Wandering Aengus Ciderworks Oaked Dry Cider

Brewed by Wandering Aengus Ciderworks
Style: Cider
Salem, Oregon USA

Serve in Bowl, Flute, Lager glass

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July 2010 bottling. Clear golden color. Mild bandaid, sulfer, yellow apple, butter, wood aromas. Light bodied. Dry oak, dry apple flavors; mildly tart, bittersweet finish. Not impressed.

Bottle. Pours a clear apple juice like body very light golden body with a trickle of quickly diminishing white fizz leaving short streams of bubbles only. Aromatically cider, pears, and light oak tones. A bit sweet and fruity. Waxy sweetness with a quickly drying slightly tart and again waxy in finish. White wine notes, a bit drying like champagne and a hint of sour apples.

Bottle. Clear yellow with a bubbly white head that quickly fades to a ring. Aroma of tart apples, sweet honey, vanilla, light oak and tannins. The flavor is very light, just some mildly sweet apple, some alcohol and a tart finish. Light body with a very active carbonation and an extremely dry finish. Well it’s called a dry cider and it certainly is very dry. Even though I’m not a huge fan of dry ciders this is pretty good, there is still some apple character that makes it through the dryness.

Bottle… Clear yellow cider with a mid-sized, wispy, white head that’s gone in a flash. The aroma is of day-old, fallen apples -nicely acidic and modestly fruity with a note of toasted oak. Light-bodied and watery with dancing carbonation. The flavor is tart, but mostly thin and fairly nondescript. Not all that fruity, although I do pick up a rumor of bitter and sour apple. Crisp, bland, bone-dry finish. Not nearly as good as their Bloom cider.

500ml bottle pours a clear, bright yellow with a spitty, white head. Nice nose, honey, apples, fruity. Flavor is sweet, apple juice, light honey. Medium bodied, dry finish. Very one note.

Bottle (bottled July 2010) from Healthy Spirits. Pours with a clear, vibrant golden body and a large white head that fades to a ring. Aromas of oak, white wine, very dry apple, tannins, oak, musty, CO2, and some acidity. Flavors of super dry apple, radicchio, champagne (carbonation, flavor, acidity, etc), candy sugar. Very dry. Slight complaint that it is relatively thin stripped of carbonation. Light oaky finish. Vibrant carbonation. A well made cider overall.
Earlier Rating: 3/8/2009 Total Score: 3.6
Bottle. Sent in a picture to be uploaded. Pours with no head and a dehydrated yellow body. Light legs. Aroma has some sweetness, dry apples, light normandie corkiness. Taste is very dry with light crab apple bitterness. Very dry finish with a hint of oak. Light alcohol (for 8%). Very dry mouthfeel, lively bubbles...

22oz courtesy of nimbleprop. Pour is a clear, light yellow with a temporary fizzy, white head. Aroma of baby powder, green pears. Taste is dry, light, mild tart apples, mostly watery and spritzy. Extremely thin, watery palate.

375ml bottle, thanks nimbleprop. Crystal clear apple juice body, still. Aroma is medium sweet, apple, some crispness, light mustiness. taste is medium sweet, apple, some seltzer. Light-medium body.

Nice apple and honey nose with some light vanilla-oak notes. The taste is lightly sweet, lightly tart with fresh apples, some light clove honey and a touch of pear skins. Just a touch of funk in the finish.

Bottle. Pale yellow. Aroma of rotted, sour apples. Taste is very sour white wine vinegar. Interesting.