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West County Cider Kingston Black

West County Cider
Colrain, Massachusetts
Beer style: Apple Cider
Ref: ratebeer.com May2024

Common descriptors are
Dark red, dense fleshed, with anise over-tones, Kingston Black is perhaps the most well known but least tasted English cider variety. It is frequently described, with the term ‘legendary’ usually tacked on, as the most wine-like of ciders. The aroma, the most intense we have encountered, gives credence to that claim. It is very full bodied, with a deep golden hue. This year’s was fermented with wild yeast, giving it an earthy character unusual in our ciders, then blended with thirty percent Golden Russet.