3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Sampled at the 2013 Chicago Cider Summit. Pours a clear light gold with no head whatsoever. Aroma has a real nice full dry apple note with a bit of sweetness coming in. Aroma is much more dry with a good amount of earthy apple and a strong dry finish.
3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Pours a very light straw color with a faint subtle nose of ripe apple and slight acidic note. On the palate its dry very dry and clean. The champagne of apples.. really great with a light seafood dish and a good bitter green apple bite to lend more depth to the extra dry experience.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Slighty hazy golden pour with a faint dry nose Very dry throughout, bitter, not too bubbly, Excellent cider
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Backlog late 2011/early 2012...750mL bottle...pors clear gold with a very thin fizzy white head. Aroma has some sweet apple with underlying funk...touch of faint sulfur. Flavor has nice apple but not sweet...funky with a touch of oak and white wine. Mouthfeel is light and the finish is dry apple/white wine.
4.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 18/20
Poured a few glasses for myself while serving patrons at some fest in the Lexington Armory.
Clear, pale wheat yellow/gold. Champagne-like active.
Dusty dry fruit & cores on the nose. Earthy, grassy, minerally.
Surprisingly bittersweet skin-y taste upfront, however quick. Though the actual texture through to the finish is so very dry. Faintly yeasty & minerally. Cooling... wintergreen mint? Plush, microbeaded carbonation. Subtle twang near the finish. Light alcohol burn. Awesome stuff.
There should be a different scale for dryness just for Farnum Hill. Only their dooryard stuff seems to stray.
3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Tasted at NYC Craft Beer Festival. Bright fruity apple aroma. Crisp and acidic with good tongue scrubbing scrubbing carbonation. Little to no residual sweetness. Very elegant. Champagne-like.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
750 ml bottle. Pours a very pretty clear gold with a bit of a spritz and a very thin head that evaporates almost immediately. Pleasant aroma of apples along with a bit of yeast. The flavor is apple, crisp and flavorful, along with a bit of yeast. Very dry and clean at the finish. I’ll use the word again, crisp. The carbonation is just enough to accentuate without being prickly on the palate. Quite good.
3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
draught - pours a pale gold, smells like.....apple cider. Quite sour and dry
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle. Pours a hazed gold with a thin white head. Big soft apple aromas on the nose. Smooth with a nice body, delicate carbonation and a bit of acid. Dries out quickly and picks up a bit of sulfites. Light sweetness, tart, soft acid. Fairly nice, if not overwhelmingly memorable in many ways.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
TODAY’S SPECIAL at rattle and hum nyc. tart fruity a bit slick with a bit of salt in the sugary mix. nice deep enough clear apple juice color and aroma. hell what do i know about cider. seems ok enough. it has a nice dry mid palate and finishes slowly as the dryness fades away.
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