Breezy Hill Orchard and Cider Mill Reviews




MicroGrog
3.5
Hudson Valley Wickson
Bottle from Flatiron Wines. Though you could easily aquire this from any farmer's market in which Breezy Hill is attending around the city. Unique, rounded, corked bottle. Back label is upside down. DFH rounded pint glass. Large smokescreen of foam that fills the glass & disappears even quicker. Clear straw gold body. Smells of bubble gum, green bananas, white wine & acidic apples. Tastes of gum, aspartame without the sweetness, & very strong florals, like if you'd kissed the cheek of someone with a little too much on. Continuing, there is menthol, light yeast, bitter greens, mellow sulfites & it is all quite acidic & bubbly. Tougher then the 6.9% ABV on the label. This venture into cider making has grown from an amateur curiosity to something worth trying. Glad they are succeeding despite the limited shelf space.
Thursday, July 4, 2019

Lubiere
3.3
Breezy Hill Hudson Valley Bourbon Barrel Aged Cider
A lightly hazed golden cider with aroma of sweet apple jam, light bourbon barrel notes, light vanilla, pleasant. In mouth, a nice sweet fruity apple juice with light bourbon barrel notes, light butterscotch, light mineral notes, pleasant. On tap at Lupulo.
Monday, August 7, 2017

MicroGrog
3.2
Hudson Valley Winesap Cider
Bottle from the Union Square farmer’s market. Mason jar. Hazy, pale gold body. Smell is of sharp, grassy, wild, browned bitter apples. Band-aid... Sidra? Taste is all skin. Floral bitter sharp apples, half sour green table grapes, hay, saline, wild yeasties. Sparkly, sizzling, carbonation. Dry. Winesaps are still there, but everything else in the bottle is slowly turning things interesting.
Sunday, January 22, 2017

jtclockwork
3.1
Breezy Hill Hudson Valley Scrumpy
Bottle pour at farmers market - dirty cider color / nose and taste of apple cider and earthy Apple - med body
Sunday, May 15, 2016

j12601
3.6
Breezy Hill God Speed The Plough
Bottle at the ice cider tasting at James’. Pours a hazed gold. Soft apple, a touch of funky yeast. A bit of apple, soft musk, a touch of light apple flesh. Soft and sweet, a bit of musk. Tastes like a baby Spanish style cider. Cool enough.
Sunday, February 28, 2016

jtclockwork
3
Breezy Hill God Speed The Plough
Bottle - thanks Yanick - Pours yellow white head - nose/taste of light apple pit, lemon, dry - medium body.
Wednesday, January 13, 2016

vtafro
3.3
Breezy Hill God Speed The Plough
Bottle. Yellow pour almost no head. Sweet candy and Apple aromas. Light carbonation. Herbal and Apple finish, not very sweet flavor.
Wednesday, January 13, 2016

jredmond
2.3
Hudson Valley Farmhouse Cider
Sampled at Wassail with Linh. Pours a hazy golden body with no head of lace. Aroma is piss - human urine after lots of asparagus. Mouthfeel is tart with notes of shoe polish, glue, melted candle and urinary tract infections. Awful.
Friday, September 18, 2015

Jow
3.3
Hudson Valley Farmhouse Cider
Grabbed a bottle at farmers market outside work, still says Maeves on top of bottle making identification tricky but guessing this it. Fine pale gold pour. Nose is acidic apples and slight florals. Tastes of tart apples red and green, lemon, honey, floral. Touch sweet but acidity helps cut through. Pleasant
Saturday, September 5, 2015

Scopey
3.2
Hudson Valley Farmhouse Cider
Bottle at Yespr’s. It pours pale gold with a medium white head. The nose is apple, pear, light tartness, white sugar and appletiser. The taste is crisp, clean, apple, pear, tang and some acidity with a dry finish. Medium body and moderate carbonation. Clean, crisp and balanced. Not a whole lot of depth, but pretty drinkable.
Wednesday, February 26, 2014

fonefan
3.4
Hudson Valley Farmhouse Cider

Bottle 750ml.

