Félibre Givré Ice Cider

Brewed by Domaine Félibre
Style: Ice Cider/Perry
Stanstead, Canada

Serve in Flute, Lager glass

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Bottle… This cider rocks!… Pours perfectly clear and amber (nearly copper) with decent, lengthy legs. The complex bouquet is a lush swirl of candied fruits, vintage medium sherry and fallen apples with a splash of dark rum. Full-bodied with a syrupy, yet velvety, mouthfeel. Sweet fuzzy fruit, brandy and plum flavors intermingle with fallen apple funkiness. Finishes sweet, overripe and warming with a whisper of acidity. This world class bottle of ice cider was shared by the ever generous Maltzilla!

Dark gold. Apples! Apples! Tart apples! Sweet and juicy. Freaking great. Love this style.

First Iced Cider thanks to Maltzilla. Since this is my first encounter with this style I have nothing to go on really. Fruity aroma, apple of course and possibly some cinnamon and spice. Just lovely

UPDATED: JAN 10, 2009 Date de fabrication et de lot 20/04/07, sur la bouteille nous pouvons lire 10,5% et non 11%. Dégusté dans un verre tulippe a une température de 7 degré celcius. De couleur jaune or avec reflet orangé limpide avec de micro particule de pomme. Au nez on évoque la purée de pomme, des traits de caramel et de canelle. Bonne gazéification, le sucré de la pomme est présent autour de l’alcool et je ressent une légère amertume très agréable malgré le sucré dominant. Épais et huilleux en bouche au réchauffement je peux goûter un assenblage de plusieurs variété de pommes. Exquis!

Jimmack 07. 375 ml bottle. Pours a light golden, still, decent legs. Aroma is fresh pressed apple cider, apple sauce, syrupy sweet hints of maple and green apple skin. Sugary and syrupy sweet upfront with almost a sharp prickly sweetness on the sides of the tongue- hints of honey, green apple tartness, and some apple skin slight astringency at the end but still really smooth. Really nice overall. I might like this one a little better than the Niege.

Bottle, huge thanks to yespr for sharing. Clear golden coloured with no head. Sweet aroma of apples, apple wine and almonds with notes of honey. Sweet and fruity flavour of apples and apple core with an acidic touch. Tart finish of apples. Nice.

Bottle. Huge thanks to Yespr for bying this for us at Tivoli christmas market 2009, finally we got to it. Dark warm yellow wonderfull colour. Moderate nice apple aroma. Vinius. Almost close to nice whitewine. Powerfull intense apple flavor. Long fantastic finish. medium dry, with a nice suttle sweetness. Creamy palate. Very expensive but a great experience.

Bottle ( 375ml clear, corked ). Purchased at 2009 Mondiale from the Cidery booth. Slightly amber-tinged gold, clear, slightly thick and oily-looking, minimal white head. Aroma of moderate alcohol, tangy, slightly overripe golden apple (with some skin); simple, a bit delicate, very good. Taste follows - vaguely of baked alaska and slightly green off-dry chablis, doesn’t seem very sweet up front, but you get sweet tangy ripe apple in the finish - quite tasty, I would love this with the pate-maison at Le Select Bistro. Slick, somewhat acidic mouthfeel, a delicate mineral tanginess in the finish, moderately alcohol -TASTING (but seems to pack more of a punch than the 10.5% ABV listed) - I would definitely get this again, well above middle of the pack, IMO.

Bottle. No head. Color is golden. Aroma and taste are rich sweet apples, syrop, alcohol and citrus notes. Great experience for first taste of an ice cider.

Tasting at Papsø’s, courtesy of Yespr
Blond color. The aroma is strong, surprising: apricot candies, pears, then apples, slightly citrusy. Oily mouthfeel, almost syrupy; sweet and acidic apple juice, with notes of concentrated peach and pineapple. The balance of sweetness and acidity is perfect, it lacks a bit of complexity. Very good.