Putney Mountain Scott Farm Spy

Brewed by Putney Mountain Winery
Style: Cider
Putney, Vermont USA

Thank you jjpm74 for this experience! ;~D Very pretty blue champagne bottle. I feel guilty opening this alone. Possibly has the aroma of a strong Belgian or something really sweet. This brew has some bubbles rising in there but no head. Fusel~ness hits the olfactory immediately on the first taste. This is strong and wine like. The alcohol content is out front and knocking. You may want to think twice if you are planning to have more than 12 oz. This stuff is taste bud numbing. It is overpowering to both tongue and nose if thought of on a beer rating site. USA malt liquor brewers rejoice! Each swallow is alarming to the back of my throat. Barely any detectable carbonation. I never would consider this a drain pour, but I may put it back into the bottle and reset the plastic cork. I’m going to save this for a special occasion. This is the imperial of cider. Imperial stout and imperial IPA….now we have imperial cider. This stuff is hypnotizingly brutal. Those of you who love high alky percent better go try this. Coarse, very coarse; clear and coarse. I don’t think this should be rated as a beer, nor cider, way too strong. However, I also believe that imp stout and ipa is a difficult to enjoy brew! . This is the stepping stone from beer to hard liquor. This is Pennsylvania state store territory. You IPA and impy stout lovers will either hate or love this cider. Kicks yer guzzi.

This is one of my wife’s favorites. Somewhere between cider and champagne sits the creations of Putney wines. Soft and spicey with some decent carbonation. A nice sipping beverage when sitting in a sizzling hot jacoozi on a cold winter’s night overlooking the mountains of VT.

Gorgeous 750 ml cobalt bottle makes a huge "pop" when opened, yet the liquid thankfully doesn’t gush out. Very light blonde, lager-like, small ring of foam remains for a while. Semi-sweet apple nose also betrays hints of grapes and the barnyard. Semi-sweet on the tongue at first, drying out quickly; very alcoholic in a sort of sweet whisky way; fairly full-bodied. Not as good as the Heirloom Cuvee I had the other night, but a well above average strong cider.