[ As Hudson Valley Farmhouse Cider ].
Clear light to medium yellow color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting to diminishing, white head. Aroma is light to moderate apple, vanilla, sweet apples, apple skin - peel. Flavour is moderate sweet and light light acidic with a long duration, apples, tart appls, sweet apples. Body is medium, texture is oily to wateru, carbonation is soft to flat. [20140201]

Wednesday, February 26, 2014

Desverger
3.1
Hudson Valley Farmhouse Cider
Bottle@Yespr’s - light yellow pour with a small bubbly white head. Sweet and crisp apple taste and aroma, nice acidity, ok.
Tuesday, February 25, 2014

Theis
2.5
Hudson Valley Farmhouse Cider
Bottle at Yespr’s - Thanks. Clear yellow - white head. Sweetness, apple, citrus, light crispy, light acid, mouldy notes, zesty. Not that complex.
Thursday, February 20, 2014

anders37
3
Hudson Valley Farmhouse Cider
Bottle @ yespr. Pours a clear pale yellow color with a white head. Has a fruity spicy apple aroma. Sweetish spicy apple flavor. Has a sweetish spicy apple finish.
Wednesday, February 12, 2014

brnandersen
3.1
Hudson Valley Farmhouse Cider
Sample from 75 cl. bottle. Clear, golden colour with a thin, white head. Fruity aroma with apples, rather zesty. Taste is light sweet. Finishes slightly sweet with apples.
Thursday, February 6, 2014

Ungstrup
3.1
Hudson Valley Farmhouse Cider
Bottled. A yellow cider with a rim of white head. The aroma has notes of apples and yeast. The flavor is sweet with notes apples, and yeast, leading to a dry finish.
Saturday, February 1, 2014

JanLaursen
2.5
Hudson Valley Farmhouse Cider
Flaske, 75 cl, hos Yespr. Super flot designet label. Meget lys, næsten vandigt udseende med minimalt skum. Dufter mildt af gærede æbler. Smager også mildt, mild frugtsødme, ikke meget farmhouse over hverken duft eller smag. Anonym.
Saturday, February 1, 2014

Borup
3
Hudson Valley Farmhouse Cider
Bottle. Clear yellow colour with a white head. Aroma and flavour of sweet apples.
Saturday, February 1, 2014

Pinball
2.6
Hudson Valley Farmhouse Cider
bottle at yespr , clear yellow, small bobbuly white head. sweet apple aroma, mild , notes of honey, quite sweet for a cider. flavor is sweet apple, palate is prickly. bit too sweet for what i consider a good cider.
Saturday, February 1, 2014

yespr
3.4
Hudson Valley Farmhouse Cider
75 cl bottle, bought at a farmers market downtown Manhatten. Pours clear yellow, no head. Smooth, light citrusy apples. Slight zesty. Vague sulphorish. Amooth crisp apples. Lingering fruity.
Saturday, February 1, 2014

BrewBoxer
3.3
Hudson Valley Farmhouse Cider
Cup from a growler at the new Amsterdam market in the south street seaport NYC. Dry with slight carbonation and lost of sediment. Very good ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone
Sunday, June 23, 2013

MicroGrog
3.1
Breezy Hill Hudson Valley Lady Apple Cider

Bottle @ New Amsterdam Market.
Plastic cup. Repeat heavy-handed pours. Filtered, dark/mellow gold color.
Soft, flinty nose. Savignon Blanc & a bit of pear.
Tastes of soft table wine. Decent tannins. Delicate/subtle creamy apple flavor.
Still & pretty dry. Mellow alcohol(I think the cider maker said it came in somewhat over 7%).
Bland, but sloshable.

Tuesday, October 30, 2012

MicroGrog
3.5
Hudson Valley Farmhouse Cider
Available at the Union Square Farmer’s Market on draft & in pre-filled growlers($18). Edit for a second time: Yet another batch. Started out the same ole, but once the sediment was stirred up, wow, juicy, bright, red delicious, nourishing. abv seems lower. That amateur sharp homebrewed taste seems to have worked its way out of the recipe. Scrumpy-ish. Not overly sophisticated, but super chuggable. Edit: New Batch is a bit paler, like pear juice. Smell has been throttled, & the ongoing fermentation has left this one tasting pretty dry & floral. Acid is much lower, no measurable tartness. No longer thick & homey as it was(though still unfiltered). Amazed at how popular this one was. Must be the generous 3-4oz samples they give out. overall: 2.1 --- Yellow/brown, murky/unfiltered appearance. Smell is floral & sharp, still fermenting apples. Taste is very sweet for 7%. Zesty, turned eating apples. Vinegary. Mashed texture. Moderately high acidity & tartness. Basic. Overall: 2.4
Wednesday, July 25, 2012