La Face Cachée de la Pomme Frimas Ice Cider

Brewed by La Face Cachée de la Pomme
Style: Ice Cider
Hemmingford, Canada

A dark orange cider with no head. The aroma contains notes of apples and some rotten fruit. While the flavor also is dominated by apples - again with a slight note of rotten fruit, but also some acidity. The mouthfeel is smooth, but at the same time sticky.

(Bottle 37,5 cl) Courtesy of Ungstrup. Clear, deep amber golden - no head. Complex aroma of overripe apples. Very full-bodied, extremely intense fruit notes - almost strawberry-like. This really is a desert wine, but one that’s tough to drink and digest. 280907

375 mL bottle, thanks to Ungstrup. Pours golden brown to amber, clear. Aroma is sweet and slight acidic. Flavour: very sweet with a slight artificial note. Slight acidic and sweet finish with a warming alcohol feel. Strawberry lurks through in bits throughout. Really great.

Bottle, thanks to Ungstrup. Clear orange coloured with an off white ehad. Sweet aroma of apples and almonds with light acidic notes. Sweet flavour of apples, almonds and berries. Warming alcoholic finish. Nice.

Name: Frimas Recolte
Date: 12/03/2005
Mode: Bottle
Source: Tasting, Strong Ale fest, 2005
Vintage: 2003

clear yellow, headless, sweet apple aroma with some granny smith tartness, incredable rich apple flavor, nice tartness balanced by the sweet apple flavor, only a hint of alcohol,

Aroma: 8/10; Appearance: 8/10; Flavor: 9/10; Palate: 7/10; Overall: 18/20
Rating: 4.3/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: ***+/4

Golden-brown colour with plenty of legs. Woodsy, earthy aroma with a mix of figgy dark fruits and apricotty bright ones...a little molasses in there as well. More complex aroma than the Neige but perhaps less enticing. The flavour on the other hand...oh shit...toasty, woodsy flavours with soft brown sugar, dashes of malic acid, rich clean fruit and the strong suggestion of nutmeg. Exquisite.

(2003 Vintage, RBSG05) Crystal clear golden body with lovely legs. Aroma is medium sweet, apple, musty, some wood. Seems more complex along the lines of wine than cider. Taste is very sweet, concentrated apple, brown sugar, caramel. Smooth finish of mild alcohol. Still quite clean. Syrupy full body.

Bottle vintage 2003, 11,5%. A dark golden cider with no head. The aroma is of apple, wood and dark fruits, the taste is mostly apples, with some fruitiness to it, also a warming alcohol. Medium body with a dry warming finish.