David Shaw

9.1

Amber brown, fair clarity. Clean nose, slightly perfumed nose. Tropical fruit and apple flavors with crabapple finish, moderate pulp and skin tannins on finish. Semi dry. — a year ago

David Shaw

9.3

Golden brown, moderate plus carbonation. Spice and faint sulfur like aroma, reminiscent of acacia wood barreling. The label promises dry, fortuitously fruit-forward cider in the Basque style, which is on point. Lightly astringent, almost bitter but perfumed finish. I really like this one as a possible regular quaff. 7.5% alc/vol — 2 years ago

Joseph Lewinski

9.0

Awesome pear cider from Albemarle and Orange Co. VA! French style very dry and light. Had with Thanksgiving dinner. — 3 years ago

with Ginny

David Shaw

9.2

Liberty Ciderworks, Spokane WA USA. Golden Russet single varietal cider. Label promises flavors of jackfruit, white pepper and nutmeg. I’m not sure about the first as I haven’t had much jackfruit in my diet. Golden brown, excellent clarity, wild fermented but not much carbonation beyond the initial pour. Semi dry, clean aroma, light acidity with a hint of sweetness. This is a traditional American cider varietal, and it’s plenty tasty. 11.5% alc/vol — a year ago

David Shaw

9.2

Liberty Ciderworks, Spokane WA. 55 Chain English Style Cider. Label claims it to be “dry, tannic and fruit-forward” with Dabinett, Chisel Jersey, and Brown’s cider-specific varietals. Golden brown, excellent clarity, light carbonation, not much head on initial pour. Some oak barreling. Lightly malic with restrained aromatics. Tannic level highly complementary with a light touch on the wood extraction, thankfully. Exceedingly well crafted, great stuff. — 2 years ago

Brandon Boesch

9.4

Smells of dew on grass then apples. Very funky but with some air and warmth becomes much more fruit. Like it. — 3 years ago

Bridget Meagher

9.1

Brad nailed this one -2002 in 2023 — a year ago

David Shaw

9.3

Light yellow, light carbonation. Label promises “crisp pineapple, stone fruit and honey aromas and flavors”, which is largely accurate. A dry, refreshing and enjoyable cider perfect for special occasions. Made from Crimson Gold crabapples and heirloom apples from O’Brien Farms, Prosser WA. Very nice stuff! — 2 years ago

Jake Hajer

9.1

Aged in calvados barrels. Tan-brown in color. Earthy and you can taste the calvados barrels. I paired this with FoieGras on toasted panettone with grape must reduction. — 2 years ago

Joseph Gannon

8.9

nice Gruner from a great Virginia winemaker — 3 years ago

with Brooke