Travlr (33218) - No fixed abode, New York, USA - JUN 29, 2023UPDATED: JUN 29, 2023 Bottle from a SAQ somewhere in the Eastern Townships. Pours deep clear golden color, almost amber. Aroma of concentrated apple syrup, light vanilla. Taste is rich sweet apple but not cloying. Elegant.
pictoman (6575) - Vancouver, British Columbia, CANADA - OCT 16, 2022UPDATED: OCT 16, 2022 Poured from 375mL bottle (2012 vintage). Clear amber with no head. Treacle, cooked apple, sweet and nice.
beerplace (8293) - Vancouver, British Columbia, CANADA - DEC 20, 2020UPDATED: DEC 20, 2020 375ml (thx, Jonathan D.!) @ home.
Appearance: clear golden.
Aroma: sweet and sour, lots of caramelized apples.
Taste: along the same lines, totally flat.
Overall: nice thing.
minutemat (13878) - Shropshire, ENGLAND - JUN 29, 2020UPDATED: JUN 29, 2020 Sample thanks to Grumbo. Clear varnished mahogany. Aroma is fairly rich caramel and oxidised / aged real ale. Taste presents bright caramel and burnt brown sugar, syrupy sweet with crisp apple pie, light vanilla. and high Manuka honey. Very good.
SHIG (12544) - Hampton, Virginia, USA - MAY 2, 2020UPDATED: MAY 2, 2020 Sample thanks to Grumbo: Poured a dark clear with bubble head. Aroma is very intense apple, boozy. Taste is sweet, apple, brown sugar, caramel, sticky.
Grumbo (18673) - Ipswich, Suffolk, ENGLAND - APR 25, 2020UPDATED: APR 25, 2020 25/4/2020. Bottle from Two Brews, Colchester. Bought this a couple of years ago, it’s from the 2009 harvest. Quite similar to the 2014 I’d had before but with lots of rich baked apple, baked apple skin, brown sugar and caramel. Otherwise quite similar and still very delicious. 9394-18 4.3. 24/6/2019. Bottle sample from the 2014 harvest courtesy of danlo, cheers Ed. Pours clear amber gold with no head. Aroma of intensely rich apples, golden syrup, twig, vanilla, biscuit and apple strudel. Medium sweetness and light to moderate tartness. Full body, oily sticky texture, very soft carbonation. Rich, alcoholic, warming apple pie finish. Delicious. 8493-18 4.2
danlo (10571) - Darlington, Durham, ENGLAND - JUN 6, 2019UPDATED: JUN 6, 2019 375ml bottle. Vintage 2014. Golden amber colour, no head and aroma of apple pie, pastry, tangy apple, boozy. Taste is slightly tart, sweet syrupy, apple, with pastry, apple pie, and some caramel, tangy woody, vanilla, earthy tannic & booze notes. Thick syrupy mouthfeel, full bodied, low carbonation, dry and boozy finish. Very drinkable
DSG (25478) - Tel Aviv, ISRAEL - JUL 29, 2018Bottle sample at a tasting at Tom L's place. Thanks troubles. Deep golden. Apple, cookies, honey, sweet, chewy, rounded. Great and dessert-like.
Bamsen78 (8287) - Sønderborg, DENMARK - JUL 28, 2018Bottle @ Højbjerg tasting 28 July. Pours clear light copper brown with no head at all. Clear aroma of fermented apples with dark notes of burn. Sweet-sourish and burning taste of fermented apples and dust, the most perfect taste experience of the kind I have ever had. Applelike and burning aftertaste. Absolutley perfect. I am in paradise right now.
HenrikSoegaard (20141) - Randers, DENMARK - JUL 28, 2018Bottle. Dark yellow colour. Powerfull apple flavor. Long powerfull sweet appke finish. Creamy palate.