Oliver Beanblossom Hard Cider

Brewed by Oliver Winery
Style: Cider
Bloomington, Indiana USA

Serve in Bowl, Flute, Lager glass

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This is my favorite Cider. I wish it was a little cheaper but it tastes wonderful. Not too sweet, still can taste a beer taste to it, but the fruits come out too.

Bottle from Sam’s quik shop - #500! - pours clear gold, with tiny bubbles and little to no head. Aroma is apple jacks cereal with an alcohol finish. Taste is sweet and a bit syrupy. There is something artificial to the sweetness more like motts apple juice then a cider. I can see why they recommend using it for mulled cider to balance the sweetness. Overall, drinkable, but a tad to sweet.

Bottlecan from Sam Quik Shop. Pours apple with no head. Not a lot of carbonation here. Slight apple notes on the nose. Legit apple notes on the tongue. Shades more to the sweet side. Solid.

This bottled Cider from a bottle shop poured a small sized head of foamy fine to medium sized white colored bubbles that were quickly diminishing and left behind a typically carbonated transparent weak yellow colored body and a poor lacing. The aroma was golden apple and green apple. The crisp mouth feel was weakly tingly at the start and at the finish. The flavor contained notes of golden apple and green apple. Not one that I would likely drink again. Not much here towrite about. So-so.

Shared a single bottle with cider-happy ladyfriend. Pours clear gold, no head. Aroma is apples, white wine, alcohol. Taste is the same - tastes more like a sweet white wine than a lot of hard ciders I’ve tried. Finish is not as dry as most cider’s either. Pleasant if you like a decent riesling or moscato wine, but as a cider it’s not a good representation.

Sampled at an ESBLS tasting. It poured a pale yellow color with no head. The aroma was of apple, spice and pears but mainly apples and apple skins. The taste was wine, apples and somewhat tart.

Clear pale golden pour with no head. Aroma is red slightly sweet red delicious apples with white grapes and effervescent champagne yeast. Flavor is on the sweeter side with apples, underlying spices, white grape and champagne yeasts. Medium bodied and carbonation on the lower end. Just on the good side of sweet for me. Not bad.

No head, active carbonation, clear light yellow, apple aroma, has an apple mixed with white wine flavor, not the best cider that I have had.

500 ml aluminum bottle. Served in a chalice, the cider pours a clear pale gold color with no head. Aroma seems a bit weak to me, it smells like green and sweet apples, white grapes/wine and some booze. The taste is more sweet apples than it is sour ones. There’s also a slight white wine like flavor noticeable too. The aroma was a little boozy, but I don’t think it tastes that way. Mouthfeel/body is light, it’s refreshing and has low carbonation. Overall I liked it, I’d pick this up again if I was in the mood for some cider.

Aluminum bottle to taster. Looks decent; light-gold with low carbonation and no head. Smells solid; dry, apple, and chardonnay. Tastes like it smells, only better. Nice mouthfeel too. A great cider!