Farnum Hill - Kingston Black     Farnum Hill/Poverty lane Orchards    Lebanon, NH    Single Variety, golden, still, dray, muscmelon (?)     8.5    Still, dry, golden, and a little sour. This is the best single variety Kingston Black out there and it retains that Farnum Hill flavor. Nothing to complain about! Very tasty.     5.5/6 apples

 Cidre Bouche Brut de Normadie (2011)    domaine dupont - - etienne dupont    victot-pontfal France    "unfiltered, unpasturizedNutrient poor clay and marl soil,
perfect for giving small fruit.
80% of bittersweet apples
20% of acid apples "    5.5%    heavy carbonation, dry, just a touch of sweet and funky wild yeast. a gold standard for other ciders    6/6 apples

Cidre Bouche Brut de Normandy - Organique 2011    domaine dupont - - etienne dupont    victot-pontfal France            Sweet and excellent    5/6 apples

Citizens United unified press    Citizen Cider    Essex, VT    100% vermont apples, sugar too.    6.8    Sweet and spicy with a strong apple juice flavor. Some good funkiness. drinkable but probably too sweet to drinktoo much of.    4/6 apples

Eve's Cidery Bittersweet    Eve's Cidery    Van Etten, NY    bottle fermented golden bubbly semi-dry. all cider apples. "bittersweet"'s    10    a dessert cider. champagne sweetness and carbonation. would be excellent after dinner but not for the main course.     3/6 apples    www.evescidery.com

Farnum Hill - Farmhouse    Farnum Hill/Poverty lane Orchards    Lebanon, NH    "blended from a group of real cider apples that ripen earlier than most." semi dry, low sweet    6.5    Awesome highly drinkable cider! This is what the farnum hill fermenting rooms smell like! Pure cider. Ranked slightly lower than the extra dry: this cider is what american cider should be!    5.5/6 apples   

Farnum Hill Dooryard #1111    Farnum Hill/Poverty lane Orchards    Lebanon, NH    it is an intact  2011 fermentation batch, of Dabinett, Yarlington Mill, and Esopus Spitzenberg. snuck into secondary fermentation?     "7.5"    don't remember much about this batch...light, sightly carbonated, and very very dry.     4/6 apples    www.povertylaneorchards.com/

Farnum Hill Dooryard #1202A    Farnum Hill/Poverty lane Orchards    Lebanon, NH    Similar to a summer cider apple blend. Cryptic description on the website  "acid, bitter, fruity, and woodsy notes that carry into the finish."    "7.5"    Light and dry without too much puckering flavor. Excellent apple flavor. refreshing. (Second bottle: excellent carbonation and just an edge of tart and sweet over the delicious base blend)    5/6 apples   

Farnum Hill Dooryard #1206    Farnum Hill/ Poverty Lane Orchards    Lebanon, NH    tastes like a whiskey cocktail? maybe not but there is a strong boozy quality. strong bsa nose with siur cherry. more like dried cherry sourness    7.5    very dry and sour and bitter. beautiful golden color. wickson?    4.5/6 apples    http://www.povertylaneorchards.com/dooryard-1206/

Farnum Hill Dooryard Extra Dry Growler    Farnum Hill/Poverty lane Orchards    Lebanon, NH    extra dry    "7.5"    The growler is an amazing format but the flatness from carbonation leakage made it inferior to the champagne bottled extra dry. Slightly less flavorful.     4/6 apples   

Foggy Ridge - Sweet Stayman    Foggy Ridge Cider    Dugspur, VA    Blend of Stayman (winesap) with newtown pippin and cox's orange.     7    Sweet! Light carbonation with a very crisp sweet fully ripe juice flavor. Tastes like a fancy sparkling apple juice. More complex than most but a little sweet for my taste.     3/6 apples    http://www.foggyridgecider.com/our-cider/our-cider.php

Isastegi    Sideria Isastegi    Tolosa, Basque, Spain    Basque varietals, kupela aged (oak)    7    Sour and funky and still. Has a rustic authenticity that comes from Basque and various homebrew projects. The sourness is distinctive of the wild crab/rootstock/pound sweet cider batch from 2012.    3.5/6 apples    apples of basque: http://www.sagardotegiak.com/sagardogintza/sagarbarietateak

J.K.'s Northern Neighbor-Farmhouse Cider-Saskatoon Cuvee'    Almar Orchards    Flushing, MI    Michigan apples with the addition of canadian prairie saskatoon apples. traditional unfiltered.    5.5    sweet! dark amber red cider with a nice light carbonation but no, zero, variance from the spiced sweet flavor.     1/6 apples   

Naked Flock    applewood winery    warwick, ny    "apple juice", trappist yeast, maple syrup    6.8    apple juice flavor sweetness made slightly interesting by the yeast to give more flavor depth and funkiness. medium sweet/light dry    2/6 apples    www.applewoodwinery.com/

Sarasola    Sidreria Sarasola    Asteasu, Guipúzcoa, Spain     Basque cider- "100" apple juice"    6    really great basque cider with the typical light carbonation, dryness, and just the hint of funkiness with the yeast dregs in the bottom of the bottle. I haven't mastered the high pour yet...    4/6 apples   

UFF - Dry Cidah    Urban Farm Fermentory    Portland, Maine    wild fermented dry maine apples    6.8    basque/crab apple sour with mild to light carbonation. this cider has varied a lot with different tastings. often very sour citrus. lime juice.    2/6 apples   

West County Cider -  Baldwin    West County Cider    Colrain, Massachusetts    Baldwin Varietal cider. "Well rounded" meaning sweet and dry    5.4    Delicious caramel sweetness. Very refreshing and overall excellent cider.     5/6 apples    www.westcountycider.com/

West County Cider - Belle de Boskoop    West County Cider    Colrain, Massachusetts    Small batch varietal: 50% belle de boskoop, 25% spitzenburg, 25% ashmeads kernel. great! mid0dry    5.6    light color, mild sweetnes. light apple flavor with some tart acidity.     4/6 apples   

West County Cider - Pippin Cider    West County Cider    Colrain, Massachusetts    A crisp, dry, cider made from select pippin (seedling) varietals. possible seedlings or misnomers of tremletts bitter and yarlington.     5.7    Excellent dry cider with sour notes from the apple selection.     4/6 apples   

 


















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