La Face Cachée de la Pomme Frimas Ice Cider

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

Mondiale ’07 sample. WOW. WOW. WOW. dark golden color. Thick on the palate. Aroma is obviously apples, but there is underlying honey, and slight floral notes. Flavour is incredible! perfect apples, and some honey. Alcohol is nowhere to be found. Outstanding cider.

Like a good white wine, tasted more like apple cider and Not as enjoyed as the Neige or Eternal Neige, modiale 2007.

5/4/07. Poured out of 375 mL bottle, obtained in a trade with Olivier_MTL on RateBeer 12/3/05. 2003 Vintage. Pours a deep amber-gold color with good clarity and a bold, beautiful depth of autumn color. The oily legs on this cider are much broader and slower than those of its brother, the Neige-- tilt the glass and there are times that the high edge of residue takes literally several minutes to droop, like the wax from a freshly-lit candle. The aroma here is much richer and more succulent also-- some overripe apples and fresh apple sauce (complete with cinnamon accompaniment), as well as soft caramel and a captivating, warming, sweet-liqueur aura. First taste is decadently sweet with a lightly leathery, lightly waxy tart apple outline. The finish drops most of the soft tartness that balanced the initial taste and leaves a homemade soft-and-syrupy cinnamon apples and a slight apple pie doughy flavor. Some zesty alcohol rounds out the mouthfeel, sort of a funny way to balance the gripping sweetness. This is even more indulgent than its companion, lacking most of the tartness of crisp fresh apples but replacing it with an intoxicating medley of apple desserts that rival the best restaurant creations I’ve ever sampled.

Shes got legs, she knows how to use them. Bottle courtesy of MartinT, thank you. This stuff is great, sweet apple aroma, not nausating sweetness but enought to say this is great sweet apple. Just a hint of bareable alcohol in the flavor to take away any alco-pop feel. Just great sweet, well balanced, apple cider. I wish the bottles were bigger and not so freaking expensive and not only available in Canada.

Just when I thought I wasn’t going to have anything special for my 1300th rating, beastiefan2k breaks this out to share at his place (thanks, Eugene!) - very viscous, headless pour, with lots of legs along the sides of the glass - dark golden color, kind of like apple juice (go figure) - very sweet, natural, earthy apple aroma, smelling like slightly overripe apples that have just been sliced - a hint of alcohol presence in the background of the aroma - very slick mouthfeel - very sweet (but not cloying), with slight alcohol, making it taste like an apple brandy or some other kind of cordial - the taste is like that of apples and pears floating in a mixture of honey and rosewater - it tends to get a little syrupy after a while, so I suppose it’s best to just drink a couple of ounces in a sitting - this is a real treat.

Tasted in Montreal in Oct ’05 @ Maestro S.V.P. 2003 bottle. Aroma is very sweet with honey and pears. Very perfumy. Taste is pears, honey, mild acidity, sweet but not cloying. Very, very good.

The best cider I’ve ever tasted. Has a wonderful apple aroma. Suprisingly sweet

Bu sur place (version 2004). WOW! Belle couleur jaune foncé. Arome de pomme cuite est délicieuse. Le goût est unique, comme mangé une tarte au pomme maison direct du four.