La Face Cachée de la Pomme Neige Ice Cider

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

375 ml bottle, 2005. Clear gold, slightly paler than the rim of my flute. No head. A quick sniff yields sliced red toffee apple. Pausing over the glass for a minute or so brought notes, no evocations, of all things apple. Dances between pie, cobbler, sauce, fresh picked and orchard cider. Hints of cinnamon. A thin syrup that dissolves mercurially with tiny carb fireworks and a tongue numbing tang. After 5 minutes of nasal foreplay the first sip is apple orgasm. I’ve had great apples but the saturation and complexity of the Neige is almost otherwordly. Sweet and sour rise and fall and linger long with more subtle apple. Incredible.

Pale gold. Still. Aroma of ultra concentrated sweet apple, lightly tart, spices, some musty earth. Dense, rich flavor of sweet apples with enough tartness and alcohol to make it drinkable. Subtle spice and earth also present. Full body, smooth, viscous, heavy, rich. Great dessert drink.

Drank from two combined 50ml bottles, although this is the 3rd or 4th time I’ve had this. What a fantastic, fantastic drink. Viscous, leggy gold pour is laced with tart, crisp apple aroma, a touch of spice and gentle white wine acidity. Big potent flavor, starts off calm and grows to a truly impressive finish, a blistering blast of intense apple so rich it is almost overwhelming. And this isn’t even as big as Frimas! Simply outstanding. And how many other drinks have you licking your lips long after you’ve finished them?

Bottle at LCRBM3. Arrrh, time to bring a bit of sanity to the recent ratings. Sweet apple pie aroma. Bit of alcohol and butterscotch on the initial hit. Thick in mouth. Sweet apple juice. Needs a bit of spice on the end perhaps to balance it, something like cinnamon or cloves, but it doesn’t have this so it rather drifts off in the mouth.

Skyview is the man for sharing this. Pours a nice light golden. Killer concentrated applesauce like spicy sweet apple nose. Nice tart and sweet nose with a killer dose of ripe fruit and cinnamon as well as some . Some Granny smith meets a touch of macintosh with a light dose of cinnamon. This is un-be-freaking-lievable!e

A Mes rate: Bottle at LCRBM3. Excellent presentation. Very tall slim bottle in a well designed canister. Thick gold, totally flat but clearly quite thick with the alcohol. Lines the glass really well. Very very sweet but so perfectly balanced with the sugary apples and some tart rhubarb type notes. Light spice and an aged dusty feel too. Alcohol is very restained considering its strength. Awesome sweet and puckery finish with definite cinnamon. Absolutely glorious.

Pours gold with no head at all. A couple of bubbles visible. Aroma of apples. Nice sweet and dry apple flavor with some spice hints. Extremely drinkable for 12%. Very smooth. Thanks Boutip for getting my hands on one!

Cool, long skinny bottle. A clear bright gold liquid. Aroma of, you guessed it, apples. Some plastic and alcohol too. No carbonation. I would says that it lies dead in the glass but it does have some legs that creep up the sides of the glass. Sweet and tart and amazingly succulent. One little sip is making my mouth salivate like crazy. Strong alcohol presence. Loads of dry crisp apples and a bit of spices. Or is that just the alcohol kicking in. Little bit of lychee in there also. bierkoning hit it right on the head. Finishes smooth and alcoholic. A damn good cider. I wish I had more. Thanks to etowneraser for sharing.