Etienne Dupont Cidre Bouché Brut de Normandie

Brewed by Domaine Familial Louis Dupont
Style: Cider
Victot-Pontfol, France

Bottle. Pours a golden yellow with a vigorous and large white foam head that holds for a moment and then falls off, finally allowing me to pour in a full glass. Slight farm/hay notes – but nothing jarring or offensive, champage yeast. Smells a bit like a very light sour beer, so a big plus for me. Sweet, but nothing cloying, just a very soft straight forward ripe apple sweetness. Finishes gently and quietly, fading off into light apple and a touch of apple skin. Delicious.

Served up in a Champagne flute at Leon’s Full Service in Decatur, Georgia. Appearance: Lightly hazed, pale yellow body with a very thin, very fizzy layer of white bubbles. Constant effervescence. Smell: Aromatic assortment of sweetish apple-based notes: apple cores, apple peelings, sliced apple wedges, apple juice. There’s also some background funkiness present. Taste: Apples, baby! Providing some tartness, some fruitiness, some juicy sweetness, but there’s also some barnyard funkiness to it. So, it’s not just a farm-fresh apple, but a farm-fresh apple served up right on the farm. Finishes fairly dry. Mouthfeel: Medium-light body. Medium-plus carbonation. Drinkability: Enjoyable! After so many cheap, inferior mass-produced ciders, this is a pleasant change of pace.

Bottle. Pours light golden coloured with a nice bubbly white head. Aromas of apples, hay, honey and musty basement. Lovely fruity apple flavour with notes of funk, sweet honey and sour fruit. Great but a little expensive cider..

Yellow bubbly our with foamy white head and lace. Aroma is apples, paper, and straw. Medium apple flavor with sweet/sour tones at the same time. A foamy medium bodied drink. A bit of cloying sweetness in the finish that I found to be a bit appealing.

Best cider ever, that’s relative, but this was exceptional. The aroma was full of that farmhouse/ deep lambic-saison aromas. Very tart aromas. The appearance was a clear gold pour, with a bubbly white head. The flavor full of farmhouse-tart apple, green apple, and interestingly some pear or peach overtones. The feel is effervescent with a nice clean feel.

Sampled at Beerhawk’s Beer Gods in the Boro, aka 1000 Bottles of Beer on the Wall, By God Beer God Gathering, BG1K Tasting. 2007 bottle. Clear gold pour. Peachy. Crazy tart flavor and almost like a lambic. Refreshing and dry finish, though I really didn’t care for this personally.

2007 Bottle. Poured golden with a fizzy white head. Tart aroma of barnyard and hints of green apple. The flavor has a little more apple standing out and is more sweet than tart. Light body yet "fuller" than any other cider I’ve had to this point. Dry texture. Very decent cider.

BeerHawk’s Beer Gods in the Boro, aka 1000 Bottles of Beer on the Wall, By God Beer God Gathering, BG1K Tasting. Sample from a bottle thanks to BeerHawk. 2007 vintage. Clear golden yellow with a thin fuzzy white head. Sugar aroma, candy, a bit of barnyard funk. Taste is sweet sugar, rock candy, not much apple fruit. Seems a bit plastic-y.