La Face Cachée de la Pomme Neige Ice Cider

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

2004 Bottle from thecheeseman. Thanks Daniel! Shared with the fam on christmas eve. Nose has a lot of honey, fresh apples, some floral characteristics. Flavor is sweet with fresh pressed apples, honey,flowers, tart apple skins. Palate is silky smooth and it finishes dry. Very nice, alcohol well hidden.

Bottled. Light yellow coloured. Uncleaer. Small white head. Very sweet and full of apple in the aroma. Has a somewhat nutty character. Flavour as well is nutty and full of freshly pressed apples. Has a light sweetness which is countered by a subtle sourness making this an incredible drinkingexperience. Medium to full bodied. Is very heavy in texture and on the palate. Has some light alcohol in the end, but again the apples wins this time with a nice sourness as well. Never knew cider could be this great.

Bottle. Clear golden coloured with a small white head. Sweet aroma of apples and almonds with a light acidity and notes of wood. Sweet flavour of apples and almonds with some acidity and notes of wood and alcohol. Very nice.

Bottle. [Another great tasting session @ Papsoe] Spare fizzy white head. Clear flat looking body with a golden color. Oily thick lacework. Aroma of fresh apple, melon, nuts. Heavy fresh apple over the palate with heavy sugary base. Medium to full bodied with a very dry and alcoholic texture and an average carbonation. Heavy sweet flavor with light acidic notes. Dry and sweet fruity finish. I would love to try this one with apple pie as papsoe said. 8 / 4 / 8 / 4 / 16

In short: Archetypical classic Ice-Cider. The measuring stick of the style. Excellent.
How: Many times. Lately I had the three Face Cachée de la Pomme classics (Neige, Neige Éternelle and Frimas) side by side at Montreal’s Flaveurs, Bières and Caprice Festival 2007.
The look: Golden-yellow body with no head.
In long: After 1300+ ratings here’s my first ice-cider rating. Almost shameful since I live in the land of ice-ciders. I feel like a Texas fifth-grader who’s not yet familiar with firearms. Anyway… very sweet with dominant flavours of apple skin (red apples mainly) and hard-candies. Mouthfeel is oily and silky. Surprisingly smooth. The smoother of the Face Cachée lineup. There really aint’t that much to say about ice-ciders as they have a very linear and focussed flavour spectrum. Excellent nonetheless.

Sampled from 50ml clear bottle. Medium gold colour. Strong sweet apple aroma. Flavour is initally sweet, fresh apple, a bit sugary, then has a tartness behind it. Medium, sticky mouthfeel. Very faint alcohol note, but blends in nicely. Maybe too small a sample, but this was great.

Bottle from Holiday Wine Cellar. Tasted at Lost Abbey Older Viscosity Release. Darker apple juice color. Strong apple aroma. Lots and lots of apple in aroma. Very sweet, lots of apple flavor. Alcohol is perfecty hidden beneath the sweetness. A little bit of tartness, probably from the citric acid of the apples. Great drink for a date. Tastes almost exactly like apple juice.

piss yellow with no head.aroma is glue and grapes.flavor is cloyingly sweet with a bit of lemon.....strange.