. Dry finish with an alcoholic feel. 180212