La Face Cachée de la Pomme Neige Ice Cider

Brewed by La Face Cachée de la Pomme
Style: Ice Cider
Hemmingford, Canada

rusty brought this out on 9/27/2009 since he hadn’t already brought out enough ridiculous stuff! thick pour with no head but incredible legs... filtered real apple juice color yellow-y brown with golden tints. initially, there is a distracting woody aroma similar to fresh seeds, twigs and cardboard. this blows off to reveal a blast of fresh squeezed apple juice, earth, green and a fruity tartness. very pure, crisp and comforting. the flavor follows... freshly squeezed apples reduced down to a smooth, thick, syrupy richness. it is sweet for sure but the natural tartness of the fruit balances it out perfectly. amazing! i want to pour this over hot foie gras and brown sugar pecan waffles! 9/4/9/5/18/4.5

Ok, so this is pretty hard to rate... This is definitely not beer. Nor is this cider. This a delicious liquor all on it’s own. Although given the context of rating ratebeer, it won’t score as high as I would give it on say... rate liquor.com. 2006 vintage. Pours a pale yellow, reminiscent of apple juice. No head, just a hint of carbonation when swirled. The aroma is great. Apples, spice, residual sugar and many more notes. The flavor is like a sweet delicious apple bomb. Pow! It coats your tongue and glides elegantly down your throat. The flavor is very complex, a great mix of sweet and sour. I would have never guessed that this was 12% abv. My score on ratebeer.com:4, my score on hypothetical rateliquor.com 4.5. Very, very nice!

Golden amber colour. Some very small bubbles frrom carbonation. Very nice apple aroma, Sweet and pleasant. Flavour is very sweet and fruity. Very strong apple flavour. Very good cider. Supried by the carbonation.

courtesy of tytoanderso pours a nice gold aroma is fresh apple orchard. flavor is ripe apples light sweetness and a nice medium mouthfeel. fantastic cider wow.

Bottle many thanks to mes, this was only a 5cl bottle and im guessing it was a bit old. Im thinking that a newer and bigger bottle would have been better. Alround rating: Tart ta tan, brown sugar coated apples, some signs of oxidation makes the alcohol come out a bit, lightly peppery, but the appley sweetness and creamy character is just awsome. One of those drinks you just want more and more of.

50 ml bottle. Superb golden orange, lots of legs on the glass. Aroma: Juicy apple, caramel, alcohol, grapes, candy, tart - amazing. Flavour: SUPERB - creamy overripe apples, spice, slight alcohol, cinnamon, cane sugar, malty with a lovely long red apple finish - just superb, most definitely the best cider I’ve ever had.

Bottled@fonefan. Golden colour, no head. Aroma is white wine, grapes, a lot of vanilla as well as some sour apples. Flavour is sweet sugary mixed with white wine. Mindblowing complexity, even though the sugary notes are a bit too sweet.

Clean, crisp golden color with an aroma of apple juice. There were also some slight sour notes, maybe from green apples. Taste is the freshest of apple juice on steroids. Very smooth with some sour and tart flavors. This is really good.