Crispin Original

Brewed by Crispin Cider Company (Tenth and Blake Beer Co.)
Style: Cider
Minneapolis, Minnesota USA

Serve in Flute, Lager glass

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Bottle.

I bought a pack of these by accident, thinking they were the Crispin Honey Crisp instead. Pale pour, somewhat sweet, cheap white wine, drinkable, but certainly not anything special.

Bottle thanks to bman1113vr. Clear yellow with fizzy head. Aroma is apple, jolly rancher, some perfume. Flavor is apple, sweet. Watery mouthfeel.

Bottle. Clear gold and not as pale of a pour as the light. Slightly darker than the Brut as well. Dry, slightly perfumey. A bit sweet. Crisp aroma. Flavor is dry, nearly pear. Taste is quite watered down. Thank god it is not back sweetened to within an inch of its life! Slight tannic and twangy. Not horrible. Dry, small, lively bubbles.

It smells very nice like most ciders do. It looks pale but that’s what I expect in a cider. It goes down very easy. I really get very little alcohol taste. Now the flaver. It’s not too sweet. It pretty mild like some home ciders problem is that it’s a bit weak. No way should you put ice in it. Anyhow it is good but I wouldn’t rush to buy it.

Bottle (small sample). Clear very light orange pour. Apple on the nose, apple and maybe some pear on taste.

Very pale yellow color. Aroma is candy apples - someone earlier mentioned jolly rancher sour apple and there’s certainly a hint of that here. Refreshing but thin, one-dimensional cider. I can’t imagine why anyone would pour this over ice - hasn’t nearly enough body. I added some cinnamon after a while to make it more interesting.

A little more apple flavor and aroma than the Brut. A little sweeter. Clear again. Simple, but drinkable. Refreshing.

Hmmm... On tap, hold the ice. I guess I got the original version? Pours hazy pale straw with a frothy white head. Strangely pale, I wonder how/why they do that. Aroma of tart apples and apple skins. Lightly tart taste of apples, but not so much of apple cider. I really do wonder what they’re doing here.

UPDATED: OCT 15, 2009 Very crisp and clean. I didn’t have it over ice, because I thought it might water down. This is a great summer refresher.

Incredibly clear, candied red delicious aroma. Strong carbonation. Didn’t serve it over ice because I’m a loose cannon. One small part metal, one small part zima, one small part liquid sugar and the rest is syrupy water and nothing. Borderline rhetorical.