Domaine Pinnacle Cidre de Glace Petillant

Brewed by Domaine Pinnacle Inc.
Style: Ice Cider
Frelighsburg, Canada

Huge legs coat the glass around the dark golden yellow clear body. Old almost rotten apples aroma. Tart, earthy applesauce and mellow alcohol blend in a rooty and fleshy spirit. Immediate assault of tart juicy apples in mouth. Apple pédoncule flavours, roots and a long-lasting juicy sweetness bring out a rather cloying finish. The palate is not as effervescent as I expected, after just a minute or 2, it’s basically momentaneous bubbles that seem to peak in form time to time, the palate is slick and oily besides, but the casual bubbles seems to cut through the sweetness a bit in a pleasant way.

A novel idea it is to carbonate a bold and sweet ice cider, and it obviously works out pretty well for Pinnacle...Still as full-bodied as the regular Cidre de Glace on which it is based, but I feel like the carbonation just masks some of the intricacies of the apple pie sweetness...Don’t get me wrong, this is really flavorful, but side-by-side with their regular ice cider, I thought this one was not as transparent in its flavors...Maybe it is easier to drink though for those who aren’t too keen on their Cidre de Glace’s dominant sweetness...Other than that, it has the same flavor profile as its regular counterpart...

Pours a clear orange with some tingly carbonation. Smells of sweet apples, honey, some spicy hints, crisp. Tastes sweet with a hint of tartness and a crisp finish.

375 ml. Bright, oily gold, huge bubble action in the body (brief), small fizzy white head...heady sweet apple-alcohol nose..thick, juicy fresh flavors, very light carbonation for a "sparkling" cider, syrupy finish...strong alcohol and metallic character at the end disturbs the palate, otherwise enchanted....drink it very cold, I think.

Concentrated brown sugar and lightly bitter apple skins in the aroma. Clear golden-copper with excellent viscosity - coats the sides of the glass. Apple skins, browned pulp, brown sugar, honey, vanilla flavours mingle freely and leave a lasting sweetness on the tongue. Somewhat sticky and syrupy though perhaps served just a bit warm but the carbonation brings out the apple flavours magnificently. Sampled at Mondial de la Bière 2005.

Sampled at Mondial 2006. The body is dark gold with a few bubbles. The aroma is fairly sweet. Some peaches and a little bit of honey. The mouthfeel is fairly sharp with a little bite. The taste is simple with some tart apple candy character.

2008-05-31. Crisp golden yellow body. (3+) sweet aroma, tart lightly musty apple skins, sweet fruit in the aroma. Tart apples up front, fruit overall impression. Less sweet than some others, pleasantly so. Refreshing, not cloying. Smooth medium to full bodied syrupy palate. Very nice cider. Bottle, Mondial, Montreal, ?T

Bottle. Pours a golden nectar with no carbonation. Sweet honey aroma. Sweet apple caramel flavor with nice honey apple flavors, really awesome sweet apples and light woodiness.