Gales Hard Cider

Pale yellow body. The nose is rich apples with some dry oak notes. Very sweet smelling. The taste is very dry with only a little bit of apple core. It is a very muted flavor. The finish is lingering with some more of that apple core character and hints of black pepper spice. The alcohol isn’t really noticed. This is a weird one in that it seems like it wants to have more character than a macro cider, and it does with obvious real ingredients. However, it is still fairly muted in the taste. I would like a little more character.

750 ml bottle. Very pale yellow with almost no head. Strong apple aromas. A nice tart, dry apple flavor with a hint of pears as well. Very dry finish. My first "micro-cider". Very drinkable, I’d have it again.

Name: Gale’s Hard Cider
Date: 07/21/2007
Mode: Draft
Source: Brewfest, Indy

clear pale yellow, frothy white head, strone apple aroma with a good balance between the sweet and the tart, very dry apple flavor with wave after wave of tartness, very clean finish

Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 6/10; Flavor: 6/10; Palate: 5/10; Overall: 12/20
Rating: 3/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: **/4

Sweet aroma of apples. Light yellow in color, no head. Light mouth feel with mild sourness. Pleasant, sweet body. Very akin to white wine. I’m a fan.

Sampled on 10/14/2006 at the winery... Sample was poured from a large pitcher. Color was *almost* the color of water and just as clear. Barely any carbonation. Light apple aroma. Crisp, subtle apple flavor. Not really sweet, but not really dry either. Finish reminded me of a generic white wine. Palate was very thin, again like water. Everything about this cidar seemed to be light - too light. I was hoping for a little more fruit flavor and carbonation. Overall this cidar was not very exciting, but I will give this winery credit for offering something a little different besides just having wine. I also grabbed a bottle of the Gale’s Hard Cidar "The Chieftan’s Blend" which might be a bit more interesting...