3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Pale pour. Sticky legs. The aroma is of dried pears and apples. A touch of softly smoky spiciness behind a complex fruit sweetness. A little bit of ascorbate tartness. Sort of floral with a litle bit of dustiness.
3.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 12/20
UPDATED: SEP 30, 2008 Bottle... Post RBSG ’08 O-Town/Vero Beach Throwdown Chapter 8... Clear, straw-colored perry. Smells like a blend of warm, day old apples and pears destined for pear and apple butter. Full-bodied and oily. Good balance. Sweet and acidic. Acidic, dry finish. Bottle provided by TheCheeseMan!
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Courtesy TheCheeseMan. Clear light straw color, very little foam. Slightly sweet pear aroma, little tartness evident, kind of musky, overripe fruits. Sweeter taste than aroma gives off - also a little heat on the finish. Nice.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Golden colour. Aroma of brown sugar and caramelized pear. Soft, oily, with lots of pear. Vibrant fruit, with a hint of brown sugar.
3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
bottle courtesy of thecheeseman: pours very lite straw gold with no head. aroma is good lots of pear skin that is earthy slight pear fruit adn some flowers, i really like it. flavour is interesting sweet pear slight acidic but very smooth not tons of flavour some earth pell flavour as the aroma had, touches of alcohol.
3.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
At Vero, thank you Cheeseman. Yellow, pale, with no head. Custard-sweet. Dessert pear aromas. Soft, light, low carbonation. Simple and sweet.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle courtesy of thecheeseman. Pours light hay color with little to no head. Aroma of caramelized pears. Sweet flavors of pears and tart green apples. Light body with thin mouthfeel.
3.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 14/20
Courtesy TheCheeseMan. A still, light golden body leaves thin, sheety legging behind after a quick swirl of the glass. The nose shows simple notes of sweet-tart pear, green apple, and hints of vanilla. The scent is not as concentrated or perfumy as many iced ciders/perrys I’ve encountered. Similarly, the flavor is a bit of a letdown. Lightly sweet pears meet dry, acidic green apples, without much else of note. As the appearance hinted, this one is thin in body, an unforgivable trait for a beverage of this type. Decent at best for the style.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Courtesy Cheeseman. Pours a crystal clear straw gold, with no head. Smells of citrus fruits, pear, apple, maybe a little earth as well. The flavor was kind of unique. Definitely fruity, but I had a tough time distinguishing the pear from the rest of the fruits. Pretty simple and straight forward, and lacking a little complexity. This is my first perry, so I certainly dont have enough experience with this style to compare it to anything else.
3.1 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle, 375ml for $11 in Montreal. I was expecting a lot more out of this, being an ice perry and all. I have yet to have an ice cider that disappoints -- I guess at a basic level they are pretty easy to make taste good -- and so I was thinking the same would be true of this. Not the case. Lost is that intense malic sweetness one expects from the ice ciders, and instead is filled with a cruddy, dry, and overall thin and unkempt seaweed and pear flavor. Where’s the oomph? The aroma offers a bit more, some nice pear skins and dry fermented juices, but still doesn’t come close to the best ice ciders. If you are looking for the pear version of La Face Cachee, do not look here.
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